What a great weekend in Seaside! We had an awesome showing at a very big meet. We placed well as a team and had 6 top 10 individual finishes in our division. There were 80 teams in attendance and each race had over 300 runners! Check out the results from Saturday below. Thank you to all of the parents who helped with carpooling to and from Seaside. Without your help we would not have been able to make this trip work with one bus! You guys rock!

This week we have two different meets on the schedule. We have Nike Portland XC for the varsity squads and the Madras Invite for the JV Squads. Both meets will be fast and competitive and everyone should get back in time for Homecoming! We will also be helping out at the Sky View Middle School meet at Pine Nursery this Thursday for practice. We will run over to the park and help with the meet until it is over. We may be ending practice a little later than usual. Probably around 5:30pm. This is another great opportunity for our team to connect with the middle school runners. Be sure to where your Mountain View XC gear!

Seaside Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/142222/results

Girls team- 4th place

Bosy team- 5th place

Cole Shockey- 4th place

Wyatt Goff- 8th place

Levi Pichardo- 9th place

Max Lehr- 10th place

Brooke Cummings- 8th place

Emily Moore-10th place

Team Dinner:

This week our team dinner will be at Isaac Hall’s house on Friday 9/28 after practice. Address: 2840 NE Rainier Drive

Freshman: Bread

Sophomores: Dessert

Juniors: Salad

Seniors: Drinks

Practice Schedule

Monday 9/24- 3:15pm @Mtn View: Workout @Pine Nursery. Seaside Awards

Tuesday 9/25- 3:15pm @Mtn View: Easy Recovery Run 4-6 miles. Strength/Core

Wednesday 9/26– 3:15pm @Mtn View: Fartlek Workout

Thursday 9/27– 3:15pm @Mtn View: Run to Pine Nursery and help at Sky View XC meet. Practice may end later than normal.

Friday 9/28- 3:15pm @Mtn View: Easy Run 3-5 miles. Strides

Saturday 9/29– Madras Invite (JV) Depart TBD and Nike Portland XC (varsity) Depart @4:30am (yikes!)

Sunday 9/30– Rest day!

Go Cougars!

Wow, what a great day at the Saxon Invite for the Cougars! Our first big invitational of the season and we saw some great racing and results across the board. Both the Girls and Boys teams competed hard and finished 7th out of 25 teams attending! Kelsey Swenson was our top finisher, placing 3rd (18:23) in another very competitive women’s race! The varsity boys team improved their time spread of the 1-5 runners from 37 seconds to 22 seconds! Overall it was a very promising performance by everyone looking ahead to what we can accomplish this season. Check out the link below for results on athletic.net!

Saxon Invite Results

https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/143991/results

Now we head into our off week from racing. This will give us a chance to get in a big week of training while focusing on taking care of those aches and pains we tend to get at this point in the season. It is also a great mental break and a good opportunity to rest from 3 weekends in a row for racing. This week is important for many reasons, so let’s be on our A game . work hard and have some fun!

Practice Schedule

Monday 9/10: 3:15pm @Mtn View- 800 meter repeats.

Tuesday 9/11: 3:15pm @Mtn View- Recovery Run and Strength/Core

Wednesday 9/12: 3:15pm @Mtn View- Recovery Run. Strides. Team Game.

Thursday 9/13: 3:15pm @Mtn View- Hills at Pilot Butte Park

Friday 9/14: 3:15pm @Mtn View- Recovery Run. Strides. Core.

Go Cougars!

Our second meet of the season brought some great competition and awesome performances! It was also awesome to see so many Mountain View XC parents and fans out on the course on Saturday. Thank you for making the trip to Eugene and for your support of the team!

This course flat and fast, however it was also a little longer than 5k. So we can’t get too hung up on times. Everyone gave a great race effort and that is awesome to see this early in the season. This meet also gave us a better look at what our Varsity and JV squads might look like for the season, and we like what we see!! Here are some highlights and stats from the meet.

Meet Highlights

-Kelsey Swenson placed 5th (18:54) in a very competitive Girls Varsity race!

-Hannah Tranby placed 2nd (21:49) in the Girls JV race. Her first High School XC race!

-Cole Shockey won the Boys JV race (17:52). Also his first High School XC race!

-Olivia Carpenter placed 4th in the 3k (13:38). First High School race!

-The JV Boys brought home some hardware, placing 2nd as a team to Summit.

-The Varsity Boys had a spread of 37 seconds for our 1-5 runners.

Below is the link to all of the results from The Invitational:

https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=143145&show=all

Team Pictures- Tuesday, September 4th! 

We will be wearing our white team shirts for the picture. Try and wear black or dark shorts to try and match the best we can. Order forms will be available if you haven’t picked one up yet.

Team Dinner-

Friday, 9/7 @ 5:30pm at Tyler Beecroft’s house. Address:

Freshman- Dessert

Sophomores- Drinks

Juniors- Bread

Seniors- Salad

Practice Schedule Week 11: 

Monday 9/3- No Practice. Easy recovery run on your own.

Tuesday 9/4- 3:15 pm @Mtn View- Team Pictures, Cutdown workout @ Pine Nursery. Practice will end a little later due to pictures. 5:30-5:45pm.

Wednesday 9/5- 3:15 pm @Mtn View- Recovery run 4-6 miles. Strides. Water balloon fight and Ice Cream with the Trinity XC team.

Thursday 9/6- 3:15pm @Mtn View- Fly 150s @race pace. Followed by Team Core/ Stretching.

Friday 9/7- 3:15pm @Mtn View- Recovery run 3-4 miles. Strides. Foam Rolling/ Stretching.

Saturday 9/8- Race Day! Saxon Invite. Depart from Mtn View @6am. Return around 5pm.

We made the best of what we had to work with this week in terms of the air quality. We capped off the smokey week with both teams finishing 2nd at our first meet of the season! Kelsey Swenson won the girls race, solidifying her 4th Jere Breese title! It was a great way to finish off the week and carry us into week 10.

We have our next meet in Eugene at the Invitational, hosted by Marist. It should be a smooth fast course with solid competition. Let’s Hope the smoke stays away so we can run outside! We have some events this week as well as some future events and details to check out below. Thanks!

Team Photos: September 4th!

We will have our Team photos at practice September 4th. This was the only day we could get our photos done in a timely manner. Photo order forms were handed out at practice on Friday. I have more for those who want pictures! Bring your uniforms!!

Pilot Butte Middle School XC Camp

Pilot Butte Middle School will be having their annual XC camp on August 27th-30th from 3-4:30pm. They would like to have Mountain View XC athletes there to help out at the camp each day. Please let me know if you can help and which days you can be there. This is a great opportunity to represent MVXC and connect with younger xc runners who may be a Cougar XC athlete someday! Be sure to wear MVXC gear at the camp.

MVXC Fan Gear

If you want to support the team and get some cool Cougar XC gear for a good price check out this link! https://mvhsxc2018.itemorder.com/sale A percentage of each purchase will go back to the Mountain View XC team fund. The store will only be open through Sunday 8/26 so get your orders in this week!

FootZone Spike Days- 8/29 & 9/6

Team Dinner

Our team dinner will be Friday, August 31st @6 pm. The Hassels will be hosting this week. The address is 63536 St. Cloud Ct. Bend OR 97701. Each athlete attending will bring one of the dinner items listed below.

Freshman- Salad

Sophomores- Bread rolls

Juniors- Dessert

Seniors- Drinks

Practice Schedule: Week 10- (may change depending on smoke levels)

Monday- 8/27- 3:15pm @MTN View: Run to Pine Nursery for Cruise Miles

Tuesday- 8/28- 3:15pm @MTN View: Recovery Run followed by strength.

Wednesday- 8/29- 3:15pm @COCC Track: Hills on the District course.

Thursday- 8/30- 3:15pm @Mtn View: Recovery Run with Strides. 

Friday- 8/31- 3:15pm @MTN View: Easy Aerobic Run with Strides. Team Dinner to follow.

Saturday- 9/1- Depart for The Invitational @6am from MTN View.

Go Cougars!

This week brings us to our 2nd week of mandatory practices and our first race of the 2018 season! With the Cougar Kick-off this Monday and Tuesday I have moved Practice to 3:15pm those days so More people can make practice. The rest of the week we will meet @8am to beat the heat. At this point we should have a majority of the team making it to practices. If you know you are going to miss practice for a legitimate reason, please let me know. I know people are still on vacation and it is still Summer so just keep me in the loop. Also, if you know you are not going to be able to make it to the Meet on Saturday please ket me know. We need to get a number so we know how many buses we need.

Check out the info below for all of the happenings this week!

MVXC Fan Gear

If you want to support the team and get some cool Cougar XC gear for a good price check out this link! https://mvhsxc2018.itemorder.com/sale A percentage of each purchase will go back to the Mountain View XC team fund. The store will only be open through Sunday 8/26 so get your orders in this week!

Parent Meeting

• We will have a Parent meeting Wednesday 8/22 @6pm in the Mountain View Cafeteria. This will give parents a chance to meet the coaches and chat about expectations, Meet schedule, etc.

Pilot Butte Middle School XC Camp

Pilot Butte Middle School will be having their annual XC camp on August 27th-30th from 3-4:30pm. They would like to have Mountain View XC athletes there to help out at the camp each day. Please let me know if you can help and which days you can be there. This is a great opportunity to represent MVXC and connect with younger xc runners who may be a Cougar XC athlete someday! Be sure to wear MVXC gear at the camp.

Team Dinner

We will have our first team dinner this Friday before the meet at the Swenson’s @5:30pm. They will be providing Spaghetti while each athlete that attends will bring a dinner item. Each grade is assigned to the items below. Address is 63310 Old Deschutes Road.

Freshman- Bread/rolls

Sophomores- Salad

Juniors- Drinks

Seniors- Dessert

Jere Breeze Memorial Ranch Stampede: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/144425/info

Our first meet will be a fun and challenging one! We will be leaving Mountain View @ 6:30am on Saturday and plan to arrive back around 1:30pm. Be sure to bring your race gear, a change of clothes, and extra snacks. The Girls race will be at 8:30am and the boys race will be at 9:10am. There is an open race at 9:50am for any parents or family interested in racing!

Practice Schedule

Monday 8/20– @3:15pm Mountain View: Run to Pine Nursery for Cruise Miles

Tuesday 8/21– @3:15pm Mountain View: Easy run around Pilot Butte followed by Strength.

Wednesday 8/22– @8am Mountain View.

Thursday 8/23– @8am Mountain View: Easy recovery run. Uniforms handed out.

Friday 8/24- @8am Mountain View : Short easy run with Strides. Pre-meet Team Dinner 5:30pm @ the Swenson’s

Saturday 8/25– Jere Breeze: Depart Mountain View @6:30am Return around 1:30PM.

Go Cougars!

This week we will spend most of our time training and having fun up at Cultus Lake! For those who will not be able to make the trip to Cultus, please try and follow this training plan for the week. Try and get together with other teammates if you can! If you are still no cleared for practices please contact the Athletic office to see what you still need to get done to make it happen.

Parents! We will plan to have a XC parent’s meeting on Wednesday 8/22 @6pm in the Mountain View Cafeteria. We will talk about Season expectations, meets, and how you can best support your athlete and the team this season. So mark your calendars!

Go Cougs!

Monday 8/13- Cultus camp or 30-50 minutes easy run with 6-8 strides.

Tuesday 8/14- Cultus Camp or 10×1 minute hard hill repeats.

Wednesday 8/15– Cultus Camp or 30-50 minutes recovery run.

Thursday 8/16- Cultus Camp or 30-60 minute moderate run.

Friday 8/17- Mountain View 8am- Ladder workout.

This is our final week of voluntary Summer training! Crazy how fast 7 weeks can go by. In those weeks we have put in some great training and have laid down the ground work to set ourselves up for success! As training gets more specific and challenging, let’s keep up with the little things to keep us strong and healthy! Foam rolling, Stretching, Hydrating, making sure our running shoes aren’t worn out. The list goes on. Staying on top of the little things is just as important as all of the training that we do in practice. Keep up the good work Cougs!

Just a reminder for those who haven’t signed up for XC yet. Registration deadline is August 10th. You can find the sign up link here https://www.bend.k12.or.us/mountainview/student-life/athletics

Monday 8/6- Mountain View @8am- Easy aerobic run 4-6 miles. 6-8 strides. Strength.

Tuesday 8/7- Pine Nursery @8am- Tempo run

Wednesday 8/8- Off or easy 3-5 miles on your own.

Thursday 8/9- Drake Park @8am- Easy aerobic run 4-7 miles. 6-8 strides.

Friday 8/10- Mountain View @8am- Hill workout. Team game/activity.

After a week at Steens Mountain Running Camp, where we had 2 athletes attending (Brooke Cummings and Kelsey Swenson). Which brings us back into week 6 of Summer training with some added motivation and determination. Kudos to those two athletes for their hard work at the camp and representing Mountain View XC very well!

As July comes to a close and August begins, we turn to our next phase of the XC season! Focus and intensity will begin to change this month. We will also hope to get more numbers out for voluntary practices this month as we approach our team camp at Cultus on 8/13-8/16, which is also the first day of official practice. It is important to make sure all athletes get signed up for XC before August 10th. Sign-ups can be found on the Mountain View Athletics page https://www.bend.k12.or.us/mountainview/student-life/athletics

Below is the practice schedule for the week ahead. We are building a great base and momentum to have a stellar season! See you this week!

Monday 7/30- Mountain View @8am- 3-6 miles easy w/ 6-8 strides. Strength work after.

Tuesday 7/31- Drake Park @8am- Drills w/ 20 minute warm-up. Light workout. 20 minute cool-down on the grass.

Wednesday 8/1- Off or 3-5 miles easy.

Thursday 8/2- Pilot Butte Park @8am- Drills, Fartlek workout on the Butte!

Friday 8/3- River Bend Park @8am- Long run 6-10 miles on the river trail w/ 6-8 strides.

Week 5 brings us to the OSAA mandatory no contact week. This means no scheduled practices with coaches this week. We will resume voluntary practices on Monday July 30th. We have had an awesome 4 weeks of solid early season training. Some of our team captains will be meeting for runs throughout the week so try and do your best to meet with them and follow the training plan below to keep adding to your mileage base and fitness.

Cultus Camp

We are getting closer to our team camp at Cultus, August 13th-16th. Once the Administrative offices open, I will post the touch base link so folks can pay the camp fee of $60. It will be $30 if you worked 1 day at Pac Crest, FREE if you worked multiple days. It’s also important to note that the camp lands on our first official week of team practices. So in order to go, every athlete needs to be signed up and cleared for Cross Country. Sign ups are open on the Mountain view athletics page https://www.bend.k12.or.us/mountainview/student-life/athletics

Captains Training Schedule Week 5

Monday 7/23- Mountain View @ 8am- Easy 3-5 miles with 6-8 strides.

Tuesday 7/24- Drake Park @ 8am- Easy 4-6 miles with 6-8 strides and core.

Wednesday- 7/25- Off or short and easy aerobic run.

Thursday 7/26- Mountain View @8am- Easy 4-6 miles with strides

Friday 7/27- Drake Park @ 8am- Easy long run 6-10 miles depending on weekly mileage.

We had another great week of training and a great turnout! It’s awesome to see attendance rising as we are in the thick of Summer training. We have a special event for week 4. Footzone has invited all of the Bend XC teams to join them for the Great American Cleanup Run with Saucony Running. The run will be Wednesday at 5:30 pm starting and ending at Footzone. This is a great opportunity to give back to your community, while having a great time doing it! After the run there will be an Ice Cream social. If you plan to attend please be sure to RSVP here http://www.footzonebend.com/event/great-american-cleanup-run/

Also, we will doing our long run on Friday out at Tumalo Falls. Let’s plan on meeting at Mountain View at 8am to make sure everyone has a ride. If you can drive please let me know so we can get a head count of drivers for Friday.

This is the heart of Summer training and you guys are doing great! Let’s keep that motivation and remember what we are working towards! Go Cougar XC!

Monday 7/16- Pine Nursery @8am- Easy aerobic run with Strides  (3-5 miles)

Tuesday 7/17- Mountain View @8am- Light Speed workout followed by strength in the weight room.

Wednesday 7/18- Off or Footzone run @5:30pm (Ice Cream to follow)

Thursday 7/19- Pilot Butte Park @8am- Short hill workout with 20 minute warm-up and cool down.

Friday 7/20- Tumalo Falls-  Long run 5-10 miles depending on your weekly average mileage. Carpool from Mountain View @8am.