The Monte Vista Invitational - Home of the Eliminator!

Dear Parents and Students,

Thank you to all the parents who came to the meeting last night! Here is a recap:

Parent Night Presentation

• Full presentation online here.
• Key points:
  • The runners are building up their strength and we are headed for a season of fun, teamwork, and great competitive racing!
  • The team's website is the first place to go for information. It is updated regularly. Find it at www.eteamz.com/mvxc. We call this "the website" or "the team website". Please check the website often (and preferably instead of emailing common questions to coaches). Find our calendar, links to volunteer sign ups, our budget, info on nutrition, photos, news, and much more.
  • The team also uses another website for tracking runner attendance, performance/race stats, and training logs. We call this "XC Stats". Each runner has an account (and each parent has a parent account as well). Students and parents should use the "Planned Absence" feature on XC Stats to notify coaches of illness or other unavoidable conflicts (instead of plain email) as it is far easier for us coaches to manage.
  • Budget now online here.

Team T-Shirt, Uniforms, & Participation Donation Form

If you didn't turn in your form last night or did not get a form, please print this form, fill it out, and return to any coach with a check made to MVHS Cross Country. Don't forget to choose a size for your 'free' team t-shirt. MVXC is almost 100% parent funded. $245 is this year's suggested donation amount--less than the cost of a latte a day for the opportunity for your runners to build a lifelong skill and to experience everything a high school sport has to offer*. The school only pays for the head coach. Everything else comes from us parents. THANK YOU to all who already donated last night and especially to those who've already notified us of corporate matches!!!

Practice at 3:30 Today

Practice will be at 3:30 weekdays unless otherwise scheduled, even on minimum days.

Go Mustangs!

Courtney Corda on behalf of all the coaching staff

p.s. Please volunteer for the exciting MV Invitational meet on Sept. 6 -- no better time to volunteer as it is our only home meet. Sign up today here.

* Well, almost everything. We don't have cheerleaders at our meets. Or the band. Maybe we should invite them?!  Imagine a drum line tunnel for our runners to run through. Apparently, according to this thread, it's pretty cool.