Fuelin’ Up
Anna Jerolimov, Jayanti Jha, Elena Khan, Lance Tong, and Brian Xu
September 16, 2020
Exploring how food affects athletes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
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
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. ...
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
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
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
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...
