This Week in Cross Country

Sports Awards - Monday, 6:30pm, Large Gym
Please join us to honor athletes across our Cross Country teams (F/S Boys, JV Girls, Varsity Boys, Varsity Girls) to award our MPV, Most Inspirtational and Coaches Awards.

Cross Country Banquet
  • Wednesday 6pm, in the cafeteria
  • RSVP HERE
  • Reasons to come:
    • Because we are an awesome team!
    • Tasty foods and desserts
    • Athlete tributes
    • Senior awards
    • The awesome slideshow!!!
    • And likely coaches embarrassments!
Important Docs & Info
New! XC Stats Mileage Logging Required
All athletes are now required to log their daily miles into XCStats.com. This will help you and the coaches ensure you ramp your mileage safely. Follow the instructions here to sign-up and start logging.

Parents, XCStats.com is a great resource for parents to follow their athletes and the team. Click here for instructions on how to join - its free!

Team Blog

CCS Finals

Congratulations to all the varsity runners for a fine performance at CCS!
  • Lauren won CCS! Again!
    3rd time is a charm. In a gutsy race, she ran the first mile hard to stay with the front runners, waited patiently in the 2nd mile as the Cupertino runner created a gap, but then methodically reeled her back in the final 300 meters for the win. Great race!

  • Ben took 3rd at CCS having a bit of a tough race after some early week throat issues, but was able to out-kick a scary pack of runners for bronze and a trip to Fresno.

  • Lauren and Ben will go to Fresno to race at CIF States in two weeks.

  • The girls took 5th running strong despite Anya's cold and Annli's knee injury setting her training back. 

  • The boys took 9th which is amazing considering Rodrigo and Owen both had to step out due to last minute cold/flu issues. Kudos to Nikolas Gibson (who happened to be there watching his sister Katia) for stepping in as our 7th literally 20 minutes before the race.

Fun stuff:
Congrats to Lauren on her win:

League Finals

Congratulations to everyone - we had a great League Finals - clearly our best meet of the season!!!
  • 40 Personal bests across the whole team
  • Perfect racing conditions

Amazing boys performances:
  • Ben Zaeske - win's leagues in 15:06 - a top 5 time in the past 5 years on that course
  • Geoffrey Glass lowers his time by 1:11!
  • Diego Herrera lowers his time from last year by over 3 minutes!​

Amazing girls performances:
  • Lauren takes 2nd with 18:08
  • Belen deShutter runs 53 seconds faster than last race
  • Anya breaks 20 minutes!

Photo Links:
Congrats to Ben on his win:

SCVAL #3 @ Baylands Park

Great racing Tuesday at Baylands! 
  • 21 personal bests
  • Frosh/Soph boys WON!!!
  • Geoffrey Glass led the Frosh/Soph victory with a 2nd place finish in a time of 17:24
  • Lauren (18:45) & Ben (16:02) set course records for LAHS each placing 3rd in their varsity race (though we've only run for a few years)
  • Andreas took 6th, Katie took 9th
  • Anya Gupta was the fastest freshman girl!

Photos links:

Monterey Bay Invite

Highlights:
  • Ben Zaeske breaks LAHS course record in 15:36 (2nd place)
  • Varsity girls take 3rd overall!
  • Over 60 personal bests!

Photos links:

Clovis Varsity Road Trip

SCVAL #1 @ Crystal Springs

Stanford Invite

Lowell Invite

Congrats to the team on their first meet! San Francisco Golden Gate Park was very cool and foggy, but made perfect running conditions.

Pics below:

Workout Fun!

Res Severa Verum Gaudia 
To be serious is the greatest joy

July 30th - Time Trial & BBQ

Results are in from the first unofficial time trial on July 30th. Great job to those who ran.

Thanks to the parents/coaches that helped with the BBQ!
Coach Andrew

Log Your Miles on XCStats

SCVAL #1 @ Crystal Springs

Start tracking your mileage now - please take a moment and get this setup now:

1. Get an XCStats.com account if you haven't already done so. Most of you haven't. 
Easy method:
  • Visit this page  (our school account creation page)
  • Enter the Los Altos school code: "los+altos" (not including the double quotes)
  • Follow the prompts
  • Full instructions are here
  • You will need access to your email account to complete registration.
  • As part of the process, you will also be able to invite your parents to get accounts so they get notified of race results.

2. Download the mobile app for your phone or use http://mobile.xcstats.com on a mobile web browser. Login and follow the buttons to easily enter your miles and difficult with notes etc.

But Why?

This will allow you and the coaches to see your mileage progression over the season. It creates a greater sense of personal ownership over your training and goals which creates an overall more positive team atmosphere.

If you haven't seen XCStats.com, its an amazing destination for tracking team and competitor performances.


I'll be checking on team registrations daily and bugging everybody to get an account and track their mileage.
Coach Andrew