The All-Central Coast Section teams have been announced…and three Monta Vista cross country athletes have been honored! Sophomore Sylvana Northrop was chosen for the All-CCS Second Team, and junior Triya Roy was honored with an Honorable Mention selected. Freshman Jannah Sheriff was tapped as Freshman of the Year. In all, only 25 boys and 25 girls were honored, from more than 150 schools and almost 8,000 cross country athletes in our Section. Having three Monta Vista athletes honored is a significant achievement and recognition of all the
MVXC Opens Season at the Chieftain Invitational
On Saturday, September 8, Monta Vista Cross Country travelled to Toro Park in Salinas to open the 2018 season at the Chieftain-Spirit Invitational. The team usually opens the season at Toro at Earlybird. Toro Park is a classic course: 3.0 miles long, mostly dirt, good for spectators, some nice changes in terrain and a couple tough hills. Every other year, Toro is the site of the section championships. However, since Earlybird is not so early anymore, we decided to take a run at Chieftain. Chieftain
Alumni Update: College XC15 Action Begins!
Whitman College Cross Country Team 2015 It’s barely September, and already Monta Vista cross-country alumni are starting to make a mark on college teams from coast-to-coast! At UC Irvine, Pearl Law (MVXC12, and older sister of current MVXC team member Ruby Law), opened her season as the Anteaters’ fifth runner with a 19:52 over the tough UCI Invitational course. Just up the road in Pasadena, Rohan Choudhury (MVXC15) won the praise of his coach at CalTech as he ran the second fastest time ever by a