The Monte Vista Invitational - Home of the Eliminator!

Parents and athletes -
We are in the last week of the season for the Frosh / Soph and JV teams.  Below are some important announcements concerning this week - please take a minute to read through this note. 

1.  Car Wash Update:   Despite the rainy weather the day before, we were able to hold our car wash on Saturday as planned!   A huge thanks to our Athletic Booster President Mike Aha, who helped us set up AND run the car wash.  And of course, to our great parents who helped out and helped buy tickets!    We raised over $1500 for our budget.   If you did not turn in your ticket money, please plan on doing so on Monday so we can close out this event.  Remember, all athletes were asked to sell tickets, whether you attended the car wash or not.

2.  Practice Alert for Tuesday, Nov 4th:
We are taking a bus to Shadow Cliffs park on Tuesday, Nov 4th, to allow the team to preview the course we will race on on Friday.   We have one 85 passenger bus reserved, so we can take most, but not all of the team.  The coaches are asking for the following people to make this trip with us:
- All Varsity runners
- The top 7 (or more) projected scorers for the FS and JV teams (based on previous races - the coaches will identify you if you are not sure)
-  ALL athletes who are new to the team and have not been to Shadow Cliffs before.

After these groups, we will fill seats for anyone else who wants to go down and revisit the course.  Those who know the course well, or those who can not be away from MV on Tuesday, will stay behind and do a separate workout.

We will leave PROMPTLY at 3:30.  I would anticipate that the bus will return to MV between 6 and 6:30 pm.   Please make plans accordingly.   It is important to our title hopes, to have the team familiar with this course.

3.  Carbo Load - Thursday Nov 6th.   We are planning to hold a Carbo Load on Thursday, Nov 6th at Oak Hill Parks picnic area.   Please check the Volunteer section of the team web site to sign up.  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0548aea82da46-20146

4.  EBAL Championships:   Friday Nov 7th.  The meet starts at 1:00 PM.  The order of races is:

                                                                        Frosh Soph Boys’ Race          1:00PM

                                                                        Frosh Soph Girls’ Race           1:30PM

                                                                        Junior Varsity Boys’ Race      2:05PM

                                                                        Junior Varsity Girls’ Race       2:35PM

                                                                        Varsity Boys’ Race                 3:10PM

                                                                        Varsity Girls’ Race                 3:45PM

                                                                        Awards follow the conclusion of all races

All athletes will be excused after Brunch, and the Buses will leave MV at 11:00 am.   For most of the team, this is the only time they have missed school for XC.   Please make sure that they make appropriate arrangements with their 3rd thru 6th period teachers.  Report any issues to the coaches.  All team members are expected to be on bus.   Athletes MAY leave the meet with parents - AFTER THE AWARDS CEREMONY.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MONTE VISTA CROSS COUNTRY TEAM!  IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING WEEK!   GO MUSTANGS!

Coach Mike Davis on behalf of all the coaches.