Bridget Gottlieb was a sophomore in 2011, when the Monta Vista girls team started a streak of Fremont Union High School District team championships. Yes, that Bridget Gottlieb. Bridget Aviv Gottlieb, first of her name. The Lady of Crystal. Destroyer…
“Running is kind like coffee. The first time you drink it you might not like it. But you kind of like the way it makes you feel. After a few times, it starts to taste better and then all of…
I have never taken a journalism class, but I understand one of the fundamentals of a news article is “don’t bury the lead!” So here you go, gentle reader: 70% of the MVXC runners who toed the line at Baylands…
Short attention span reading and writing for MVXC Week 10… Week 10 started with a great workout…repeat Ks that showed athletes how far they travelled this season. Being a great teammate became a theme of the week. Anika nominated Sydney Stevens…
The meet sheet for the next Baylands 5km race on October 18 is now posted! We all ran this race four weeks ago, and we have had many good workouts and lots of miles since then…this should be an opportunity…
Coaches will tell athletes, again and again, “if you work hard and consistently, you will improve”. Do high school athletes always listen, believe, remember? Hmm. It is useful to look back and see measurable improvement! On October 11, 2022, MVXC ran a…
No one can tell us when the last new cross country course was created in the Central Coast Section. So when the first invitational was announced for the brand new Palo Corona course in Carmel, California, Monta Vista was the…
MVXC traveled to Crystal Springs for the first time in 2022 on Tuesday, October 4. Crystal may be the best cross country course in California, maybe the country. It’s hard to say exactly where Crystal ranks but for sure,…
Week Eight of the Monta Vista cross country season–the last week of September–was a challenging, hard week for those that attacked it with vigor. We were looking for three kinds of quality–CV pace, threshold pace, and long steady hills with…
Three quick hits for every MVXC athlete: The Crystal Preview meet sheet is now posted! Team photographs are available for download! Remember, you don’t have to buy these images. Unlike most teams, coach has a contract with the photographer Jeremy Hohengarten…
Monta Vista’s season reached the halfway point between the first practice of the season and toeing the line at the Central Coast Section Championships…let’s review week seven. SCVAL Season Opener at Baylands – September 20, 2022 Several years ago at…
Please get me your releases for our next invitational at Pacific Grove! MVXC22 finally got to enjoy some near-perfect running weather on Saturday, September 17 at the De La Salle invitational! Perfect running weather is slightly uncomfortably cool spectating weather, so…