Copley XC Weekly Update

September 21–27, 2026 • Strongsville Invitational

All:

I recently read a really good article on “10 Things I Wish I Knew as a High School Runner,” and I thought there were some excellent takeaways for any high school runner looking to continue to grow and excel in our sport.

Running is about so much more than workouts, mileage, and race times. The habits you build, the way you approach your teammates, how you recover, and the mindset you bring every day all play a role in the athlete you become.

I’ve pulled together some of my favorite highlights from the article in the graphics included with this post.

Take a few minutes to read through them. There are some great lessons here — whether you’re a freshman just getting started or a senior preparing for what comes next.

🔎 Finding Our ParentSquare Posts

We use CHSXC on our Cross Country posts so schedules, meet information, reminders and other team updates are easier to find throughout the season.

📅 Week Ahead

🏁 Strongsville Invitational

Saturday, September 26
📍 Strongsville High School
20025 Lunn Rd, Strongsville, OH 44149

Spectator & Meet Information

💤 Sleep Champions

This week's Sleep Champion is a tie between Kateri and Magdalena Villarreal, with both averaging 8.8 hours of sleep.

✅ 100% Workout Completion

Congratulations to the athletes who currently have 100% workout completion:

Please make sure you are marking your workouts complete. This information helps us evaluate how effective our training is and make adjustments throughout the season to improve the training plan for everyone.

Copley XC Weekly Update

September 14–20, 2026 • Senior Night Week

🎓 Senior Night Week

Thursday is Senior Night as we host Revere at Howe Meadow!

A big thank you to our Parent Program Director, Sarah Lust, for organizing many parts of Thursday's Senior Night celebration. Sarah has also organized our Pasta Dinner Plan throughout the season, and we appreciate all the work that goes into making these events happen for our athletes.

🔎 Finding Our ParentSquare Posts

We will use CHSXC on our Cross Country posts so schedules, meet information, reminders and other team updates are easier to find throughout the season.

📅 Week Ahead

⚡ Thursday – Battle for the Golden Spike

Thursday's home meet against Revere is our annual Battle for the Golden Spike! Revere currently owns the Spike after winning last year, so we have an opportunity to bring it back to Copley.

📍 Howe Meadow, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44264
🚗 Self Transport
⏰ Athletes Arrive by 4:30 PM

Race Schedule

🎓 Senior Night Celebration

Our Senior Night celebration will take place following the conclusion of the meet.

We will announce our seniors and their parents, take pictures, and present our seniors with their gifts. We look forward to recognizing everything this group has contributed to Copley Cross Country.

💤 Sleep & Recovery

Continue making sleep a priority and logging it every day. The more consistently we track sleep, the better we can understand how recovery connects with training, soreness, effort and performance.

Copley XC Weekly Update

September 7–13, 2026

What a Week!

What a week!

🏁 LCCC Race Reflection

As for yesterday’s race, you cannot expect to PR often at LCCC. It is a challenging course, but that challenge teaches a level of toughness that a lot of courses simply will not.

Overall, I thought we finished well and executed in several areas we have been working on. There are still things we need to clean up, but that is a good place to be at this point in the season.

One thing I really want everyone to notice is who is around us in the team results. We finished just behind several teams that are showing up in the different state polls that are now coming out.

Yesterday showed us both where we are and where we can go. Now we get back to work.

📊 Athlete Race Analysis

Athletes, please read through the analysis I put together from Saturday's race. Use it as an opportunity to understand what went well, where we lost time, and what we need to improve going forward.

Also, make sure you are logging your workouts and, most importantly, how you feel after each workout. This data is crucial when determining training effect and deciding whether the work we are doing is producing the response we want.

Boys: 11th of 23 teams
Girls: 8th of 15 teams

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📅 Week Ahead

Monday

5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Copley High School
3807 Ridgewood Rd, Akron, OH 44321
Meet in the Commons

Tuesday

4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Copley Community Park
3232 Copley Rd, Akron, OH 44321

Wednesday

3:00–5:00 PM
📍 Copley High School
3807 Ridgewood Rd, Akron, OH 44321

Thursday

4:00–5:20 PM
📍 Copley Community Park
3232 Copley Rd, Akron, OH 44321

Friday

3:00–4:20 PM
📍 Copley High School
3807 Ridgewood Rd, Akron, OH 44321
Meet in the Commons

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🏁 Saturday – Pat Ritchie Invitational

📍 Walsh Jesuit High School
4550 Wyoga Lake Rd, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224

Race Schedule

• 8:30 AM – Division 1/2 Boys 5K
• 9:05 AM – Division 1/2 Girls 5K
• 10:25 AM – Boys Open 5K
• 11:00 AM – Girls Open 5K

Coach Rod and Coach Labbe will run this meet for the team.

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🏁 Saturday – Wooster Invitational

We will take Brayden Malpass, Kaylee Ingratta and Ava Capper to compete at Wooster.

📍 Wooster High School
515 Oldman Rd, Wooster, OH 44691

Race Schedule

• 9:00 AM – Boys D1/D2
• 9:30 AM – Girls D1/D2

Coach Driscoll and Coach Malpass will be with the athletes competing at Wooster.

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💤 Sleep & Recovery

We do need to improve the consistency of our sleep logging. Only 8 athletes logged sleep on five days last week.

That tells me many athletes are relying on the days when we enter sleep information together at practice. Some days at practice we only record attendance and do not collect sleep, so athletes need to take ownership and log sleep on their own each day.

The more complete the data is, the better picture we have of recovery, training load and how each athlete is responding.

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🎟️ Night at the Races 2026–2027

We sent an update earlier this week regarding Night at the Races 2026–2027. This is an important team event, so please make sure you have had a chance to review the information.

Additional event details and registration information are available through the link below.