Eat, pray, jam

Swara Tewari, Stuti Upadhyay, Justine Ha, Kamyar Moradi, Anjali Singh, and Collin Qian

October 17, 2019

Exploring how different members of the MVHS athletic community prepare for games and practices

Cross Country team’s Watermelon Run

Anjali Singh

September 1, 2019

Runners kickstart their 2019 season with an annual two and a half mile run

Cross Country: Girls team wins CCS championship at Salinas

Anish Vasudevan, Herman Saini, and Ankit Gupta

December 1, 2018

Senior Sarah Feng screamed with excitement as she crossed the finish line. She looked left, then right, spotting her teammates who had finished and were anxiously waiting. They had succeeded in securing first seed in the race and, just like that, the MVHS girls Cross Country team were crowned champions. ...

A Change in Plans

Justine Ha

November 17, 2018

Streak runs out: After four years of States, MVHS girl cross country team fails to qualify

Karen Ma

February 1, 2018

Photo Gallery: Cross country team holds annual Watermelon Run

Roshan Fernandez

September 4, 2017

Additional reporting Sunjin Chang and Anjini Venugopal roplets of sweat had already started to streak down the faces of the cross country runners as they gathered around Coach Kirk Flatow after warming up. However, this practice was a little bit different. For starters, it was the day of the team...

Coach Flatow’s message: How he uses messages of grit and self-regulation to motivate cross country runners

Maggie McCormick

August 19, 2017

For just under a decade, cross country coach Kirk Flatow has motivated distance runners at Monta Vista to realize their athletic potential as well as their academic, social and personal potentials. Flatow explained that he was inspired by American psychologist Angela Duckworth and her academic papers on the ...

Photo gallery: Cross country races at Central Park

Om Khandekar

September 28, 2016

On Tuesday Sept. 27, Santa Clara Central Park was flooded with runners from all around the county. Among the teams present was the MVHS cross country team, hoping to establish its dominance in the league with the first league meet of the season. MVHS went on to place first and second in the varsity...

Cross country: Watermelon run photo gallery

Om Khandekar

September 6, 2016

Starting the year off strong, the MVHS cross country team took to the Steven’s Canyon trail for their annual Watermelon Run on Aug. 30. The times are informal, the competition between teammates is minimal and at the end of the day the watermelon is the main focus of the runners on the team. Here a...

Cross country: Team highlights its drive for success

Roshan Fernandez

August 22, 2016

When the 2015-16 cross country season ended, many runners chalked the season up to a loss after the boys varsity team placed fourth in the CCS finals, just missing the cutoff for states. The girls team was more satisfied, ending the season at state championships after finishing top two in CCS for the...

Athletes improve training experiences through running watches

Daniel Lin

October 23, 2015

ust decades ago, wearing a computer on one’s hand would have been deemed stranger than fiction. Today, it has been transformed into a reality — it has even revolutionized one of our most run-of-the-mill activities: exercise. In just a matter of years, the inception of running watches has not onl...

Cross country: Team shares common practice runs

Kalpana Gopalkrishnan

October 21, 2015

The MVHS cross country team often does not work out at MVHS itself. Instead, the team often ventures into the nearby streets and hills on loop runs. Check four of the team’s frequently-used runs for distance, elevation change and team members’ comments. Horse to Garrod Gates (7.2 miles) T...