Coach Flatow

Coach Flatow

SCVAL is a treat (not a trick!)

Monta Vista headed back up the freeway to our favorite course, Crystal Springs, and the SCVAL championships on Halloween, 2023. After two years of rain, wind, and mud, SCVAL was held in near-perfect conditions.  Under sunny skies, the JV boys lead…

So You Think You Can Drill?

The gods of drilling were unhappy.  What they saw when they looked down from Mt. Form displeased them.  So Corfu themselves, together with the lesser gods Acorn and Grunt, came down to demand tribute. MVXC arranged a day of games…

MVXC Lights Fire at the Mariner Invitational!

MVXC competed at the Mariner XC Invitational in Hayward, California for the first time and gave the meet a 5-star rating.  The meet was well-run, had lots of good energy and the combination led to some fantastic individual performances! I’m not…

Dawn Patrol!

The Dawn Patrol reported to duty at 6:30 am on Saturday on the Monta Vista track!  Starting in the dark, 14 of us headed to the top of Fire Trail and saw the sunrise over the valley.  After that warm-up,…

Week of October 16: Two Races!

Monta Vista has two races this week!  On Wednesday, October 18, the final regular season SCVAL meet will be at Baylands.  Please note we are racing on Wednesday this time.  The race will be on the same course as a…

Running Is Life

It is easy to be nervous when we start high school as freshmen.  It helps to find a community, a family we can join.  For many of us, we found the cross country team (and we also were able to…

Team Photos are Posted!

Hello Monta Vista Cross Country Family! The 2023 MVXC photos are available!  To download all of the photos, please paste: into your browser and follow the instructions to download a zip file of all the photos. We own these…

MVXC Travels to De La Salle

(I want to apologize in advance–is going to be a quick post.  I have homework to do!  My “Perspectives in Well-Being” professor is killing me.  Ironic, isn’t it?) De La Salle is a good, competitive invitational.  The course has been…