Hello, MVTF!
We are about to start Winter Break…and here are some updates and things to remember!
Please join the Monta Vista Athletic Boosters: MVAB does a lot for Monta Vista Track & Field, from supporting travel to buying equipment. MVAB has never said ‘no’ to any request for financial support. During cross country season, 100% of athlete families joined MVAB! Let’s do the same for track. Please join right away…after the Winter break we will begin contacting families who did not join to answer questions if you are not sure of what MVAB does for our athletic programs, or just to remind you if you forgot to join (we know that you all have busy lives!)
Go to the MVAB site and join now!
Parents: You should have received an email or two from Ceci Imamura, team parent <yay!>. If you have not received an email from Ceci yet, you are not on the email distribution list. Contact her right away at c2imamura15
Athletes: PLEASE continue to work out during the week’s break. You have accomplished a lot in the last three weeks; your bodies are changing and adapting. Science says that a lot of your physiological progress will be undone in a week of inactivity. Join optional practices at 9am next Monday through Friday, or workout hard on your own (if you are not sure what to do, just do the same workout you did on the same day of practice this week!—easy.). Keep your focus, you will feel so much better when you are back.
The Fourth Annual Monta Vista 400 Shootout: If you need some inspiration for your break week workouts, don’t forget that on Tuesday February 28 we will be holding the 400 Shootout! With inspiration from Coach John McKeeman, we started the shootout in 2014. Every athlete on the Monta Vista track team will toe the starting line for a 400m run, we fire a gun for the first time this season, and Hank Lawson/Radar timing will record our marks to 0.01 seconds! Your times will be recorded for all eternity in the cloud…so whether you are a sprinter or a distance runner, hurdler or thrower, come back from break ready to throw down a solid 400m!
Team Photos: Weather permitting, team photos will be taken Thursday, March 9. We will remind you again, but you can help yourself (and parents can help their kids) by putting an electronic alarm in your phone and computer RIGHT NOW to remind you to bring your uniform, and wear your uniform, to practice that day. No uniform, no photo!
Change to the schedule: The Monta Vista at Mt. View on April 20 has been cancelled. We will now have a three-way meet at Fremont against both Fremont and Mt. View on March 21. Please mark your calendars!
Workout shirts: The ordering website will close soon. Final warning! If you want a shirt, please order at our online store. There are only 21 orders as I write this…so if you want a shirt, get on it, you will be bumming out if you don’t have one!
