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, the Frosh-Soph boys finished with a strong second place–despite losing 3 of their top 5 runners (two frosh-soph runners competed in the Varsity race, and Shanmukh Challa turned an ankle–HARD–in a ditch in the back half of the race). In the face of these obstacles, the team’s second place finish was very impressive. Rohan Choudhury was the first MV F-S runner to finish with a 17:36, which was 21 seconds faster than his time at the SCVAL Preview–and the Preview race was run on a shorter Crystal course (due to bad running conditions last month)! Rohan’s finish was good for 8th place overall. Ryan Bishop was close behind in 10th with a 17:47, also faster than his preview time on the short course! Those were great efforts by both of MV’s top two runners. The rest of the MV scorers were Zach Patti, Anand Rao and Steven Lim. Looking at the results of the frosh-soph boys, there are many runners who have demonstrated the potential of being contributors to future CCS-caliber teams–today’s F-S race was not only a good race on it’s own, but also is an indication of a strong future for these runners as individuals and as a team.
The Monta Vista JV girls provided a clinic on racing as a team. Leading the group was Julia Chang who saved her best for last as she ran her most impressive race of the year! Julia took the lead right at the start of the race (a gutsy move at the Crystal Springs course), and then she continued to put pressure on the entire field as she lead the race from start to finish. Winning a cross-country race is a rare treat, and the entire team shared in Julia’s victory! Like the top freshman boys, Julia’s 21:32 was more than a 20 second improvement from her time on the shorter Crystal course that MV ran a month ago at the SCVAL preview. The results these young runners got are a tribute to their hard work during this cross-country season.
The JV girls team demonstrated the strength of pack running as they finished in strong, fast groups–Chloe Li and Alice Johnson finishing 7-8, Ellen Tang and Catalina Huang 10-11, and Lena Chen, Sameera Vemulapalli and Kiersten Chuc 16-17-18. Monta Vista not only won the JV race, but MV had 8 girls in before the 4th runner on the second team has over the line! Great job, ladies!
Kevin Bishop provided the individual highlight of the Varsity boy’s race, scoring a 2nd place finish with a 15:48. Shivam Khanna and freshman Emilio Torres-Gonzales also finished in the top 20, and Ajay Rajamani and Michael Lu completed the Varsity scoring. Despite finishing a disappointing 5th place in leagues, the Varsity team still qualified for the Central Coast Section meet based on team combined time–which demonstrates the strength of the DAL this year, as it appears that 6 of the 7 varsity teams all have qualified for the sectional finals. Guys, you are back in CCS!–let’s make that a fantastic race!
The Varsity girls team had plenty of notable performances. Freshman Jenny Xu put the cherry on top of a fabulous first season at Monta Vista with an individual league championship, running an 18:56 to win her race by 21 seconds! Senior Pearl Law also capped off an amazing first year in cross-country with a 9th place finish, and Bridget Gottleib gave Monta Vista three runners in the top 10. Kirsten Do and Risako Tanida finished strong to give Monta Vista a second place finish as a team, only 12 points out of first place. The second place finish allows the MV women to advance to the CCS finals this year, after narrowly missing the year before. The team looks forward to a strong performance in CCS, and together with the girls on the JV team, the stage is set for many more good years!
The JV boys placed three runners in the top 10–Bumpei Maeda, coming off injury, took a strong 3rd place, and Stephen Ting and Collin Marcroft scored 6th and 10th. Captain Vikrant Marathe finished in 13th, and Sanjeev Dwarka was MV’s 5th finisher in the top 20, as the boys completed a great MV day by bringing home a 2nd place team finish.
Monta Vista’s coaches could not be more proud of this great group of runners! The team worked hard all year, and the results are a testament to the team’s commitment to working hard and supporting each other. We are not done with this season yet–CCS finals are on November 12!–and the future is so bright, the team should all be wearing shades! 🙂
Ezra Gordon was out taking photographs and we will have the results in the gallery in a few days.
MONTA VISTA TIMES and finishing positions in their races
GIRLS:1 JENNY XU 9 MONTA VISTA 18:56
9 PEARL LAW 12 MONTA VISTA 20:23
10 BRIDGET GOTTLIEB 10 MONTA VISTA 20:26
13 KIRSTEN DO 10 MONTA VISTA 20:40
21 RISAKO TANIDA 11 MONTA VISTA 21:21
1 JULIA CHANG 9 MONTA VISTA 21:32
30 NANDINI CHITALE 12 MONTA VISTA 21:58
31 NEHA JAMMU 12 MONTA VISTA 21:59
7 CHLOE LI 9 MONTA VISTA 22:52
8 ALICE JOHNSON 10 MONTA VISTA 22:59
10 ELLEN TANG 11 MONTA VISTA 23:22
11 CATALINA HUANG 11 MONTA VISTA 23:25
16 LENA CHEN 11 MONTA VISTA 24:06
17 SAMEERA VEMULAPALLI 10 MONTA VISTA 24:17
18 KIERSTEN CHUC 10 MONTA VISTA 24:23
23 HITA BHAGAT 11 MONTA VISTA 24:38
30 SARAH WEINBERG 9 MONTA VISTA 25:10
37 EMMA SEYER 10 MONTA VISTA 25:44
40 CHRISTIE LIN 11 MONTA VISTA 25:57
47 TIFFANY NGUYEN 11 MONTA VISTA 26:35
48 ZARA DICKINSON 11 MONTA VISTA 26:37
49 SANJNA BHARADWAJ 9 MONTA VISTA 26:42
51 EMILY CHI 11 MONTA VISTA 26:59
52 LYDIA SEO 9 MONTA VISTA 27:04
56 MIRANDA CHEN 9 MONTA VISTA 27:21
BOYS:2 KEVIN BISHOP 12 MONTA VISTA 15:48
13 SHIVAM KHANNA 12 MONTA VISTA 16:45
17 EMILIO TORRES-GONZALES 9 MONTA VISTA 17:03
8 ROHAN CHOUDHURY 9 MONTA VISTA 17:36
30 AJAY RAJAMANI 11 MONTA VISTA 17:45
31 MICHAEL LU 12 MONTA VISTA 17:47
10 RYAN BISHOP 10 MONTA VISTA 17:47
11 ZACHARY PATTI 10 MONTA VISTA 17:57
12 ANAND RAO 10 MONTA VISTA 18:05
35 BENJAMIN CHANG 12 MONTA VISTA 18:08
3 BUMPEI MAEDA 11 MONTA VISTA 18:11
16 STEVEN LIM 10 MONTA VISTA 18:15
39 ARVIND RAO 12 MONTA VISTA 18:19
6 STEPHEN TING 11 MONTA VISTA 18:30
25 ISMAEEL SHERIFF 10 MONTA VISTA 18:51
10 COLLIN MARCROFT 11 MONTA VISTA 18:54
13 VIKRANT MARATHE 11 MONTA VISTA 19:03
30 NIKHIL SINHA 9 MONTA VISTA 19:05
31 ARCHIT DUA 10 MONTA VISTA 19:06
32 DAVID WANG 9 MONTA VISTA 19:06
19 SANJEEV DWARKA 11 MONTA VISTA 19:20
43 RIZWANULLA MOHAMMED 9 MONTA VISTA 19:43
45 SEUNGHUN OH 10 MONTA VISTA 19:47
47 JOHN HSIAO 10 MONTA VISTA 19:50
55 PRASHANTH SWAMINATH 12 MONTA VISTA 19:52
49 GEORGE YANG 10 MONTA VISTA 19:54
52 WYATT LIAO 10 MONTA VISTA 19:59
53 SAMEER RAO 9 MONTA VISTA 20:03
57 NISHANT GREENE 12 MONTA VISTA 20:07
55 TYLER PENNEBAKER 9 MONTA VISTA 20:09
25 ANDREW HUA 11 MONTA VISTA 20:16
27 ALEX WANG 11 MONTA VISTA 20:31
28 SHANMUKHA SRINIVAS 11 MONTA VISTA 20:31
66 ARIF HASAN 12 MONTA VISTA 20:48
69 TAKUTO DOSHIRO 10 MONTA VISTA 21:07
57 EDWARD YI 10 MONTA VISTA 20:13
30 SAI PALADUGU 11 MONTA VISTA 20:36
34 RYAN KE 11 MONTA VISTA 20:46
60 RANA SINGH 9 MONTA VISTA 20:51
64 JIUYI LI 10 MONTA VISTA 21:04
66 ADITYA KUMAR 10 MONTA VISTA 21:12
69 LEON ROVNER 9 MONTA VISTA 21:26
70 SALVADOR TORRES-GONZALES 10 MONTA VISTA 21:29
44 JEFFREY HARRISON 11 MONTA VISTA 21:39
74 ANDREW CAI-LI 12 MONTA VISTA 21:45
73 MYRON LOKE 10 MONTA VISTA 21:48
75 SIDDARTH KADIYALA 12 MONTA VISTA 21:53
76 THARUN SANKAR 10 MONTA VISTA 21:56
79 NICHOLAS BATES 12 MONTA VISTA 22:09
80 CHAITANYA GALIVANCH 9 MONTA VISTA 22:04
52 HAREE SRINIVASAN 11 MONTA VISTA 22:12
80 LEON ZHOU 12 MONTA VISTA 22:27
87 DONALD SWEN 10 MONTA VISTA 22:28
88 GLENN HUA 9 MONTA VISTA 22:40
57 MOMIN KHAN 11 MONTA VISTA 22:47
82 THOMAS HUANG 12 MONTA VISTA 23:13
63 VINCENT HUANG 11 MONTA VISTA 23:46
83 NICK HUYNH 12 MONTA VISTA 24:43
97 KEVIN KRAUSE 10 MONTA VISTA 25:59