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.

All:

Great job yesterday at the HOKA Night Invitational! There was a lot to be proud of as we kicked off the racing season.

🏆 Individual Accomplishments

🔔 PRs – Lots of Bell Ringing!

We had a lot of personal records at HOKA, which means there should be plenty of bell ringing at practice!

📅 Week Ahead

🏃 Avon Lake Invitational

This is especially valuable because we will return to this course for the District Championship later in the season.

🧠 Mental Endurance – Week 5

This week we continue working on directing our attention and developing productive self-talk. Notice the thought, choose what deserves your attention, commit to the next action and repeat.

💤 Sleep • Hydrate • Recover

The racing season is underway. Training matters, but so does what happens between practices. Continue prioritizing sleep, hydration, nutrition and recovery. FOAM ROLL!  Prioritize Recovery!