2023 Track Season
Colorado State Track and Field Championships Day #3 (5/20)
YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE JEFFCO STADIUM TRACK!!!! FINALS ONLY ON DAY 3, CROWD WAS BIG, CROWD WAS LOUD. TIME TO RUN FAST!
Day 3 of 3! Braeden and David embarked on the final distance event of the meet, the Colorado State Track and Field Championship 5A Boys 1600m Race! The race went out at a medium pace of 209-210, both David and Braeden were staying relaxed and ready for the moves to be made! Both stayed PATIENT!!!! David went 64-65-64 thru 1200, Braeden ran out of gas on the 3rd lap but toughed out a hard last 600m. THE RACE BEGAN AT 1200m and David used his remaining energy to take a BOLD move the last lap to close in a 61. Running a NEW SCHOOL RECORD of 4:16.12 and placing 5th overall!
*Shout out to the AWESOME TEAMMATES, Liam Sullivan/Martin, Matty, Drew, Caleb, John, Hayden to coming Support the boys
Colorado State Track and Field Championships Day #2 (5/19)
Braeden Focht COMPETED tough against a strong field. Finishing in 12th place with a time of 9:27.38. Braeden past 2017 graduate, Jack Davidson, and former Santa Clara University 13:53 5000m 5K performer to become the #3 AT 3200m runner in Regis Jesuit history. Clearly there is more in the tank for the young Sophomore.
Braeden is hungry for more and wants to be back to claim his spot on the podium next year! Hopefully there are more young Harriers out there fired up like Braeden!
Braden stuck to the race plan staying relaxed and composed coming thru the 1600m in 4:45. He closed in a 4:41 second 1600m to BATTLE all the way thru the line! He is set to race the 1600m with David Saturday at 4:05 PM to complete his triple at his first State Championship in his first track season! HUNGRY FOR MORE!!!!
Colorado State Track and Field Championships Day #1 (5/18)
Quick Facts
1) Fourth Fastest Time in School History
2) First Time RJ had been on the 4 x 800m Podium in 13 yrs
3) Regis was only 1 of 5 teams to have 3 sub 2:00 min splits
Regis Jesuit Boys 4 x 800m BACK on the Podium after 13 YEARS!!!!
After over a decade away from qualifying a distance relay (4 x 800m) to the Colorado State Track and Field Championships, the Regis Jesuit team of Zion Taylor-Braeden Focht-David Flaig-John Burns returned with vengeance!
It was clear that these boys were ready to compete with the best in the State! THEY EMBODIED THE TEAM MANTRA, "COMPETE, COMPETE COMPETE, Throw the Times OUT and Place HIGH!!!" Zion Taylor avoided a near stumble at 250m and battled tough to hand off the baton in 17th place after a 2:05.49 1st leg. Braeden Focht was keenly aware of his job, pass AS MANY GUYS as possible!!! He past 6 teams with a nice sub 2 split of 1:59.83. He did an amazing job of competing and handing off the baton to David Flaig who was ready to battle for his teammates! With the fastest split of the team with a 1:58.38, he past 4 teams to give the stick to senior, John Burns in 7th place. With 3 teams lurking, it was going to be up to the Gonzaga bound Harrier to lock down a trip to the podium. Prior to the meet, John's open 800m PR was 2:05.97. John had been cross training for the previous 10 days due to knee tightness and had limited workouts prior to the race! HE TRUSTED!!!!! With the leg of the day, he split 1:59.40 which was a 6.5 second PR to race and compete the entire two laps!!! He crossed the line in 8th Place for 8:03.08!!!!! The 4th fastest time in RJ School History!
Miracle Mile + 4 x 100m ShotPut World Record (5/16)
The Regis Harriers headed over to Mountain Vista High School to compete in the Invitational-Only, "Miracle Mile". With a group of 10 athletes COMPETING and 3 non-racing athletes coming out to support, it was a FUN DAY!!! In the low key environment, the weather was nice at about 70 degrees and minimal wind. Caleb ran a nice 4:42, Liam ran a gutsy 4:51, Zane ran a 13 second SB in 5:01, Thomas ran a 10 second PB in 5:04, Hayden and Joey ran their 2nd fastest 1600m of their lives with a 5:04 and 5:07 respectfully. Drew ran a 5:22, Patrick a 5:38 and a 3 second PR for Gabe with a 5:53.
BUT THE FUN WASN'T OVER!!!! 4 x 100m action up next! Patrick and Gabe were part of the a new Guiness Book of World Record 4 x 100m Shot Put Relay!
*Shout out to David, Braeden and Matty for BEING AWESOME SUPPORTIVE TEAMMATES and coming out to watch the boys!!!
St. Vrain Invitational (5/12)
20 MPH winds, boys competed well!!!!!! 919 for the 4 x 800, placed in the middle of their heat. Leanring experience, wind or not, gotta line up!!! Great stuff by Zane Wilson ,Thomas James O'Keefe , Joseph Patrick Beatty Carson Michael Schuler ! David punched his ticket to the State Meet in the 1600m by running a 1 second PB in 4:20.20. Braden just off his PR by 3/100 of a second in 4:21.36. Caleb and Liam just off their PR's in 442 and 444. Zion was the lone representative in the 800m, with a WINDY 204. OFF TO THE MIRALCE MILE ON TUESDAY AT MOUNTAIN VISTA!!!!
COntinental League Championships (5/4 & 5/6)
Boys 4 x 800 just ran 804 to punch their ticket to the State Championships! 4 man average of 201 is REAL running!! Fastest 4 x 800 in last 13 years for Regis Jesuit! 5th fastest time EVER in School History! The boys competed against the best in the State!!! Placing 3rd overall, they were confident and ran like it!! Each of them looked like they belonged competing against the best, they were part of the party!!!! Regis Harriers represented!!
They were engaged and competed all the way home. Zion Taylor split 203, Braeden Michael Focht 200, David Flaig 158, John Nicholas Burns 202!!! I know they were fired up from that JV meet yesterday!
3 out of 4 PR's in the 1600m. 421 for BF, 421 for DF, 439 for CA
3 out of 4 PR's in the 800m. 202 for ZT, 205 for JB, 212 for ZW
DF led off the 4 x 4 with a 54.17 and BF split 52.98 on the 3rd leg. HELPING RJ win the 2nd heat!!!
JV COntinental League Championships (5/3)
Let's go Reese Joseph Jedlicka !!!!!!! Congrats on your first HS win, I have a feeling there are waaay more ahead of you! Barrett Hughes Hatcher told me today in the halls he wanted to break 530 and he did it!!!!!!! 1-2 punch is so stinking cool!!!! Barrett has what it takes to be an future Harrier!!!! 23 second PR for Lucas James Antonio Paez , a SB for Connor Grammatke and another sub 6 for Ian Kai Ngantung !!! Can't wait for Heat 2!!!
Are you kidding me?!?!?!?! Harriers going crazy over here!!!! 13 second PR and the win for Joseph Patrick Beatty !!! Official PR for Patrick Dougherty !! 10 second PR for Matthew Gallagher in a cool 515 😎. Sub 5:30 for Alec Delmoro !!!! PR by Patrick Thomas Greene too. My goodness, taper szn is here boys!!!
Hayden Stokes 13 second PR!!!!! 501.....he is sniffing sub 5!!!! Regis Harriers going off!!
Gabe gets a nice 2:30 flat PR, Mason ties his 800 PR at 2:31. Liam runs a tough 1211 in the 3200m.
Liberty Bell INvitational (4/28-4/29)
BF 6th overall last night! Got out aggressive like race plan indicated and battled the whole race. Wasn't scared to make that second mile hurt!!! Got out in 440ish first mile and came back with a 450ish second mile. 4th sophomore in the race. Averaged 446 x 2, not bad for a kid who broke 5 for the first time 6 months ago. Lots more for BF and the rest of the Regis Harriers as May come and more PRs start happening!!! 1025 for CA this morning!!! Went thru in 5 flat, a Holy Family kid fall hard in front of him and Caleb rolled his ankle a bit. Still toughed it out, he'll be back in action soon and he's hungry for next time!!!
Continental League FR/So Champs (4/26)
POnderosa JV Meet (4/18)
From Coach Schneider
Amazing day of competing at Ponderosa boys! So proud of all of you for digging deep and wanting to win and compete hard despite the wind and cold. You all are awesome, and I’m lucky to be your coach.
Highlight of the meet probably goes to Wyatt for closing a 30+ meter gap on the final leg of the 4x4 to win it. Pretty awesome.
ALSO, huge shoutout to the awesome teammates who came out and watched their boys race in the wind and cold: Paulie, Charles, and Ethan!
Thursday, April 13th
Don Osse LakewooD Tiger Invitational (4/13)
4x800m
Regis Jesuit 8:19 (Fastest 4 x 8 in 8 years)
400m
John Burns 54.01 PR
800m
David Flaig 2:00 PR (Overall Winner)
Braeden Focht 2:02 PR (3rd Place)
1600m
Carson Schuler 4:56 PR (7th Place)
Wyatt Harding 4:56 PR (8th Place)
3200m
Caleb Aex 10:18 PR (3rd Place)
Liam Sullivan 10:21 PR (4th Place)
Thursday April 6th
A spectacle of true TEAM RUNNING! These 8 Regis Harriers made their presence felt in a beautiful 1600m team race. They captivated the entire stadium! Running most the race in a single file line like a team of dialed in runners, DF and BF had a clear pace plan to take their teammates out in a consistent PR pace. They came thru in 3:32 for 1200m giving their teammates an opportunity to run under 4:40. CS and WH took a big risk to stay with the top guys until 1100m and had nice PR's of 4:46 and 4:48 to make the All-Time 1600m list. Caleb and Liam hung until a lap to go and closed strong to both PR in 4:40 and 4:41. Both were mad to not break 4:40. They are not content and hungry for more!!!! DF and BF closed in a 61 as they were instructed to pace for 1200m and race the last 400m. Braeden, in his classic laid back style, gave David a high five with 200m to go running together all the way thru the ine. Max Ficco ran a strong last lap to run 5:02 in a PR and close out the 1-7 RJ sweep. Thomas had a very very hard fall at 300m, but ran brave for the next three laps. Thomas represented Regis Harriers valiantly in his first of many varsity races.
Englewood Open #1 (4/6)
JV Results & Easter Time Trial (3/30 & 4/6)
JV Meet #3 (ThunderRidge)
4x800m Relay
Boys absolutely tore it up today! Highlights include a battle in the 4x800 between the emerging and developing harrier crews with 10:18 and 10:19 finishes respectively. Reese and Liam battled all the way down the last 200 before Liam barely edged past him in a photo finish. Liam’s teammates were very fired up for him which was awesome.
JV Meet #3 (ThunderRidge)
1600m
In the mile, we finished with 11 in the top 15. Carson remained undeafeted in a Regis Jesuit singlet this season with 4:59. Wyatt finished second with a 5:01. Who says you can’t run tough in the wind??? PRs today for Liam Martin at 5:42, Joey Beatty at 5:16, Thomas Okeefe at 5:13, and Matty Gallagher at 5:25.
Easter TT (Regis Jesuit)
800m
Gabe, Matty and Liam wanted more!!!!! They wouldn't take "no" for an answer!! They wanted the 400!!!
PR x 2 for Matty and Gabe!!! PR x 1 for Liam and Hayden!!! =PR for Zane and Joey!!! Regis Harriers are rolling boys!!! NEXT UP.....Englewood HS 1600m!!
Easter TT (Regis Jesuit)
400m
Gabe, Matty and Liam wanted more!!!!! They wouldn't take "no" for an answer!! They wanted the 400!!!
PR x 2 for Matty and Gabe!!! PR x 1 for Liam and Hayden!!! =PR for Zane and Joey!!! Regis Harriers are rolling boys!!! NEXT UP.....Englewood HS 1600m!!
Saturday, April 1st
TOUGH and COMPETITIVE. The best two words to describe the meet today at Niwot. David and Braeden began the meet placing 5th and 6th overall running 423 and 424. They COMPETED well, times come when you race with the guys around you. Zion made a brave move to win the second heat but ran out of jelly beans the last 50 meters, I loved his gutsy move and it will pay off big down the road. His teammates didn't respond to Zion's initial move but hung very tough and all four were in the top 10 of the race. 441 for ZT, 444 for CA and LS, 447 for JB. There is a lot more in the tank these next 6 weeks of the season, we are just getting warmed up!!! Lots more races and opportunities to compete!!! These six boys took this opportunity and gave it their best shot, that's all you can ever ask for. 5 of the 6 doubled back in a windy and competitive 800m. No complaining about the wind or tired legs, each of them repped RJ well and coaches were proud they gave the two lap intense 800m race a shot. 205-206-209-211-212 for them!!! Great day of racing!!!
NocO Series #1 (4/1)
1600m/800m Double
David Flaig 4:23.82 PR/ 2:06.53- 5th/26th Place
Braeden Focht 4:24.17 PR / 2:05.61 PR - 6th/20th Place
Zion Taylor 4:41.38 PR - 19th Place
Liam Sullivan 4:44.07 PR / 2:12.12 - 21st/46th Place
Caleb Aex 4:44.84 PR/ 2:11.28 PR - 25th/42nd Place
John Burns 4:47.80/ 2:09.11 - 31th/35th Place
Friday, March 24th
Long day up in Fort Collins. A last minute change of the schedule moved the meet from Saturday (3/25) to Friday. 5 Harriers headed up to FoCo to compete against some of the best in the State. 3200m results began the day in A BIG WAY! Braden Focht ran the #6 AT 3200m for RJ coming in 5th place in 9:51.22. David Flaig back out there after 5 months off ran a great rust buster of 10:04.50 in 6th place and Liam Sullivan ran a nice 45 second PR to place 12th in 10:20.69. A BIG wait time until John Burns ran 1 second off his PR in 4:47 about 3 hours later then we had some 800s under the lights!!! 207-210-211 for ZT, JB, and LS. Weather was up and down but ideal for fast racing!
Runner's Roost of Fort Collins Invite (3/24)
3200m
Braeden Focht 9:51.22 (#6 All TIme) 5th Place
David Flaig 10:04.50 - 6th Place
Liam Sullivan 10:20.69 (45 second PR)- 12th Place
1600m
John Burns 4:47.66- 20th Place
800m
Zion Taylor 2:07.46 (4 second PR) - 13th Place
John Burns 2:10.48- 20th Place
Liam Sullivan 2:11.60 PR- 27th Place
Continental League Relays (3/11)
4x800m- 8:57.70 (8th Place)
B. Focht (202)- Z. Wilson (214)- J. Beatty (218)- T. O'Keefe (225)
-74 second improvement from 2022
DMR- 11:14.80 (3rd Place)
-72 second improvement from 2022
C. Aex (325)- B. Focht (55)- Z. Taylor (205)- L. Sullivan (4:50)
*All Splits are UNOFFICIAL
JV Results (Week 1 & 2)
JV Meet #1 (Castleview)
1600m
DD- 5:19
HS- 5:20 PR
WH- 5:21
PG- 5:43
AD- 5:47
LM- 5:50
RJ- 5:53 PR
IN- 5:56 PR
GS- 5:56 PR
LP- 6:28
CG- 6:34
JV Meet #2 (Regis Jesuit)
3200m
CS- 11:00 CO PR
ZW- 11:04 PR
WH- 11:16 PR
MG- 11:22 PR
HS- 11:29 PR
DD- 12:00
JV Meet #2 (Regis Jesuit)
1600m
TO- 5:20
RJ- 5:42 PR
PG- 5:42
LM- 5:46 PR
AD- 5:52
BH- 5:54 PR
MS- 5:58 PR
GS- 5:59
JV Meet #2 (Regis Jesuit)
1600m cont.
IN- 6:11
LP- 6:35
CG- 6:36
GA- 6:55
PEAK PRe-Season #2 (2/25) REcap
12 weeks of training! The worst Denver winter in 15 years! Snow on the ground every week! Temperatures below zero at some point, most weeks. The guys got it done in NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY and FEBRUARY! The Harriers accumulated roughly 5,600 miles over the course of the winter as a team. 15-20 guys every day came to BD 154 to get the miles in. Before the official outdoor track season starts on Monday, February 27th, the Regis Harriers showcased why they are one of the best up and coming programs in the State! 11 boys ran at the meet in 2023, compared to 5 in 2022. The competitiveness, the placing and the times show that this group is improving and putting in the work! 10 out 11 boys PR'ed. 9 in the 1600m and 1 in the 3200m. Highlights included a 1-2 finish in Heat 3 of the 1600m by Braeden Focht '25 and John Burns '23. Check out the times/places below!
Peak #2 2023 Results
11 Total Athletes
800m Avg- 2:15 (1)
1600m Avg- 5:07 (9)
3200m Avg- 10:22 (1)
800m
Zane Wilson- 2:15
1600m
Braeden Focht- 4:43 PR (Heat Winner)
John Burns- 4:46 PR
Liam Sullivan- 4:46 PR
Carson Schuler- 4:52 Colorado PR
Max Ficco- 5:11 PR
Thomas O'Keefe- 5:14 PR
Joey Beatty- 5:19 PR
Matty Gallagher- 5:27 PR
Liam Martin- 5:48 PR
3200m
Zion Taylor- 10:22 PR
PEAK #2 2022 Results
5 Total Athletes
800m Avg- 2:04 (1)
1600m Avg- 5:42 (4)
3200m Avg- NT
800m
David Flaig- 2:04
1600m
Caleb Aex- 5:12
Zane Wilson- 5:41
Liam Sullivan- 5:51
Hayden Stokes- 6:02