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Track Gets Rolling!

Even with the weather gray and rainy–yes we had rain, for the first time in a long time–the track & field team got rolling this week!  The first week of practice flew by, as we saw athletes who were just…

Inspiration

Here are a couple videos of Monta Vista’s friend Josh Cox that should help you get pumped up for the start of the 2014 track season, and get ready to put in some effort! The first video shows one of…

All-Northern California and All-CCS XC Teams

The last awards of the 2013 Cross Country season are finally in, and Monta Vista athletes were recognized again! Two Monta Vista athletes were awarded all-Northern California status.  Bridget Gottlieb was selected for the all-NorCal second team, while Kelly Bishop…

All-Mercury News XC Team!

Congratulations to all four Monta Vista girls who were chosen to the all-Mercury-News cross country team!  Twenty-four girls from all around Santa Clara County were chosen, including four Monta Vista Matadors:  Bridget Gottlieb (who was chosen for the first team!),…

MVXC Makes a STATEment

The MVXC girls completed the greatest season (so far 🙂 ) in Monta Vista Cross Country history with a strong performance in the 2013 California State Cross Country Championships! Monta Vista took 12th place in an incredibly strong 1st division…

CCS CHAMPIONS!

It seems impossible to try to find the words the express enough admiration for the Monta Vista varsity runners, and to describe the historic nature of their accomplishments at CCS finals, however let’s see what happens. On-line official results are…

League Champs! X2

League Finals were an unprecedented success for the Monta Vista Cross Country team! Both the Varsity Boys and the Varsity Girls qualified for the Central Coast Section finals on November 16.  Both girls teams–varsity and junior varsity–claimed league championships in…

Rock Mt SAC

Your coaches don’t have the words to tell you how proud we are of all of you! So this post can be short and sweet…because words don’t do justice to what you did. Some of our team’s accomplishments include: –14…

Artichoke ’13 + Beach Party

MVXC started October with a bang at the Artichoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay. It was an unseasonably hot day in Half Moon Bay, which makes the statistics below even more impressive: –MVXC scored 15 PRs at Artichoke, which is…

SCVAL2 @Crystal

Team this is just a quick post to tell you–you are doing great! Well, hopefully we don’t have to really tell you; hopefully we just are reminding you that you are making terrific progress this year.  Our second SCVAL meet…

Let’s Play In The Mud: Nike-De La Salle Invitational

Getting Ready to Race–Before the Rain Comes Down One would think that on a September Saturday in Concord, California, we could count on good weather.  If anything, we would be worried about the heat.  Nope!  We had a downpour that…

Candy Crush

MVXC had a big group of runners out for our optional Saturday workout on September 14–a huge number considering that the coaches had promised a hard, hard workout!  The group ran two to four cruise intervals each on the one…