As you might have noticed we had a little problem with mvrunning for a few days, probably something that anyone but your coach could have resolved in 45 seconds, but it took me a while! I will get a (late) post up on CCS shortly. In the meantime, a few other highlights:
Banquet:
MVXC had our season-end awards-banquet on Tuesday the 15th…it was a fun night, as always, with a packed student center. Award winners were:
- Most Outstanding Runners: Kelly Bishop, Bennett Zhang
- Most Inspirational: Paru Meyyappan, Sarah Feng, Derek Lee
- Most Improved: Serena Geis, Heewon Chung
- Spirit of Running: Bennett Zhang
- Rookies of the Year: Triya Roy, Kyle Tsujimoto
- Coaches’ Awards: Salma Sheriff, Andy Ma
Post-Season SCVAL Coaches’ Meeting:
A new award was voted on this season–a team sportsmanship award. Monta Vista was chosen as the most ‘sportsmanlike’ team in the 14 team Santa Clara Valley Athletic League coaches. I’m not sure what kind of recognition you get–I can’t imagine they are sending us t-shirts!–however they could not have picked a more worthy team! Congrats, athletes–as always, I am proud of you!
Year End Ranking:
The final CCS XC rankings have come out and for the first time in memory, both boys and girls ended up in the top 15. Congratulations, everyone!
Team Rankings – 11/13
Rank BOYS Div Prv Rank 1 Bellarmine College PrepD1 1 2 St. Francis D2 2 3 Willow Glen D2 4 4 Palo Alto D1 3 5 Homestead D1 5 6 Greenfield D4 NR 7 St Ignatius D3 10 8 San Lorenzo Valley D4 13 9 Mitty D2 NR 10 Los Altos D1 NR 11 Sacred Heart Cath D3 NR 12 Pacific Grove D4 NR 13 Cupertino D1 9 14 Monta Vista D1 6 15 Crystal Springs UplandsD5 8 Rank GIRLS Div Prv Rank 1 St. Francis D2 3 2 Homestead D1 1 3 Aptos D3 2 4 Santa Cruz D4 5 5 Gunn D2 7 6 Monta Vista D1 6 7 Mtn View D2 4 8 San Lorenzo Valley D4 12 9 Lynbrook D2 15 10 St. Ignatius D3 9 11 Valley Christian D2 NR 12 Nueva D5 NR 13 Soquel D3 NR 14 San Benito D1 11 15 Aragon D3 14
