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Wilcox

Wilcox will be one of the better teams that we run against all year, but that’s OK–good competitors are provided to help us dig deeper than we might think is possible, and find the capabilities we have inside us!  We…

St. Francis Invitational 2013

The St. Francis Invitational is a lot of fun–starting from the first view of their unique track with the big oak tree inside the oval!  It seems like every year a few MV athletes are inspired to new levels, and…

Bree Lambert’s Visit

Coach Flatow’s sometime training and running partner, Bree Lambert, came by on Friday, March 15 for a quick visit to MVTF. Bree is a two-time USA women’s 100 mile trail champion, winning at the 100 mile Tahoe Rim course–which is…

MVTF Cooks! Announcing Class 2

Monta Vista track & field will host a cooking class at Whole Foods on Friday, April 5 at 5pm! An important part of being an athlete is taking care of your body, and we are here to help!  Every high…

First Home Track Meet This Century!

No one has been able to tell me the exact date of the last time Monta Vista has hosted a track meet at home…certainly it’s been more than 15 years! So it was an incredible day on Thursday, March 14,…

MV Throwers Update

In my opinion, Coach Andy Arness of Homestead is the best throwing coach in the CCS, and one of the best coaches I’ve ever seen, period!  The Monta Vista throwers are fortunate to have him help coach them this season.…

First Dual Meet At Homestead

Our first league dual meet at Homestead marked the first competition of the year for most of our athletes…and while we did not win any divisions as a team, we had many great races and results! Ariel Martin and Chris…

Getting Started with Track

The Monta Vista track & field family has grown this season!  So I thought it would nice to highlight a few helpful links for our newest athletes and their families… What’s a track meet all about?  Here is an introduction…

Fast Times @ Willow Glen High

Monta Vista’s track season opened in fine fashion at the Willow Glen Invitational on Saturday, March 2.  This meet was a great start for the year with lots of good performances by our athletes! Emilio Torres-Gonzalez was the first athlete…

It was Christmas in February!

Around lunchtime Monday, I walked into the school office to take care of some paperwork and Diana Goularte stopped me. Diana:  “Facilities got a phone call to confirm a delivery to Coach Flatow this Thursday.” Me:  “Oh, great!” Diana:  “Yes,…

Supporting Our Athletic Boosters

(Kids–please forward a link to this page to your parents!) The Monta Vista Athletic Boosters have been very, very kind and helpful towards our track & field and cross country teams this year–and they deserve the support of our MVTF…