Dakota Ridge XC Track and Field

Alamosa Paperwork and Info Cost: $125.00 Make checks payable to Dakota Ridge Cross Country Boosters There are three different pieces of paper you need to sign for Alamosa.... Click on each of these links to get the paperwork:  1. JJH-E3 Click here  2. JJH-E2 Click Here 3. JJH-E4 Click Here Itinerary for Alamosa.... September 7, 2018  8:30am Meet on West side of Dakota Ridge 9:00am Bus Leaves for Alamosa 1:00pm Arrive at Sand Dunes National Monument 3:30pm Leave Sand Dunes for Super 8 Hotel 4:00 pm Arrive at Super 8 Hotel 5:30pm Dinner 8:00pm Team Meetings 10:00pm Lights out September 8,  2018 Leave 7:45am For Cattails Golf Course Alamosa, Colorado 9:20am Boys Race 10:25am Girls Race 12:30pm Leave Race site for Lunch 2:00pm Leave Alamosa for home 6:00pm Arrive at Dakota Ridge 

 Getting Started 2018 Cross Country Season We will begin official practice for us on  Monday August 13th.... In order to be ready to go for the season here is what you will need.... First. ...you must have a Doctor signed and  approved Physical  Second.. .you must register online here..... https://dakotaridgehs-ar.rschooltoday.com/ Third.. ..you need to BUY your uniform and or any gear you wish to have here..... https://drhsxc.itemorder.com/sale   While the uniform and gear sale closes on August 6th, we will reopen ASAP to allow for those who need it to buy their uniform.  Fourth ....A parent needs to attend our Parent meeting on  Monday August 13th at 6pm in the library at Dakota Ridge.   Fifth ...  If your Student athlete wants to attend the trip to Alamosa on September 7-8, 2018 be ready to write a check for to Dakota Ridge Cross Country boosters for our trip to Alamosa on September 7-8, 2018. The pri...

 Team Camp Report and Important Information for Getting the Season started on August 13th  2018 Team Camp was a success. A fitting beginning to arguably one of the most anticipated and exciting seasons in program history.  Lip Sync was hotly contested with every team doing an incredible job in performing their Disney themed song. The winning margin was a mere 2 points of scoring with Moana's "You're Welcome" leaving with the championship trophy (mini guitars) over Mulan's "I'll Make a Man".  Mueller State Park provided an incredible two days of running for the team. The highlight of the running came on Monday. As roughly 16 team members climbed the final climb of camp together with the mantra "5 more steps for the team" as their guide. Essentially the idea is that as you climb the steep trail and your legs and lungs are burning with effort, you will come to a point where you will want to back off and stop. However,...

TEAM CAMP INFORMATION AND ITINERARY CLICK HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dd_F7RrVZ2oIfkSxHpElrRej5BbbMZrM3PIp2vHjD38/edit?usp=sharing

Friday, June 8, 2018 BELIEVE Aaron LeBlanc April 26th, Jeffco JV championship. I knew this was my big opportunity to show what I was made of. I had dreamed of this moment. There I was toeing up to the start line in perfect racing conditions eager to just run. Everything in me focused on the start gun and all of a sudden, BAM! I was off racing my 3200m. I thought in my head that 8 laps couldn’t be that bad as I had prepared for the moment. I ran with some guys and then passed them. I felt good for 5 laps and then I felt like everything fell apart. I began to hurt a lot but I knew I could not stop. I knew I was going fast but time seemed to slow down. Through all the pain I heard one word that would change me. With me rolling into my last 200m I heard Stenny yell “Aaron, you have to believe!”. I thought that I was off pace so at first I didn’t think much of it but when I rounded the corner and saw the clock I knew that it was time for me to believe. I hit the finish line and stu...

Summer Cross Country Information: Summer practice is optional but highly encouraged if a student-athlete wants to get better at the sport of distance running, Summer practice will run Tuesdays thru Saturdays from June 6th to August 3rd. Summer PRACTICE Waiver  / District Acknowledgement Click Here TO BE AT SUMMER PRACTICE YOU MUST SIGN ABOVE WAIVER AND TURN IN TO COACHES Opening week Schedule: JUNE 6 @ Dakota Ridge 7:30am JUNE 7 @ Dakota Ridge 7:30am JUNE 8 @ Dakota Ridge 7:30am JUNE 9 @ Audubon Center at Chatifeld Parking Lot ( Directions click here ) Following the opening week..... Generally, we will follow this type of schedule throughout the summer for practice, with exceptions made to start the summer practices June 6 to 9 and during our team camp July 14-17. We will always meet at 7:30am Mondays: Off Tuesdays: @ Dakota Ridge High School Wednesdays: Off Campus location see website (dakotaridgexctf.com) for location that week. Thursdays: @ Dakot...

Michelle Renner's Run of Courage.   On Friday May 11th at the St. Vrain Invitational in Longmont....the depth of the clouds blocking out the sun bestowed a cool and dark evening for over a hundred student athletes waiting to run their final 1600m race of the 2018 regular season. For many it was a final chance to run fast enough to make the 2018 State Championship in the coming week. For Michelle Renner the overcast clouds and cool darkness of the evening was fitting. Standing with her coach, family and a couple of teammates, the darkness consumed her unlike anytime in her four year career. The tears welled up inside and burst from her eyes. Tears; the evidence of the pressure of the end, the evidence of the daunting task before her. Michelle had reached a breaking point, and their was nothing left of her strength to hold on to. She had reached the end. It was a week before, May 1st... where the end had begun. The text read... " Hi Stenny I'm sorry it's so...