Here we are in the middle of winter holidays and it is gray outside. We are feeling the laziness of that time after finals and before school starts. It is warm and cozy in bed in the morning. How can…
Some hardy souls joined Coach on an end-of-finals run last Friday…braving a chilly morning and a muddy, hilly route (with only a bit of rain) we all recorded more than 7 miles and more than 1000 feet of climbing…
The 2017 Track & Field season is right around the corner! Monta Vista will return both Frosh-Soph boys’ and Junior Varsity girls’ teams that won league championships, and we have an exciting season planned. Come to the MVXC pre-season meeting to…
On Top Of Prospect Trail, Quicksilver Park–December 2014 To celebrate the end of finals, MVXC-MVTF will be hosting a post-finals fun adventure run at Almaden Quicksilver Park! This will be a fun (but challenging–hilly and probably muddy) run, mostly single…
Bennett Zhang was selected to the All-CCS Team as an honorable mention–check it out! This recognition is a tribute to Bennett’s hard work; not only this season, but for the past four years. Bennett was known as a teammate who would…
As part of our continuing State Championships coverage…when comparing only CCS teams at the State meet, our girls were ranked 4th! Amazing. Well done! Check it out… CCS Girls’ Teams at State 1 Aptos 45 points 1 – 5 – 9…
The MVXC girls wrapped up our XC season with some really good work at the State meet! On a chilly and blustery day that threatened rain constantly, the girls went out and showed the results of three months of hard…
As I prepare to get on the road to Fresno for the State Championships tomorrow, I took a look at yesterday’s Turkey Trot results and was amazed at the number of the MVXC runners, alumni and athletes who ran. It was…
As you might have noticed we had a little problem with mvrunning for a few days, probably something that anyone but your coach could have resolved in 45 seconds, but it took me a while! I will get a (late)…
With both the Monta Vista girls’ and boys’ varsity teams punching their tickets to the Central Coast Section championships, the SCVAL championships were a success—but the story was much more than only the varsity teams. The day started with the…
Jenny Xu, MVXC15, now running for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology cross country team, was selected to the all-academic team for the New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) this week. On Saturday October 29, Jenny and the MIT engineers followed…
“It’s almost always better to finish a race wondering, ‘I wonder how much further ahead I would have finished if I had gone out a little faster?’, than ‘I wonder how much further ahead I would have finished if I had…