Big Catch Up Post: SCVALs, CCS Info, Leadership, and more!
I always feel like at some point things will slow down for me near the end of the season, but until I get on the plane to St. Remy at the end of the month, I never feel like I’m…
Coach Flatow
Sign Up for your MVXC Season Banquet Dinner Choice
It was the happiest of times, it was the saddest of times…the MVXC season banquet marks the end of another season (sad!) but also is a time for a fun celebration (happy!). The 2025 Monta Vista Cross Country Awards banquet…
SCVAL Championship Meet Sheet & Basic Nutrition slide deck are posted
SCVAL Championship Post season is here! We have a meet sheet for the SCVAL Championship meet next Tuesday. Please take a look to know when you are running. Parents, there will be an admission fee for this meet. This goes…
MV CharacterLab 2025 #3: Monday, November 3
We will hold our third Monta Vista CharacterLab next Monday at lunchtime in Mr. Bonacorsi’s classroom, D101. We hope to see you there! Also for your reference, attached are the slides from the last CharacterLab on Choice and Happiness. This…
Lynbrook Invitational
The Lynbrook Invitational is this Thursday! The meet sheet is posted (I am sorry this is late; can I get a note from Angela Duckworth?). This meet is a lot of fun–a fast, flat race to tune up our racing…
MVXC Shows So Much Growth at Baylands Two
The second Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) race at Baylands is the first time MVXC doubles back on the same course in a season, so this is a good measuring stick of personal and team growth. MVXC athletes aced…
Running Roughrider
Woodward Park has been the home of the California State cross country meet for years, and MVXC travelled down to Fresno to run this 5 km track at the Roughrider Invitational on Friday, October 17. While Coach Flatow has taken…
Team Photos Are Available!
We have photos! The photos from the MVXC “Media Day” on October 2 are now posted. John Ling, who photographs many of the athletic teams at Monta Vista, did a great job once again. These are all free to download…
Monta Vista CharacterLab #2: Monday, October 20 @ Lunchtime
I’ve been procrastinating a bit on scheduling our next CharacterLab session—it’s all new material, and I’ve been trying to get it right. This has been one of the most frustrating CharacterLab sessions to develop, and I really want to make…
Meet Sheet for Baylands Two
We have a meet sheet for Baylands Two! A few quick notes: Please read the meet sheet carefully…the schedule has changed slightly from the first meet at Baylands. We also shuffled the entries slightly. Everyone is released at 1:30 pm,…
Roughrider Meet Sheet
The Roughrider Invitational meet sheet is posted. This is the first time that MVXC has competed at Roughrider in more than a decade–your current coaches have never taken a team to this meet. We are going to give everyone a…
Dawn Patrol and Team Dynamics
Dawn Patrol Here is a recipe for a really nice morning: Get up early. Gather a bunch of friends. Go someplace pretty. Share the awe of a sunrise. Get some exercise. Eat something good together. Have the rest of the…