Line-ups for the Week
Please make sure you look through the line-ups for the week, and know which meets you are headed to. Many of you will be competing in more than 1 meet. Meet line-ups for the week will be finalized by Monday at practice, with the exception of Longmont, and are tentative until then. 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJ1WUVB_ip6Qi4_Vl4XuLE8W_K1DnM0Q3Ei-plcCj0o/edit#gid=892381091

Being at School on Meet Days
This message is for everyone. On days we compete, you are not allowed to miss school that day, if you expect to compete in the meet. All student-athletes are expected to be in all of their classes during the day up until the offical track dismissal time. The only exception is an excused absence (i.e. a doctors appointment w/ a note). Athletes that miss any of their classes during the day do not have the opportunity to compete. 

Longmont Invitational (now at Lyons HS)
When: Monday, March 28th
Where: Lyon HS in Lyons, CO (This is a change from the original location at Longmont HS)
Transportation: There is a bus to this meet leaving Vista at 10:30 a.m. All athletes going to the meet must be in periods 1 through 3 to be eligible to compete. Athletes are expected to be on the bus on the way to the meet. If you leave with a parent after you will need to check out w/ Coach Dalby. 
Invite 3200: This is moving to the earlier portions of the meet. 1 heats of boys and 1 heat of girls. 
Dismissal: After 3rd period
Updated Meet Schedule  
Official Website and Results (link)

Heritage JV
When: Thursday, March 31st starting at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Heritage HS in Littleton
Teams: Heritage, Vista, TRidge, Pondo
Schedule/Order-of-Events (link)
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to and from Heritage on Thursday. Please check out w/ a coach when you leave the meet. 
Out-of-Class: Athletes will be let out of class at 2:00 during period 6 on Thursday. 

Palmer Frosh/Soph Invitational
When: Friday, April 1st
Where: Garry Berry Stadium in Colorado Springs 
Teams: 20 teams competing
Transportation: There is a bus to and from the Springs for this meet. Athletes are expected to be on the bus to the meet, and stay until the end. If you leave with a parent you will need to check out w/ Coach Dalby after the 4x400.
Out-of-Class: Athletes are being let out of class at 9:45 on Friday. The bus leaves at 10 a.m.
Official Meet Site and results (link)
Meet Schedule (excel)

Mustang Invitational
When: Saturday, April 2nd
Where: Mountain Range High School in Westminster, CO
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to and from Mountain Range. All athletes should be at the meet by 8 a.m. on Saturday, unless you have made previous arrangements with either Coach Dalby, or Coach Kunz
Official Meet Site (link)
Meet Schedule (will be posted here once we have it)

Booster Club/Fundraising for the 2016 Spring Season
As discussed at the parent meeting, this season, we are asking every family to help raise $100 to help support track and field. This will help us to cover the cost for assistant coaching stipends along with uniform updates. We have several options to help raise the $100 for each family in addition to the normal athletic fees.

• Option 1) Donate to the Booster Club. We are hoping for $100-$150 per family, but whatever you feel comfortable giving is fine with us. This is our preferred method for fundraising this spring. The Booster Club form was sent in an email to each family, and is also poster here: Booster Club Donation Form(pdf)
• Option 2) If you cannot give to the booster club, be a part of our grocery card fundraiser. Please contact Therese Fitzsimmons to pick-up your grocery card.  Link to grocery card fundraiser: http://www.vistanationxc.com/grocery-card-fundraiser.html
• Option 3) Be a part of both the Booster Club and the Grocery Card Fundraiser.

All Booster club checks can be brought to Coach Dalby at practice, or before school in lower 527. 

California Final Payment Due by April 6th
Final payments for the California trip are due by Wednesday, April 6th. This is the day before we head out to California. The final payment came out to $243.00 to cover the cost of hotel and rental car on the trip for athletes.

Please make checks for $243.00 out to the Mountain Vista Booster Club, and bring them to Coach Dalby at practice or to Lower 527 before school.

Final California Instructions are being emailed to everyone this weekend (March 26th/27th)

Schedule for March 28th-April 3rd
Mon- Longmont Invitational (at Lyons HS) Bus Leaving Vista at 10:30 a.m.
           -Practice MVHS  3:10 p.m.
Tue- MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Wed-6:00 a.m. Run (Distance Runners)
            -MVHS practice 3:10
Thur-6:30 a.m. Run (distance runners)
            Heritage JV Meet
          -MVHS practice 3:10 p.m.
Fri-Palmer Frosh/Soph Meet @ Gerry Berry Stadium in CO Springs
       -Practice MVHS 3:10
Sat-Mustang Invitational @ Mountain Range HS in Thornton
      -Distance Runners 8 a.m. @ MVHS
Sun-Optional Run or day off

Welcome to track season in Colorado! I know it's a bit of a bummer to have so many things canceled, but eventually the weather will shift, and we will get a chance to compete. The most important thing to do now is continue to stay consistent with your training each day, knowing that opportunities and better weather are on the horizon. 

I will update this post as information comes in about the SBQ meet and Longmont. Please check back so that you are in the know. 

Spring Break Qualifier at Cherry Creek HS
The SBQ Meet has been canceled, and will not be made up. 

Longmont Invitational (Updated 1:00 Saturday)
The Longmont Inv. is moving to Monday, March 28th in Lyons with a 1:30 start time. 

The bus is leaving MVHS at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Athletes must be in periods 1 through 3 before leaving for the meet, or you will not be able to compete. 
Updated Longmont Schedule for Monday (The Invite 3200s are moving to the earlier portions of the meet) 

Updated Meet Lineups
Knowing that both the Creek meet and Longmont meet may end up being on the same day, or a day apart, we will have to make some line-up changes. Updated line-ups will be posted here once we have information on make-up dates, and the coaches have had a chance to make adjustments.
Line-ups for the week up March 28th-April 3rd (link)

Practice Update for the Rest of Break
Sprinters, Jumpers & Pole Vaulters:
Please be on the lookout for an email from Coach Kunz.
Thursday: Coach Kunz is sending you workouts tonight (Thursday) to do on your own.
Friday: Long sprinters at Aspen Grove Panera Bread w/ the distance runners for a short run. Bring $$$ for breakfast after. Short sprinters/jumpers be on the lookout for Coach Kunz's workout email.
Saturday: Again, Coach Kunz is emailing everyone the workout plan for Saturday. No official practice. 

Throwers
Coach Kunz is emailing you Coach Campfield's workout plan for the next 3 days. No official practice for our throwers until Monday. 

Distance Runners
Thursday: 2 p.m. for a Fartlek on the paths at Redstone Park
Friday: Aspen Grove Panera Bread for long run. Bring $$$ for breakfast after.
Saturday: 40 minute aerobic run on your own, or w/ a teammate.

Schedule for Spring Break
Mon-MVHS 8 a.m.
Tue- MVHS 8 a.m.
        -Distance Runners Redstone Park 8 a.m.
Wed-MVHS 8 a.m.
Thur-Spring Break Qualifier @ Cherry Creek HS
Fri-Rocky Heights MS 8 a.m. (Distance Runners)
Sat-MVHS 8 a.m.(distance runners)
      -Longmont Invitational
Sun-Optional Run or day off

Meet Line-ups for SBQ and Longmont
Google Docs Link to Line-ups

Spring Break Qualifier
When: Thursday, March 24th from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Cherry Creek High School
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to the meet.
Arrival: All athletes competing should be at CCHS by 2:30 on Thursday unless you have made previous arrangements with your event coach. 
Schedule of Events (link)
Official Meet Site (link)
Infield: Parents, please stay in the stands and off the infield during the meet. Our athletes will be disqualified from the meet if parents are not in the stands. 

​Longmont Invitational
When: Saturday,March 26th
Where: Longmont High School
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to Longmont. If athletes are driving themselves to the meet their parents must contact Coach Dalby for approval.
Arrival: Please be at the Longmont track at least 90 minutes before your event. 
Schedule of Events and Official Meet Site (link)

Due to the snow the LPS Duals at Arapahoe have been canceled for Saturday, and will not be made up. I will have information for next week posted on the blog sometime on Saturday afternoon about the rest of spring break. Here are a few things to note before then:

Spring Break Practices
Practices will remain at 8 a.m. this upcoming week over break at MVHS. Distance runners may be meeting off campus one or two days during the week. 

Centennial League Spring Break Qualifier
The coaching staff is currently working on line-ups for this meet, and they should be ready sometime on Monday. This meet is being held at Cherry Creek HS on Thursday. 

Longmont Invitational
We will be taking a small crew of distance runners, and potentially a few others that are trying to post individual marks for Arcadia, to this meet on Saturday. Line-ups will be posted by Monday. 

Saturday/Monday Practices for Distance Runners 
We will not meet on Saturday. Looking at the weather forecast for Saturday morning I would rather not chance a bad weather tempo workout, and want you to do the work on your own instead. Take a look at Training Peaks to see what your workout is for Saturday. Either do it on your own, or call a teammate up. I wrote a workout up that should be simple enough to do on a treadmill if you are not able to do it outside. Call me if you have any questions. 

Monday's forecast is looking pretty good. We will be back on the track doing something faster at 8 a.m. that morning. 

Results from Last Week

• League Relays (link)
• Littleton JV (we have not received full results from LHS yet. They will be posted when we receive them)

Booster Club/Fundraising for the 2016 Spring Season
As discussed at the parent meeting, this season, we are asking every family to help raise $100 to help support track and field. This will help us to cover the cost for assistant coaching stipends along with uniform updates. We have several options to help raise the $100 for each family in addition to the normal athletic fees.

• Option 1) Donate to the Booster Club. We are hoping for $100-$150 per family, but whatever you feel comfortable giving is fine with us. This is our preferred method for fundraising this spring. The Booster Club form was sent in an email to each family, and is also poster here: Booster Club Donation Form(pdf)
• Option 2) If you cannot give to the booster club, be a part of our grocery card fundraiser. Please contact Therese Fitzsimmons to pick-up your grocery card.  Link to grocery card fundraiser: http://www.vistanationxc.com/grocery-card-fundraiser.html
• Option 3) Be a part of both the Booster Club and the Grocery Card Fundraiser

California Final Payment Due by April 6th
Final payments for the California trip are due by Wednesday, April 6th. This is the day before we head out to California. The final payment came out to $243.00 to cover the cost of hotel and rental car on the trip for athletes.
Please make checks for $243.00 out to the Mountain Vista Booster Club, and bring them to Coach Dalby at practice or to Lower 527 before school.

Line-ups for the Week
This weeks line-ups are currently being inputed. JV line-ups will be available by Monday evening. Varsity line-ups will be up by Wednesday morning.
LPS Duals/Highlands Ranch JV Line-ups (line-ups are still being updated)

Highlands Ranch JV Meet
When: Wednesday, April 16th starting at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Highlands Ranch HS
Teams: Regis, Ponderosa, Ranch, Vista
Schedule/Order-of-Events (link)
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to and from HRHS on Wednesday
Out-of-Class: Athletes will be let out of class after period 6 on Wednesday

LPS Duals
Where: Arapahoe HS
When: Saturday, March 19th from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m. 
Arrival and Finishing Time: All Vista athletes should arrive at Arapahoe HS by 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise discussed with your event coach. The coaching staff would like for all athletes on the team to stay until the end of the meet. 
Schedule of Events (Doc)
Teams Competing: Mountain Vista, Arapahoe, Bear Creek, Littleton, Heritage, Wheat Ridge
Official Meet Website and Results: http://co.milesplit.com/meets/229940/info#.VuXX2lMrIdU

Spring Break Practices
Spring Break practices will be held at 8 a.m. during the week of March 21st-27th. Athletes that are in town are expected to be at all Spring Break Practices in order to compete at either the Centennial Spring Break Qualifier or the Longmont Invitational.

Schedule for March 14th-20th
Mon-MVHS 3:10
Tue- MVHS 3:10 p.m. 
Wed-6 a.m Run MVHS (Distance runners)
          MVHS 3:10
          Highlands Ranch JV Meet
Thur-6:30 a.m. Run MVHS (Distance runners)
           -MVHS 3:10 p.m. 
Fri-MVHS 8 a.m. (No School)
Sat-Arapahoe/LPS Duals
       -Distance Runners 8 a.m. DeKoevend Park
Sun-Optional Run or day off

Parent Meeting Information
In case you missed the pre-season parent meeting, here is the info from last week:
http://www.vistanationxc.com/blog/parent-meeting-information

​Booster Club/Fundraising for the 2016 Spring Season
As discussed at the parent meeting, this season, we are asking every family to help raise $100 to help support track and field. We have several options to help raise the $100 for each family in addition to the normal athletic fees.

• Option 1) Donate to the Booster Club. We are hoping for $100-$150 per family, but whatever you feel comfortable giving is fine with us. This is our preferred method for fundraising this spring. The Booster Club form was sent in an email to each family, and is also poster here: Booster Club Donation Form(pdf)
• Option 2) If you cannot give to the booster club, be a part of our grocery card fundraiser. Please contact Therese Fitzsimmons to pick-up your grocery card.  Link to grocery card fundraiser: http://www.vistanationxc.com/grocery-card-fundraiser.html
• Option 3) Be a part of both the Booster Club and the Grocery Card Fundraiser

Line-ups for the Week
This weeks line-ups are currently being inputed and will be finalized here by Wednesday morning.
Link to Littleton/League Relays Entries

Littleton JV Meet
When: 3:30 on Friday, March 11th
Where: Littleton High School
Teams: Vista, Rock Canyon, Castle View, Littleton
Meet Schedule/Order-of-Events (click to view schedule)
Transportation: Athletes will need to provide their own transportation to and from the meet on Friday.
Out-of-Class: Athletes are being let out of class on Friday after period 6. 

League Relays
When: Saturday, March 12th at Sports Authority Stadium from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Arrival: Please be at Sports Authority by 8 a.m. on Saturday
Meet Info and Schedule (PDF)
Teams: All Continental League Teams
Heat Sheets (pdf)

Rx Sports Recovery Night
This week Rx Sports Recovery is hosting a pair of open house nights for our team. Here is the link to their site for those interested in attending the open house. On both nights, athletes will have full access to the Rx Sports Recovery Facility off of HR Parkway and Broadway. Please fill out the Wavier and bring it with you as well.
http://www.rxsportsrecovery.com/
Tuesday: Sprinters/Jumper: After practice to 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Throwers/Distance Runners: After practice to 6 p.m. 
Wavier Form (pdf)

Schedule For March 7th-13th
Mon-MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Tue- MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Wed-6 a.m Run MVHS (distance runners)
          MVHS 3:10
Thur-6:30 a.m. Run MVHS (Distance runners)
           -MVHS 3:10 p.m. 
Fri-MVHS 3:10
       -Littleton JV Meet
Sat-Continental League Varsity Relays
       -Distance Runners 8 a.m. Redstone Park w/ Coach Finger if not racing
Sun-Optional Run or day off