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Turkey Trot and Thanksgiving

Seeing so many Monta Vista cross-country runners out at the 2011 Silicon Valley Turkey Trot yesterday was very, very inspirational!  My rough count was 13 students, three parents, two MV journalists and two coaches, and I heard a couple ‘hey…

Awards Banquet

MVXC celebrated our 2011 season at our annual awards banquet last Thursday night at the Monta Vista cafeteria! We had a great turn out of athletes and their families.  After dinner (XC runners can really eat!) we acknowledged many individuals…

MV Teams Finish High at CCS

KEVIN AND JENNY GO ON TO CALIFORNIA STATE MEET The successful 2011 season finished with great showings at the Central Coast Section Championships by Monta Vista’s boys and girls teams, while two individuals extended their seasons by another two weeks.…

Youth Running Seminar Recap

Monta Vista Running’s first seminar on Monday, November 7 was a great evening!  More than 60 people came to the Monta Vista auditorium to hear Erica McClain, Dr. Russell Pate and Coach Edrick Floreal. Erica opened the evening by talking…

Baylands Photos are Posted

Ezra Gordon’s photos from the Baylands Invitational are up on our website and the photos are pretty fantastic!  The light was good for photography, the team was happy, loose and fast, and it was just a fun day!  Ezra (our…

Three Firsts for MV at League Meet

Monta Vista celebrated the De Anza League finals at Crystal Springs on November 1 by bringing home 3 ‘golds’–2 individual, 1 team–and sending both Varsity teams onwards to the Central Coast Section finals! In the first race of the day,…

MV Girls Capture District Championship!

When you say the word ‘championship’, you get our attention!  Nerf basketball championship of your living room?  We are in!  FUHSD cross-country championship?  You bet, we’re in! Lynbrook hosted the Lynbrook Invitational, which doubles as the Fremont Union High School…

MV Storms Mt. SAC

Monta Vista Cross-Country invaded SoCal in force and returned from Mt. SAC 2011 with hardware! The Mt. SAC Invitational is the biggest and most prestigious high school cross-country meet anywhere, 64 years old with 22,000 runners over two days!  There…

Baylands

I have to apologize–I am completely overwhelmed and behind with work as we get ready for League Finals and other events, and have not been able to produce a Baylands race write-up that I’m happy with!  But you can find…

Running Logs

Having a running log is a key tool of the serious runner.  There are lots of ways to keep a running log and it does not have to be complicated: –An Excel spreadsheet or Word document (your coach has a…

Heart of Lightness

Most of us have seen the article on Pearl Law’s experiences in Africa that was published in the Mercury-News; if you have not, take a look here: If you are interested in the long version of the story, here…

MV is Desiree Davila’s newest fan club

The Monta Vista cross-country team had the honor of hosting Desiree Davila for 24 hours.  Desiree is one of the USA’s leading marathoners after finishing 2nd in the 2011 Boston Marathon, the highest finish by an American women in 18…