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Crystal Springs Preview

Monta Vista Cross Country had a beautiful day for our introduction to the historic Crystal Springs course.  We head to the Crystal Preview ready to both run hard, but also to prepare ourselves for league championships.  Leagues are back here…

Central & Oregon

I am a week behind in my posts–sorry!  Let’s catch up… Central Park Runners can take the Central Park race for granted–it is a short and flat urbanish layout–but this is still a good opportunity to get some race experience…

Can you spell…

…MVXC?  The 2017 team can (thank you to Sub’s drone and photography!  There are many versions of this image floating around the team if you want to post this on one of your social media accounts, or you can get…

MVXC Opens 2017 Season At Earlybird!

Monta Vista cross country started the 2017 campaign with top-to-bottom strong performances at the Earlybird Invitational! Earlybird has a compete-by-class format and the day started out with our freshmen.  Our freshman girls lead off with a sparkling team effort lead by…

Earlybird Preview

After an absence of a year due to last year’s course closure, Monta Vista Cross Country returns to Earlybird to open the 2017 cross country competitive season!  Here is everything you need to know, and just as importantly what you want…

MVXC17 Selects Team Captains!

Monta Vista Cross Country has selected an excellent group of captains to lead the squad in their 2017 campaign. From the girls side of the team, senior Akshara Majjiga along with juniors Sanjana Borle and Anjali Thontakudi were selected as our…

League Championship T-Shirts Are On Sale

The SCVAL championship t-shirts are now on sale! Yes, it is almost two months before the championship race, yet you may buy your t-shirt now.  Actually, you have to–there are no t-shirt sales on-site at the championships, you need to…

Simple Ain’t Easy: How to Beat the Heat

“Hey, man, simple ain’t easy.” -Thelonious Sphere Monk 1917-1982 It has been incredibly, stupidly hot yesterday and today (Saturday September 2); at my house right now it is 106°.  No way do I want to go out running right now, and…

Hot Watermelon!

The temperature on Watermelon day: 2013:  78° 2014:  77° 2015:  88° 2016:  75° 2017:  95° Yikes. Yes, it was a difficult day for the Watermelon Run, yet MVXC rose to the challenge and with zero complaining (beyond a few accurate…

MVXC Car Pool Information

Hello XC Parents,  Here is a summary and review of the car pool information presented at the MVXC Parents’ Meeting on Wednesday. We will again be setting up a carpool to get the athletes to the meets.  This carpool has…