The week of October 21 was huge for MVXC! A quick review (very quick…I’m also prepping for Monta Vista CharacterLab tomorrow October 28, at 1:25 pm in Mr. Bonacorsi’s classroom (D101).

Baylands 2

Let’s open with the headline: 23 personal records set by 35 runners! Whaaaaaat a day. This result says so much about your work ethic and grit over this season. Here is the list:

PRs Set At Baylands

AthletePR By
Aletheia Ju3:33
Darren Hsu2:51
Darren Do1:35
Vishakha Shastri1:26
Myra Mishra1:26
Yibo Wang1:25
Jonah Chang1:11
Abhi Kotari1:11
Kento Murase1:06
Justin Yaung1:04
Ethan Yang1:00
Isaac Yan1:00
Brandon Wang0:46
Ashwanth Sundaramoorthi0:40
Aaron Hung0:40
Vikram Mallya0:33
Ryan Liu0:32
Constantine Chua0:32
Miranda Hsu0:18
Sridhar Shivashankar0:13
Juliana Banes0:10
Riu Yamada0:08
Soham Beesetti0:04

Twelve athletes who were traveling to Mt. SAC ran at Baylands; even when offered the day off, they still wanted to run! These are people who just like to compete.

While the squad was split, the varsity girls still took 9th, the boys 10th, and the frosh-soph boys 10th.  All the results are up on XCStats. 

Mt. SAC

Mt. SAC is the biggest and best cross country race anywhere! It was a treat to be there.

Here is a quick recap in photos!

Wheels up, pre-dawn:

Making friends at a lunch stop in Santa Clarita on Friday:

A traditional photo–the palm tree, after our pre-race run:

Dinner on Friday!

The airstrip start:

Naomi entering the switchbacks:

The traveling team:

Disneyland at Halloween:

MVXC alumni at UCSB:

Shakeout in Santa Barbara:

Burritos and then home:

Tanay, Anika, and Melinda all scored medals…well done, crew! If we were at full strength and healthy, I believe we would have been in the running for team awards also. We had half our team down in SoCal and I’m hoping we have a bigger percentage for our travel event next year!

Results on XCStats.

Next Up

On October 31, a spooky Lynbrook Invitational will be our final tune up before we head to Leagues.  I can’t wait!