Week 15 - 9/25 - 10/1

Great effort yesterday at Nike Portland XC for those who attended!  Twenty athletes set a new lifetime personal best time while all but a handful of you ran a new season best time.  We are excited to see continued improvement as we begin to refine our training and go into races more rested than we have to this point.  Results from Nike Portland XC are available at http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=114644#/263.

Here are this week's announcements:

Oxford Classic

We are staying in Bend this week for the Oxford Classic on Friday at Drake Park.  Race times and varsity lists are provided below.  Students who are cleared to compete will be released from class at 1:00 PM.  Meet at the XC Tree and we will carpool to Drake Park.  If you miss any school on Friday you can not participate in the race.  Also as a reminder, if you miss any school on a Friday you can not compete on a Saturday.

Boys Varsity - 2:30 PM
Inteus, Jack, Nate, Wyatt, Travis, Max, Jayden

Boys Junior Varsity - 3:30 PM
(All other boys)

Girls Varsity - 2:00 PM
Kelsey, Ciara, Grace, Elida, Brooke, Vanessa, Hilary

Girls Junior Varsity - 3:00 PM
(All other girls)

Pre-Oxford Classic Pasta Feed

Our team pasta feed will be at the Schumacher house this Thursday 9/29 at 5:30 pm.  Their address is 2069 NE Hollow Tree Lane.  Please bring an item to share with the group:

Freshmen - Bread
Sophomores - Salad
Juniors - Desert
Seniors - Drinks

End of Season Banquet

Our end of season banquet is scheduled for Friday, November 11th at 6pm in Aspen Hall at Shevlin Park.  All athletes and family members are encouraged to come and celebrate the end of our season!  The event does tend to be fairly long because we feel it is important to recognize every athlete - expect it to last till about 9pm.  We will have food catered from Tate and Tate with both a meat and vegetarian option.  The team will cover the cost of all team athletes - please let us know if you are not attending so that we don't order you a meal.  Family members may attend for free, but if you wish to eat meals are $11/person and must be paid in advance on Touchbase which is currently setup for payment: https://touchbase.bend.k12.or.us/

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We need some volunteers to help with setup between 5-6pm for the banquet.  If you are willing to help please let me know!

Juniper Preview Community Run
Next Saturday, October 8th we will be co-hosting the Juniper Preview with Ridgeview on the district race course.  There is a community run at 8am before the high school race that is $10 with all proceeds benefiting our two programs.  If you are interested in participating you can signup online at www.playjuniper.com

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Team Photos
All of our team photos including retakes are available for free download on smugmug: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-TkCN88/

2016 Mountain View XC team portraits www.smugmug.com You can download any of these photos for free in full resolution. Just click the download button (little arrow) beneath any photo. Or order prints in any size, at cost.

Uniform Returns

We still have not received old jerseys and shorts back from a number of athletes with our new uniforms out.  Please make sure to bring these in to avoid a fine on your student account.  Fines will be $20 each for old jerseys and shorts.

Nutrition for Female High School Athletes

Footzone is offering a free clinic specific to nutrition for female high school athletes led by Stephanie Howe, Ph. D, a nationally renowned ultra runner who lives in Bend.  She will talk about energy needs specific to high school females, why its important to talk about eating disorders, the female triad, and why female nutrition needs are different than males.  This is a free clinic held at Footzone at 7pm on Thursday, October 6th.  Megan is planning to attend and we encourage female athletes and their parents to consider attending as well!

Practice Schedule

Monday - Progression Miles (Varsity @ Juniper, JV @ Pine Nursery)

Tuesday - Larkspur Trail

Wednesday - 1600, 1200, 800, 400 on MVHS Track

Thursday - Meet Sky View at Pine Nursery

Friday - Oxford Classic (Release at 1pm)

Saturday - Optional Run & Pancakes!!  Meet at Mike and Megan's house at 8am for a run on the River Trail with pancakes afterward.  Our address is 61051 Snowberry Place.

Sunday - Rest Day

Week 14 - 9/18 - 9/24

Great job in Seaside this weekend Cougars.  We hope you had as much fun as we did!  In the large school division our girls finished 5th out of 17 teams and our boys finished 9th out of 19 teams.  On top of that we had many great individual performances.  For full meet results go to http://resultsdb.com/results/Seaside3CourseChallengeResults2106.pdf or http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=116914#/263.

Here are the announcements for this week:

Individual Picture Retakes/Shevlin Trail Run

Due to some difficult lighting and the opportunity to take team photos with our new uniforms we are offering individual picture retakes on Monday.  We will be meeting at our usual practice start location to carpool to Shevlin Park.  We will take photos and then do a trail run at Shevlin.  After practice we will carpool back to Mountain View.  Expect practice to run a bit later than normal - we will be back to Mountain View no later than 6pm.  Don't forget to bring your new uniform!

New Uniforms/Uniform Returns

With our new uniforms handed out and mud pits behind us for this season we will be racing the remainder of the year in our new uniforms.  Please wash your old jersey and shorts/spandex (if you took them) and return these at practice this week.  The lost uniform fine is $20 for the old jerseys and $20 for the old shorts/spandex.  These will be assessed to your student account at the end of the season if a uniform is not returned.  The lost/damaged uniform fine for our new uniforms are $80 for boy jerseys, $65 for boy shorts, $55 for girl jerseys, and $40 for girl spandex.  Our coaching staff has been finding lost items after every practice and race all season long.  Please encourage your students to keep track of their belongings to avoid a fine.  I've also mentioned previously that we want uniforms to be washed after every race to remove mud before it can stain the fabric.  Please wash in cold water and hang to dry (no dryers).

Nike Pre-Nationals

This Saturday we will be traveling to Portland for the Nike Pre-Nationals Meet.  I've previously mentioned that this race was not on our original race schedule but was picked up due to a desire from many athletes on the team to attend.  Because it was a late addition to the schedule and our coaching staff feels it is important to allow the opportunity for a week off from racing during the season, attending this race is optional.  The following athletes have committed to attend:

Kyla, Kyanna, Preston, Serene, Jordan, Chaunze, Lauryn, Sydney, Carsen, Nolan, Noah M, Jayden, Madison, Drake, Forrest, Maddie, Emily, Evan, Chisel, William, Haiden, Nate, Tyler, Kendall, Vanessa, Mallory, Brooke, Kelsey, Mckenna, Anya, Rebekah, Erin, Ciara, Wyatt, Michael S, Jack, Travis, Sam, Tyler C, Inteus, Max, Reid, Zac, Jacob, Quinn, Grace, Elida

If your plans have changed let me know by the start of practice on Monday (I prefer an email today)!  Entries are due Monday and we are planning to take only one bus to the race so we need to know if numbers change.

End of Season Banquet

Mark your calendars!  Our end of the year awards banquet is scheduled for Friday, November 11th at 6 pm.  For those of you that haven't attended in the past, we recognize every athlete so plan on the event lasting a few hours.  We will be having food catered and the team will cover the cost of dinner for every athlete.  Family members can choose to pay to eat or just attend and not eat for free.  I will be sending out details on payment information in another weekly update email.

Nutrition for Female High School Athletes

Footzone is offering a free clinic specific to nutrition for female high school athletes led by Stephanie Howe, Ph. D, a nationally renowned ultra runner who lives in Bend.  She will talk about energy needs specific to high school females, why its important to talk about eating disorders, the female triad, and why female nutrition needs are different than males.  This is a free clinic held at Footzone at 7pm on Thursday, October 6th.  Megan is planning to attend and we encourage female athletes and their parents to consider attending as well!

Practice Schedule

Monday - Meet at normal practice location to carpool to Shevlin Park.  Individual photo retakes in new uniforms followed by endurance trail run through Shevlin Park.

Tuesday - Pine Nursery Relay Workout - 6x800

Wednesday - East Canal Loop endurance run

Thursday - 6x400s at Juniper Park (Varsity) and Pilot Butte Park (JV)

Friday - Easy Run to Al Moody

Saturday - Nike Pre-Nationals

Sunday - Rest Day

Week 13 - 9/11 - 9/17

Three Course Challenge - Seaside

This week we are headed to the coast for the legendary Three Course Challenge.  If this is your first time joining us for our annual trip to Seaside, OR you are in for a treat! 

We will be leaving on Friday morning after first period.  No students that miss first period will be allowed to attend!  Please also remember that no athletes with an unexcused absence this week will be allowed to attend.  If you are not planning to attend, please let me know asap.  We will be meeting at the bus loop at 9am on Friday to depart and are staying at the Shilo Inn East (Room assignments will be provided on Friday) in Seaside.  The team will be covering the majority of this cost through fundraised money, but we need each athlete to contribute toward this cost. Please bring $10 cash or a check made payable to 'Mountain View Cross Country' to practice this week! 

What to Bring:
- Lunch on Friday (or money)
- Money for Dinner on Friday, and Lunch and Dinner on Saturday (hotel will have breakfast on Saturday)
- Shoes that you don't mind getting dirty in the race (and an extra pair)
- Warm clothes as the coast can be much cooler than Central Oregon.
- Boys (bring white jersey and old racing shorts - new uniforms must not be worn at Seaside)
- Girls (bring $2-3 to practice on Monday as girls team will be making t-shirts to race in at Seaside)

For more information including directions and race times go to the meet page on Athletic.net at http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=116914#/263

New Uniforms

Our new shorts and jerseys are the nicest team uniforms you can buy and cost $145 each.  Take good care of these and avoid losing them.  Athletes will be fined for any lost or damaged uniforms.  Do not remove any tags or alter the uniforms in any way.  Uniforms need to be washed after each meet in cold water, no bleach, and hung to dry - do not put these in a dryer.  Also, we recommend that parents purchase their son's a pair of briefs that can be worn under their shorts and are not visible.  Several athletes expressed that the shorts don't offer adequate support, plus this will help preserve the life of the shorts.  We prefer that athletes don't wear boxer briefs or compression shorts under the team shorts, but at a minimum any such garments should be solid black.  Finally, the new uniforms must not be worn at the Seaside meet next weekend.  Wear the old team jersey and shorts to Seaside and we will turn these in the following week. 

Team Photos

Team photos are available online at https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-TkCN88/.  You can download these for free or pay to have photos printed and mailed to your address. 

2016 Mountain View XC team portraits
www.smugmug.com
You can download any of these photos for free in full resolution. Just click the download button (little arrow) beneath any photo. Or order prints in any size, at cost.

Practice Schedule - Meet at 3:15 at the XC Tree near Stadium

Monday - Hamby/Eagle Road Endurance Run & Strength Workout
Tuesday - 5 x 1000 Repeats at Pine Nursery (Long Cooldown Option)
Wednesday - 1st Street Rapids / Shepard Loop Endurance Run & Strength Workout
Thursday - 12 x 400, 1 x 200 on Track
Friday - Easy Run on the Beach in Seaside
Saturday - Three Course Challenge, Seaside Oregon
Sunday - Rest Day

Week 12 - 9/4-9/10

Way to go at the Mountain View XC Runoff on Friday!  We had some great performances individually and overall as a team. 

Thank you so much to all of our great parent volunteers who volunteered at the Mountain View XC Runoff and the Pine Nursery Sunset Run - especially John Swenson who organized the Pine Nursery Sunset Run!  We have awesome parents and can't thank you enough for your support of Mountain View Cross Country!

With school starting this week we will be moving all practices to 3pm at Mountain View by the XC tree. 

Here are this week's announcements:

Ash Creek Preserve - Monmouth, OR

This Saturday we will be attending the Ash Creek Preserve at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR.  All athletes need to ride the bus to the meet unless you make prior arrangements with me.  The bus will depart from the Mountain View Bus Loop at 7:00 AM.  We should return at about 8 PM.  Pack a lunch and bring money for dinner!  If you can't attend the meet please let me know!  Participation numbers will affect whether we need 1 or 2 buses.

Race times for the meet are:

JV Boys - 12:00 PM
JV Girls 12:30 PM
Varsity Boys 1:00 PM
Varsity Girls 1:30 PM

For more information on the meet go to
http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=112661#/263

Please keep in mind that in order to race you can't have any unexcused absences in the week leading up to the race.

Varsity athletes for Ash Creek will be:

Boys
Nate Cannon
Jack Dewitt
Sam Drutman
Nolan Edgerton
Max Lehr
Travis Martin
Quinn Olarrea
Inteus Schiavo

Girls
Ciara Jones
Vanessa Jones
Elida Ramsey
Braya Robbins
Mallory Roberts
Grace Scrocca
Kelsey Swenson
Hillary Wyllie

Team Photos
We will be taking team photos on Wednesday.  Athletes need to bring their team jerseys, jackets, black shorts, and black pants for photos!!!

Team Apparel

With the race season upon us this is a good time to get team apparel to represent Mountain View at competitions.  At a minimum I would like to have every athlete on our team own a 2016 t-shirt that they can wear to races - if money is an issue let me know and we will make sure you're covered.  The following items are available for purchase by athletes and parents:

Boys Brooks Grey 1/2 Zip Long Sleeve Shirts - $30 (Athletes Only - Currently no Small or Medium)
Girls Brooks Grey Hoody Long Sleeve Shirts - $30 (Athletes Only)
Brooks Red 1/2 Zip Long Sleeve Shirts - $40 (Parents)
Headsweats Trucker Hats - $25
2016 Team T-Shirts - $5 for athletes, $15 for parents.

If you are interested in purchasing any items please bring cash or a check made payable to 'Mountain View Cross Country' to practice this week.  I will have all team apparel with me at practice the entire week.

Pasta Feed

The pre-Ash Creek team pasta feed will be at the Allen house at 5:30 pm on Friday.  Their address is 3427 NE Sandalwood Drive.  Please bring something to share with the team:

Freshmen - Drinks
Sophomores - Bread
Juniors - Desert
Seniors - Salad

Dick's Discount
If any of you are still in need of running shoes or apparel here is a link to some coupons to Dicks Sporting Goods (primary sponsor of OSAA sports). https://myscorecardaccount.com/crmcdn/getoffer.aspx?offer_entity_code=O24175LQ&token=fAJUnjvhdRjSPHd4vpmbtm0kGI1v7VWl6lcmb6eCoYiBsBqzyvD5hJO6kNUQ3V8uEYldw2-JAYKILkzC75g2

Practice Schedule
All Practices meet at Mountain View XC Tree at 3 PM

Monday – Optional Practice – Eagle Road & Strength

Tuesday – Pilot Butte Base Trail & Hill Repeats

Wednesday – Daggett Road Loop & Strength - Team Photos

Thursday – Speed Play Workout on Canal

Friday – Easy Run to Stover Park

Saturday - Ash Creek - Go Cougs!

Sunday – Rest Day