Awards Assembly

The Fall Sport Award Assembly will be on Monday, October 23rd.

The Assembly will begin at 1:40 and the Cross Country runners will be getting their awards second in the order, so if you plan on attending, please be there for the beginning of the assembly!

If you purchased a Cross Country shirt please wear it that day.

Thank you!
Coach Gailliez & Coach White

Eudora Press Release

The Wheatridge Cross Country team traveled to Eudora for their final meet of the season on Thursday, October 5th.  The top 15 finishers for each race earned medals and the top 10 League finishers earned a medal or ribbon as well.

The seventh grade girls’ team had a fantastic showing and won the League Championship!  Hannah Elliott took third place overall and was the League Champion with a time of 6:35.  Natalie Yarbrough took sixth place overall and was 3rd place in League with a time of 6:44.  Natalie Claycamp took seventh place overall and was 4th place in League with a time of 6:44.  Charli McGill took seventeenth place overall and was 10th place in League with a time of 6:59.  Olivia Hinck took twenty-fourth place overall and was 15th place in League with a time of 7:15.  Taylor Dryden took forty sixth place overall and was 26th place in League with a time of 7:45.  

The seventh grade boys’ team finished off their season strong.  Gage Graham took 19th place (13th in League) with a time of 6:38.  Jackson Elsey took 26th place (16th in League) with a time of 6:46.  Kyler Leadbetter took 57th place (34th in League) with a time of 7:25.  Trevor Hamilton took 66th place (40th in League) with a time of 7:35.  Tyler Utter took 84th place (51st in League) with a time of 8:10.  Will Korosec took 86th place (53rd in League) with a time of 8:38.

The eighth grade Mustangs competed well in their last Middle School Cross Country race.  Zoey Edwards took seventh place overall and was 6th place in League with a time of 13:36.  Jillian Velasquez took ninth place overall and was 8th place in League with a time of 13:55.  Sadie Helms took eighteenth place overall and was 12th place in League with a time of 15:06.  Donald Chambers took 27th place overall and 18th place in League in the boys’ race with a time of 13:16 (PR).

The Wheatridge Cross Country coaches are incredibly proud of all the hard work the runners put into their season and hope this continues to foster a love of running in all the athletes!

EUDORA MEET IS ON!

Eudora has been dry all morning, the course is marked, and the bad weather is hopefully going to pass us by!

They will be running the combined inclement weather schedule!!!!  Please make a note of the time differences!

Seventh Grade Boys and Girls will run COMBINED at 4:00pm, followed by the Eighth Grade Boys and Girls COMBINED run (probably starting no later than 4:15).

The Frontier League medals and ribbons ceremony will begin as soon as the 8th grade race is completed.  

Fun run to start about 5:00pm.

Keep your fingers crossed that the weather cooperates :)

Bad Weather Possible

Since there is a potential for thunderstorms on Thursday, October 5th there is a possibility that our meet will be cancelled.  Eudora has contacted us and let us know that they would make the call so that we could let all parties involved know by noon on Thursday.

IF the meet gets cancelled, there are two possibilities.

The first possibility is that we will NOT reschedule this meet and our season will be over.

The second possibility is that the meet will be rescheduled to Monday, October 9th.  

Please bring everything you would need for the meet on Thursday to school, as well as a non-uniform set of running clothes.  Even if we do NOT have a meet, we will have a practice on Thursday.

If the meet gets rescheduled to Monday, October 9th we will NOT have practice on Friday, October 6th.

Eudora Meet Information

Thursday is our LAST meet of the season!!!

Below is the information from Eudora.

When: Thursday, October 5th

What: EMS Cross Country Invitational & Frontier League Meet

Where: Eudora Middle School, 2635 Church St. – Eudora, KS  66025

Fun run: There will be a 1 mile race at 5:30 for any K-8 non-cross country runners.  Other schools are invited to participate.  Top 3 boys & 3 girls medal.

Schedule:

Coaches Meeting 3:35 On the patio (bring your scratches)

7th Grade Girls 4:00 1 Mile

7th Grade Boys 4:15 1 Mile

8th Grade Girls 4:30 2 Mile

8th Grade Boys 5:00 2 Mile

Fun Run, K-8 non-XC runners 5:30 1 Mile

Frontier League awards presents 5:45

All races will run ahead of schedule if possible.

Inclement weather schedule:

7th Grade Girls & Boys 4:00 1 Mile

8th Grade Girls & Boys 4:15 2 Mile

Fun Run 4:50 1 Mile  

(This race could be cancelled if we need to get the 7-8 races done)

Course map: Due to EMS football playing in the same area the course has to be recreated, a course map will be provided at a later date.

Starting assignments: By random draw the day of the race.  Your chute number will be posted on your team envelope and will be the same for all races.

Restrooms: Located at the baseball/softball complex or inside EMS using the backside commons door.  Enter through the patio doors. NO SPIKES IN THE BUILDINGS.

Medals for the Invitational: Will be handed out in the chute as runners finish (top 15 in 7G, 7B, 8G, 8B receive medals).

League medals: League medals and ribbons will be presented to the top 10 runners in 7G, 7B, 8G, 8B

(top 3 receive medals, 4th-10th receive ribbons).