News & Announcements

Nice Tune Up at SCVAL Preview

The Monta Vista Cross-Country team showed nicely at the SCVAL Preview meet on October 6.  Held at the Crystal Springs International X-Country course, the SCVAL…

Desiree Davila is coming to MV!

Monta Vista cross-country has a distinguished visitor coming–Desiree Davila! Desiree is a professional runner with the Hanson-Brooks team.   Earlier this year, Desiree finished 2nd…

Running Fast at Artichoke

With the upperclassmen focused on SATs, Monta Vista freshmen and sophomores stole the show at the Artichoke Invitational last Saturday. The Frosh-Soph girls started the…

League Season Opens at Central Park

Monta Vista Cross-Country opened the SCVAL league season at the Central Park Invitational on September 28.  In six races, the Monta Vista teams finished no…

Foam Rolling

Every serious runner should own a foam roller.  We pound our bodies constantly and repetitively, thousands of impacts per mile.  The constant work we endure…

Stanford Invitational Report

Monta Vista Cross Country drove up the road to the Stanford Invitational yesterday, competing in one of the most competitive and prestigious races in the…

Quiz 5

We just finished a couple of hard weeks of training–congrats, team!  We added a new training run to the mix–cruise intervals.  And we had a…

Bitter + Sweet is sweet on MVXC

Monta Vista XC and Bitter + Sweet had a very successful fund-raising event last Saturday! More than 30 parents attended our coffee get-together after the…

Grit

We talked about ‘Grit’ at practice today, and the value of grit as a character trait. Grit is defined as “perseverance and passion for long-term…

SCVAL Roster for MV

Monta Vista runners and coaches… Please review the roster as listed in the SCVAL database.  Monta Vista athletes are listed towards the bottom.  Please check…

MV Opens 2011 Season at Earlybird

**Update** Coach Payne just forwarded the Monta Vista All-Time List for Toro Park…Kevin’s time was the 2nd fastest all time for Monta Vista runners (second…