Coach Flatow

Coach Flatow

MVXC26 Information Meeting Slides

We had an informational meeting for the 2025 Monta Vista Cross Country team on Friday, May 22. We talked about expectations and plans, including our trip to compete in San Diego, and were able to answer questions too. Attached is…

SCVAL ID Number Explainer

In the meet sheet Coach Smith posted for Cupertino, he mentioned your SCVAL ID numbers…here is an explainer about these numbers are all about. At SCVAL dual meets, to save time and prevent name spelling errors, everyone is assigned a…

MVXC26 Season Preview

Yes, we have our first MVTF competitions this week…but we are also only six months away from our first practice of the 2026 cross-country season! Time does, as the saying goes, fly. And distance running is a year around venture.…

Distance Runners: January Workouts

We have four weeks of training before our first practice together!  Competitive runners have a level of grit, determination, and work ethic that helps us accomplish high goals in athletics (and in the classroom!). We know we our early season…

Watermelon Make Up Run

One of the nagging disappointments of the season is that for the first time in the last 15 years (not counting the COVID season), MVXC did not get to run the Watermelon Run. The only practice all year that was…

CCS Championships Wrap The 2025 Season for MVXC

The Central Coast Section Championships tied a bow around the 2025 season, as both the boys’ and girls’ teams competed in the prestigious event. Both the boys’ and the girls’ teams earned solid 7th place finishes.  The boys were lead…

Uniform Return or Keeping

Athletes! Please don’t forget that uniform return will be tomorrow, Monday November 17, at 4:10 pm (normal practice time), at the shed with the uniforms. What I hope is that all of you are going to run track! If you…