Regional Recap
Another great showing this week, and our strongest race overall for the year! Both boys and girls teams were Regional Champions, along with 12 runners making the all-Region team by placing in the top 15. Great job Vista, we are in store for a solid performance this week at state!
5A Region 5 Results and Photos

Colorado State XC Championships
When: Saturday, October 31st
Where: Norris Penrose Event Center, Colorado Springs
Transportation: There is a bus leaving Vista at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and returning after the meet. 
Schedule: 

• 11:00 5A Girls (Chipman, Eck, Easton, Fitzsimmons, Chambers, Suntken, Brown. Alternates: Nats, Smetanka, Simmons)
• 1:00 5A Boys (Smith, Fu, Zarrin, Currie, Mackay, Hart, Romine. Alternates: Burgoyne, Gleeson) 

Official Meet Information and Directions (link)

Uniform Turn-in
If your official CHSAA season has concluded please hand in your uniform to Coach Selle's room anytime during the day. Those running at state can turn your uniform in next week. Fines will be issued at the end of next week for those that have not turned in uniforms.

• Shorts $35
• Jersey $35
• Warm-up Top (if issued) $50
• Warm-up Bottom (if issued ($50)

Schedule for October 25th-November 1st
Mon- MVHS 5:30 a.m.
            MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Tue- MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Wed- MVHS 6:00 a.m.
            Redstone Park 3:20 p.m.
Thur-MVHS  3:10 p.m
Fri-MVHS 3:10
Sat-Colorado XC State Championships
        Colorado Springs
Sun-Optional Run on your own, or w/ a teammate

Leagues Recap
Congratulations on an outstanding performance at Leagues TEAM! For the first time ever we swept all 6 TEAM, and all 6 individual titles. I am very proud of the way everyone competed this week!
Continental League Championship Results 

Booster Club Update
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Booster Club this season! Currently, about 2/3 of our families have made donations. If you are still planning on making a donation please do so ASAP. We are still about $1500 short of our goal to raise $8000. For any questions please contact Bret Schwartzkopf at [email protected] .
 MVHS Booster Club Form (pdf)

5A Region 5 Championships
When: Friday, October 23rd after school
Where: Rock Canyon HS
Who: Top 9 boys and 9 girls will run at Regionals
Teams: Castle View, Chaparral, Coronado, Doherty, Douglas County, Ft. Fort Carson, Highlands Ranch, Liberty, Mountain Vista, Palmer, Pine Creek, Rampart, Rock Canyon
All-Regional: Top 15 
Time Schedule:

• 4A Girls                 3:40pm
• 5A Girls                 4:10pm
• 4A Boys                 4:40pm
• 5A Boys                 5:05 pm
• Awards                  5:40pm

State Qualifying: Top 5 teams, or top 15 individuals qualify for the state meet.
Map: Will be posted Soon
Transportation: Please provide your own ride over to Rock Canyon HS on Friday.
Early Release: All athletes running are out after 6th period. 
Course Map (scroll to the bottom of the doc)


No Bikes on the Course at Regionals
We are asking all parents to please leave your bikes at home for the meet. Bikes on the course are considered pacing, and can get our team disqualified from the meet. This is an issue we have had to deal w/ the last 2 weeks, and we do not want to give other teams a reason to see us disqualified from the Regional meet and not go to state. 

Schedule for October 19th-25th
Mon- MVHS 5:30 a.m. for those doing doubles
            MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Tue- MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Wed- MVHS 6:00 a.m. for those doing doubles 
            MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Thur-Rocky Heights 3:10 p.m
Fri-5A Region 5 Rock Canyon HS 3 p.m.
Sat-Red Stone Park 8 a.m.
Sun-Optional Run on your own, or w/ a teammate

CouresDoherty Recap
We did an excellent job this week of "racing up"! 2 firsts and 2 second place performances speak for themselves. We are looking poised and ready for Wednesday's League meet to try and accomplish our TEAM goal for that meet.
Doherty Results, Article, and Photos

Fall Break Info/Schedule
Our quality workouts for the week will be on Monday and Saturday this week, with the League Meet on Wednesday. The TEAM wanted to move a.m. runs up to 8 a.m. each morning. This will be our main practice. Those doing a second run will meet at 6 p.m. on the days scheduled. 
Mon- MVHS 8 a.m. 
            MVHS 6 p.m. for those doing a double 
Tue- Redstone Park 8 a.m.
Wed- Continental League Championships 
            Redstone Park Arrive at 1:45 p.m.
Thur-Rocky Heights 8 a.m
           -IHop after A.M. Run
            MVHS 6 p.m. for those doing a double
Fri-The Bluffs 8 a.m. 
      -MVHS 6 p.m. for those doing a double 
Sat-MVHS 8 a.m. 
Sun-Optional Run on your own, or w/ a teammate


Contiental League Championships
When: Wednesday, October 14th
Where: Redstone Park/Shea Stadium in Highlands Ranch
Arrival: There is not bus for this meet, please arrive at the meet by 1:45.
Team-Picture: Please hang out after awards. We need to take a TEAM picture afterwards.
Course Map (Jpeg)
Schedule:

• 3:00 Boys JV (Gleeson, Dillon, Burgoyne, O'Sullivan, Hellier, Beal, Lovejoy)
• 3:30 Girls JV (Anderson, Simmons, Soares, Suntken, Chambers, Nats, Wickeron)
• 4:00 Boys Var (Smith, Fu, Currie, Romine, Zarrin, Hart, Mackay)
• 4:30 Girls Var (Chipman, Easton, Eck, Smetanka, Nats, Brown, Fitzsimmons)
• 5:00 Boys Open (all athletes not in the JV or V race)
• 5:30 Girls Open (all athletes not in the JV or V race)
• Awards ASAP in main Stadium

Awards:

• Varsity: 1-7 medals / 8-14 ribbons / Championship plaque for the winning teams.
• JV: 1-14 ribbons / Championship plaque for the winning teams.
• Open: 1-14 ribbons / Championship plaque for the winning teams.

All awards will be presented after the last race on the Shea Stadium turf.
All –Continental League Team (Varsity Races Only):

• 1-7 First Team All-Continental League
• 8-14 2nd Team All-Continental League
• 15-21 Honorable Mention

Castle View Sabercat Recap
Excellent performances all around this weekend! The meet in Sedalia was a great tune-up heading into the League Championships. Even though we had a few athletes sick, our TEAM did an excellent job stepping up where needed.  Here are the results:

• Varsity Boys 1st w/ 23 pts. 1-5 spread 34 seconds
• Varsity Girls 1st w/ 48 pts. 2-7 spread 46 seconds
• JV Girls 1st w/ a perfect 15 pts. 1-5 spread 24 seconds
• JV Boys 1st w/ a perfect 15 pts. 1-5 spread 37 seconds
• Castle View Sabercat Invitational Results, Pictures, Articles, Videos, Etc.

Where we can get better?
The Continental League Championships are a week and a half away. This is the most important TEAM competition for VISTA NATION XC so far this season, and one we put the most emphasis on. The goal for the League meet set by you at our pre-season BBQ in June was to sweep all 6 races again. 

This is a very realistic goal for us, and we look to be on track after this weekend. However, there are some things we can do to get better! This week I challenge everyone to the following to make sure we are primed and ready to go.

1. Sleep: Get 8 or more hours of sleep each night between now and the League Championships. We have had a lot of sickness going around, and we want to make sure that we are all healthy, recovered, and ready to go so that you can do your part to help the TEAM at Leagues! 
2. Racing Forward, not Backwards: Seems simple enough, but we are seeing a lot of people looking behind at the competition in races. Our advice as coaches is to always look forward and race the competition in front of you instead of worrying who is coming behind you. 
3. Know the Course: This week, before we get to the Doherty meet study the course map. Print off a copy this week (below) and bring it with you. Know where the 1 and 2 mile marks are. Know what the last 200, 400 and 800 meters of the races looks like. When you get to the course, go walk it. A lot of us this past week did not know how the course finished and it cost the TEAM some points at the finish. Make sure you know the course! 

Fall Break Practices and Leagues
Practices for the week of Fall Break are posted on the calendar. The general plan is to meet each morning at 7 a.m. The reason we are meeting this early is to keep everyone on as normal of a schedule as possible during the week. Our main practices will be in the morning. Those athletes coming back to do a second run will do so at 3 p.m. on the scheduled days.

We may move a few of the runs around, but for now 7 a.m. will be our primary practice time during break.  

Doherty Adidas Spartan Invitational
When: Friday, October 9th
Where: Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs
Transportation: There are 2 buses both to and from the meet. Please be at school by 11:45 on Friday, the busses are departing for the Springs at 12:00. We should be back around 7:00 on Friday. 
Official Meet Site (link)
Course Map (doc)
Parking Map (doc)
Meet Schedule 
   Coaches meeting at 2:00pm
   2:30pm Girls Open (Unlimited, score 5)
   3:15pm Boys Open (Unlimited, score 5)
   4:00pm Girls Varsity (Run 9, score 5) Chambers, Suntken, Soars, Nats, Simmons,
                                                                         Wickoren, Anderson, Schwartzkopf, Walton
   4:30pm Boys Varsity  (Run 9, score 5)  Mackay, Gleeson, Lovejoy, Dillon, Hart, 
                                                                          Burgoyne, O'Sullivan, Hellier, Beal
   5:30pm Awards 
Athletes Not Racing: If you are not racing at Doherty, you will be traveling to the meet with the team to do a workout on the state course. This will be our only chance this year to see the course prior to the State Championships. 

Schedule for October 5th-11th
Mon- MVHS 3:10
Tue- MVHS 3:10 
Wed-Morning Run MVHS 6 a.m.
            Afternoon MVHS 3:10
Thur- Morning Run MVHS 6:30 a.m.
            Afternoon MVHS 3:10 p.m.
Fri- Doherty Invitational, CO Springs
        8 a.m. Workout at Vista if not racing
Sat-DeKoevend Park 8 a.m. 
        -Einstein Bagels after run
Sun-Optional Run on your own, or w/ a teammate