Sr Zach Chambers runs 16:25 for 5K  (5:17/mile) to finish out his MVXC career at Monte Vista.  That time places Zach 8th on the all-time MV State Meet list!

Results:  http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/cifxc2010/

Monte Vista North Coast Section team - Hayward HS - Nov 20th, 2010

On Saturday morning, Nov 13th, the varsity squads headed over to San Ramon Valley HS's track to contest the traditional 3200 meter time trial.  Coming a week before the NCS race, the time trial provides a great opportunity to race a shorter distance as a tune-up, and try for a new PR at the 3200 distance.  And this year was no differnt!

Starting at 9am, the first heat featured most of the varsity boys from Livermore, San Ramon Valley, De La Salle and your Mustangs.  Right from the start, SRV's Parker Duel blasted to the front in route to a great time of 9:21 - a big PR for him.  The chase pack was sub 5 at the 1600 point, and then the real racing began.  Zach Chambers has a great race today, chasing down everyone except for Parker, as he runs a solid 9:55 time to take 2nd place.  Josh Smiley (10:02) and Trevor Furhiman (10:09)  are close behind.  Drew, Logan, and Michael are closely packed behind them.  Taylor Balke closes out the Mustangs in the first heat.

Sr Zach Chambers and Jr Trevor Fuhriman pace the chase pack at the SRV 3200

In the second heat, Soph Cameron Somers shows up to deliver a solid 12:41 PR, and is the only non-varsity from MV to show up today.  Way to go Cameron! 

Many of the varsity girls rested today, trying to recover from colds.  That didn't stop Meghan Yap, Elena Smith, Meghan Nesbit and Amanda Stansell from racing hard in the second heat.  Meghan Yap runs a great race to finish as the 4th girl overall in a fine 12:12 PR time, proving that she can master the longer track races as well as her 400/800 specialties!  Elena has a strong finish to hit a 12:40 time - which is the track lettering standard!  Meghan N and Amanda run solid times as well today.

Jr Meghan Yap runs a strong 12:12 PR time today at the SRV 3200

Season finale for the Frosh Soph and Junior Varsity Squads today at Shadow Cliffs Park, and they respond with solid performances in all four races, led by the Frosh Soph Girls 2nd place finish.  Overall team results today:

Frosh Soph Boys move up and take 3rd place behind  DLS and Amador
Frosh Soph Girls take 2nd place behind SRV
JV Boys battle hard and finish 4th today
JV Girls earn a hard fought 3rd place behind SRV and Carondelet
Varsity Boys once again finish 5th today to take 5th overall
Varsity Girls drop to 5th today, finish 4th overall in league standings

Frosh Jake Aubey kicks for home in the FS Boys race.  Jake just misses All F/S team - finishes 9th.

The top 7 in each of the FS and JV races were honored with ALL F/S or JV Certificates.  Representing Monte Vista as top 7 finishers were:
Soph Meghan Nesbit is 5th in the F/S girls race
Senior Amanda Stansell take 2nd place in the JV Girls race

In the varsity races, the top 7 earn 1st Team All-leauge, while the second 7 are 2nd Team All-league:
Junior Trevor Furhiman is 2nd Team All-League with his 9th place finish
Soph Amy Ingram earns 1st Team All-League with her 7th place finish

Senior Amanda Stansell nears the finish in the JV Girls race. Amanda take 2nd place overall!

It's not often a new course opens up in the EBAL.  For over 8 years, the league has used Oak Hill Park and Shadow Cliffs Regional Park (Pleasanton) as the only venues for cross country races.  All that changed last off-season, as the league coaches voted to bring Robertson Park in Livermore into a three park rotation.  While familar to the Livermore schools, this park was brand new for the Mustangs.  Leaving after lunch period, the team arrived early in order to walk the course and check out its' features.

 The course is a loop, which reverses upon itself and circles back over most of itself.  While the course is flat, the number of turns and loose footing areas meant that the times are not fast.   The course also measured out at 3.03 miles.  Despite this, many Mustangs did set season leading PRs today (check out XC Stats to see!).  Race summaries:

Boys JV Race -  Freshman Reid Gratsch continues his solid running by pacing the JV boys squad today.  His 18:12 is good for 14th place overall.  Forming the rest of MV's scoring 5 were: Soph Christopher Menezes, Soph James Mason, Senior Brandon Wu, and Freshman Jake Aubey.  Rounding out the top 7 were Jr Duke Peterson and Soph Zack Erlick.  The team once again came in 4th place, behind DLS, SRV and AV.

Girls JV Race -  It was a solid mixture of experience and youth today for the JV Girls as the squad ran tough to grab 3rd place today.  Jr Lauren Gratsch and Sr Kate Sallstrom work together all race, placing 6th and 7th overall. Right behind in 9th is Soph Ryan Spencer with a solid race today.  Soph Megan Blair (15th) and Freshman Erin Herting (33rd) form the top five scorers.  Soph Catherine Bronge and Sr Meredith Huntley are 6th and 7th today.

Boys Varsity Race -  Jr Drew Feldman is the top Mustang today, running a solid race to eclispe several teammates who started out fast but could not hold the pace.  Drew clocks a solid 16:22 time.  Jr's Byron Kilian and Trevor Furhiman are next across the line, with Sr Josh Smiley in 4th.  Fifth runner today is Sr Zach Chambers in 30th place.  Michael Garaventa and Taylor Balke are 6th and 7th.  The boys ended up 5th again today.  Soph Michael Bartz makes his varsity debut today, running a solid 17:42 time.

Girls Varsity Race - Soph Amy Ingram continues to be the top runner this season, as she handles the Robertson Park course in a fine 18:54 time, finishing in 7th place.  Moving up to 11th place is Sr Jill Anderson while Jrs Kristina Chin (14th) and Meghan Yap (15th) are close behind.  Jr Mikaela Hammitt is 5th, with Sophs Elena Smith and Ellie Harvey in 6th and 7th.  While Granada once again took first place, the Lady Stangs were locked in a tough battle with Amador Valley today.  When the scores were tallied, the girls missed AV by 1 Point, taking 3rd again.

EBAL 2 Team Results
Varsity Boys: 3-4
Varsity Girls: 5-2
JV/FS Boys: 4-3
JV/FS Girls: 5-2

(JV results unofficial)  Varsity Boys finish the regular league season at 7-7, while the Varsity Girls end with a 10-4 EBAL mark!

Photos from Coach Ross uploaded to the team Photobucket site

63rd Annual Mt Sac Invitational - Oct 23rd, 2010. Walnut CA.

Mustangs arrive in rock-star style, run with passion and intensity, and come away with the best Monte Vista results ever at Mt Sac:

Varsity Boys put it all together today, run an amazing team time to take 1st Place in their Division 1 race!  Four Mustangs in the top 15 insure a 20 point victory over the second place team.  Josh Smiley paces the crew with a fine 15:59 effort, with Byron, Trevor and Drew right there.
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results/2010/hs/91.pdf
Varsity Girls have a tough battle today with several strong So Cal teams, putting together a furious finish in the last half of the race to grab 2nd Place in their race!  Amy Ingram and Krsitina Chin finish in the top 15, with the pack close behind.
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results/2010/hs/97.pdf
Michael Bartz "represents" MVXC by himself in a Div 1 Soph Boys race, responds by finishing 12th and grabbing his medal!
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results/2010/hs/77.pdf
Sophs Elena Smith, Meghan Nesbit and Phoebe Killick dominate the front of their Div 1 Soph race, finishing 5th, 10th and 16th in a large field.
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results/2010/hs/81.pdf
Sr Kate Sallstrom, running in the very last race of the two-day weekend, goes out strong with the leaders and hangs on for 10th place to claim her medal as well!
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results/2010/hs/104.pdf

Meet Web site:  http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/

EBAL Center Meet #1 - Oct 6th at Shadow Cliffs Park

Mustangs run strong at the first league match up, with solid performances in all four races.  Many PR's today as the team returns to the same course they just ran this past saturday.  Check out your improvements on our XC Stats site!  Lots of hard work ahead to catch the league teams in front of us!  

-  Varsity Girls finish 5-2.  Soph Amy Ingram again paces the team with her 6th place finish.
-  Varsity Boys 3-4 with Sr Zach Chambers taking top team honors today.
 - JV/FS Boys are 4-3, JV/FS Girls 5-2 in unofficial scoring


Senior Kate Sallstrum paces the JV Girls today - finishes 5th overall                                              Soph Amy Ingram sprints for home in the Varsity Girls Race.  Amy is 6th.


Senior Zach Chambers is the top Varisty Boy finisher at EBAL #1                                   Soph Michael Bartz paces the JV Boys race in the first mile, hangs on for 6th!

Junior Boys warming up at the 2010 Scott Bauhs Invite

10/2/10:  Scott Bauhs Invitational at Shadow Cliffs Park
3 mile grade level races for the whole team!  Many Mustangs complete their first 3 mile race today while others hit course PR's.  Congrats to our top ten T-Shirt winners:
Jr Trevor Furhiman, Jr Kristina Chin, Sr Jill Anderson and Sr Amanda Stansell

 
Sophs Ryan Elizabeth Spencer and Anne Mastorakis at Scott Bauhs Invite 2010

Results in the handout below, and on XC Stats!

2010 Stanford Invite - 9/25/10:  Mustangs take on top teams from California and the West.  Both squads set course PR's today!  Boys 5:23/mile pace, Girls 6:35/mile pace.   Jr Trevor Furhiman (16:09 for 5K) and Soph Amy Ingram (19:48 for 5K) pace the teams today.  Full Results : 
http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/xc_invite10/  (Monte Vista ran in the Div 1 races)

Jr Trevor Furhiman runs a fast 16:09 5K at Stanford

The DLS/CHS Nike Invitational - 9/18/10 - Newhall Park Concord
 
Frosh Soph Girls take a strong 3rd today to pace the Mustang squads. 

Top 15 Mustang individuals include:
Fr. Reid Gratsch - 2nd FSB Unlimited
So. Christopher Menezes - 6th FSB Unlimited
So Cameron Somers - 13th FSB Unlimited
So Phoebe Killick - 9th FS Girls
So Annie Mastorakis - 13th FS Girls
Sr.  Kate Sallstrom - 10th JV Girls
Sr Michael Garaventa - 11th JV Boys
Did you ROCK today?  Check out the "XC Stats.com" link to see how you compared to last years race.  Pace per mile, finishing ranks, lots of great info - click here!

Season best PR's were the order of the day as the Mustangs raced over the 2 and 3 mile Newhall Park course.  Many teammates reported faster times on this course, despite the one big hill, compared to last week at the Ed Sias Invite.  Those who have run at Nike before appreciated the cloudy, cool weather that greated most of the racers.   Check out the XC Stats link for great data analysis!

The Mustangs looked sharp in their new team t-shirts as they hit the course for the early morning walk through.  With two team tents, the MV camp was once again a lively place.

With loud cheers from teammates during every race, several Stangs cracked into the top 25 today to earn coveted Nike medals and Nike "bling".

The Frosh Soph Girls were the fastest squad in the team scoring races with their 3rd place finish.  The Varsity teams finished 8th (boys) and 9th (girls) even though both groups were missing key teammates. 

And the cheering didn't stop once the awards ceremony started.... and it didn't stop....and it didn't stop....

Up next is the big Stanford Invite for the Varsity on Sept 25th, and the Scott Bauhs Invite for the whole team on Oct 2nd (3 miles - yeah!!!)

Results in the hand out below

While the Monte Vista Invitational is the traditional first race in the East Bay each cross country season, the historic Ed Sias Invite really kicks off the team competition.  With separate races for the Frosh Soph, JV and Varsity, and a fast, interesting course, this meet has been a tradition for the Mustangs for many years now.  There is a long hill in the back part of the course - nothing compared to the Eliminator - but the short steep hill towards the finish is a trademark feature of the Hidden Valley Park course
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Sept 11th, 2010:  Varsity Boys earn 4th Place in the Large School Varsity Division

Always a season highlight, or low-light maybe... the Coaches Race starts the meet each year.  Fielding a full "team", your Mustang Coaches toed the line to prove that we'd never ask you to do something we wouldn't do ourselves!   Coach Scott paced the group with another solid race, while (in order) Coach Ross, Coach Davis, Coach Katie and new Coach Laurey battled other team coaches all the way!

The Ed Sias web site, managed by Campo Coach Chuck, has videos, photos, results and more.  You can link to it by clicking on: http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/collegepark/Track/edsias/edsiasfrontPAGE.html  

Now in the fourth week of the season, Mustangs who couldn't run 2 miles a few weeks ago were now racing the whole way!  Keep training hard and those PR's will keep coming!    Highlights for Monte Vista include:

Top Team Finishes:
Frosh Soph Girls Limited - 3rd Place out of 17 teams!
JV Boys Limited Race - 3rd Place out of 24 teams!
JV Girls Limited Race - 3rd Place / 16 teams!
Varsity Boys - Large School Race - 4th / 19 teams!

Top Indiv Finishers:
Jr Matt Yap  - Individual winner of the JV Limited race!!
Sr Taylor Balke - 4th Place JV Limited race
So Elena Smith - 10th place Frosh Soph Limited race

GO MUSTANGS!

Sept 11th, 2010:  Frosh Soph Girls take 3rd Place Medals at Ed Sias Invite

Over 1100 athletes attacked the Eliminator today during the 27th running of the Monte Vista Invitational!  Surprisingly cool weather lead to some outstanding times today, including a new course record in the Senior Girls race!  With 22 teams contributing runners, Oak Hill Park was a colorful place indeed.

Medals went to the top 15 runners in each race, and your Mustangs grabbed our fair share!  Earning the famed MV Invite medal for the home team was:

Reid Gratsch - 11th place Frosh Boys Race
Amy Ingram - 4th place Soph Girls Race (fastest MV girl on the day)
Elena Smith - 12th place Soph Girls Race
Trevor Furhiman - 2nd place Junior Boys Race (fastest MV boy on the day)
Drew Feldman - 9th place Junior Boys Race
Byron Kilian - 10th place Junior Boys Race
Kristina Chin - 3rd place Junior Girls Race
Josh Smiley - 9th place Senior Boys Race
Zach Chambers - 10th place Senior Boys Race
Michael Garaventa - 11th place Senior Boys Race
Logan McCaul - 14th place Senior Boys Race
Jill Anderson - 3rd place Senior Girls Race

In the unofficial scoring, the MV Boys came in 3rd today, just 3 points from 1st place.  The MV Girls were also 3rd overall - a great start to the season. 

Many Mustangs ran their first high school race today, and handled the Eliminator Hill in fine fashion.  Overall our team results were very encouraging, from Varsity to JV and Frosh Soph! 

Full results can be found in the handouts below.

Next up - the Ed Sias Invite on Saturday the 11th!   GO STANGS!

Despite the 100 degree heat earlier in the day, veterans and new MVXC'ers toed the line to show off their fitness in a 1600 meter time trial.  Running in four heats, the team brushed away nerves and displayed some strong early season times.

The attached file has four tabs, one for each "heat" (Frosh Soph Boys, Frosh Soph Girls, Jr/Sr Boys & Jr/Sr Girls).

 The Frosh-Soph Boys race was voted the most spirited, with several lead changes and quite a battle down to the wire!  Congrats to each Mustang who set a "PR" today, and our four heat winners:

FS Boys:  Reid Gratsch

FS Girls:  Amy Ingram

Jr-Sr Boys:  Byron Kilian

Jr-Sr Girls:  Jill Anderson