equipment return

ATTENION ALL ATHLETES WHO ARE NO LONGER TAKING PART IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY SEASON. IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE. GREAT TURN OUT OF RUNNERS. LARGE AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENTS FROM FIRST MEET TO LAST MEET. PLEASE RETURN EQUIPMENT AT PRACTICE THIS WEEK. THURSDAY WILL BE FROM 10AM-11AM. NO PRACTICE FRIDAY. HAVE A GREAT WINTER AND HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. THE COACHING STAFF.

Banquet and Slide Show

Thanks to all the parents and runners who help make the banquet a huge success. the slide show can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?  v=YLv6KZ1imSO&feature=youtu.be

Schedule for week of 11/4-11/9.
monday-wednesday practice from 3-4:30. thursday non-varsity no practice. varsity practice in the morning. friday meet at brookdale. Bus leaves from Midland at 2;00. frosh b/g at 3:30. junior varsity at 4;00.
varsity off friday. bus to garrett on saturday at 8:45. varsity girls run at 10:25 and boys at 11;15.

Essex County Championships Information

All ladies running in friday will be excused from their 8th period class. Please meet on Midland Ave immediately after 7th period. 

JV and Varsity boys meet on Midland Ave immediately after school.  

Times of the races are as follows:

 ​Girls Junior Varsity. 3:15 PM  

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 ​Girls Varsity  3:40PM

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 ​Boys Varsity 4:05PM

 

 ​Boys Junior 4:30 PM

Enjoy tomorrow off. Don't eat too much candy! Haha

Banquet Food Assignments

Freshmen: protein dish (examples: meatballs, sausage, chicken, wings, cheese tray, etc.)

Sophomores: Pasta (examples: baked ziti; lasagna; mac&cheese; pasta primavera, marinara, alfredo, etc.)

Juniors: salads or side dish AND bread

Seniors: dessert

schedule week of 10/28-11/2

This week is very important in our preparation for the county championships to be held at Brookdale Park on Friday 11/1. Workouts are very important to attend and your participation is needed. If your unable to attend please let Coach Pasternack know ASAP. All girl's running will be getting out of school early. Need to give list by Wednesday so teachers know you will be missing class. Also we need to know if you'll be attending the year end banquet on satutrday 11/2 at the Atrium between 1-3. Each grade is responsible for certain food categories. Talk to Coach Wallace about that. There will be no practice on Thursday so everyone can get some rest for Friday. If for some reason you will not be participating in the next two friday meets,please let us know and we can collect your uniforms. On Friday 11/8 only the non-varsity will be running. All uniforms have to be handed in by Wednesday of the next week. Top 7 varsity boys and girls will competing in the state sectionals at Garret Mountain on 11/9. more information to follow after Friday's meet.

Calling All Bakers

MHS Cross Country Booster Club is hosting a bake sale during the Essex County Championships this coming Friday (Nov 1) at Brookdale Park.

We need bakers.  (thanks to Mary Kate Mellon, Claire Walls, Jane Marcus, Linda Bowers so far)

Also, a few folks to man the table, shifts:

2:30-3:30 (need 1)

3:30-4:30 (need 2-3)

4:30-5:30 (need 2-3)

(race schedule is: JV girls @3:15; Varsity girls @3:40; Varsity boys @4:05; JV boys@4:30)

Please email me back if you can help!

Thanks

Connie Keys

p.s. don't forget to RSVP to Mary Quiroz for the Banquet on Sat, Nov 2 1-3pm in the 9th grade Atrium. (MQuiroz@woboe.org)

Schedule

The next 10 days will be our preparation for the varsity and non-varsity Essex county championships at brookdalepark on Friday November 1st. Everyone will run a 5k race. Some students will get out of school earlier for their race. Others get out regular time. We will be having a bake sale at meet. More to follow. We will be having our team banquet on Saturday November 2nd at 1-3pm. At the atrium.  Any problems with these dates let the coaches know immediately.

Saturday race schedule and bus

The freshmen and sophomores will go on 7:45 bus. The juniors and seniors in the 8:45 bus.  Frosh girls run at 9. Frosh boys 9:20.  Soph. Girls 9:40. Soph boys 10:00.  Junior girls 10:20, junior boys 10:40,  senior girls 11:00 and senior boys 11:20.

announcements for week 10/14-10/19

make sure you let coaches know your availabilty for meet on saturday 10/19 at branchbrook park. we need to know so as to order 1 or 2 buses. thursday is a half day and practice will go from 1:30 till around 3:15. selected varsity runners will travel to garrett mountain to workout. plan to get back by 4:00. monday and wednesday are very important practices to attend for our preparation for saturday. remember legs and elbows should be covered. after warm-up you can run in shorts and t-shirt. Mark on your calendar saturday 11/2 team banquet from 1-3 in the atrium. Food preparation will be handled by certain classes. any questions contact one of the coaches ASAP.

Cross Country Announcements

Good Morning!

Just a few announcements to keep everyone updated. 

Friday November 1, 2013 is our Essex County Championships. It willl be held at Brookdale Park. MHS Cross Country Parents will host our second annual bake sale on that day. For any parent/guardian who would like to help in any capacity please contact Connie Keys at hotelkeys@aol.com. 

We have also set a date for our end of the season banquet. It will be held Saturday November 2, 2013 from 1-3pm. More details will follow, we just wanted you to have the date so it can be put on your calendars. This event is not just for the athletes to attend, family and friends are welcome as well. For anyone who would like to assist with this event please contact Mary Quiroz at MQuiroz@woboe.org

Thank you all for all the support that has been given throughout the season. Look forward to seeing you all soon. 

Remaining schedule.

Saturday 10/12 Garrett meet. Everyone is eligible to run that's listed on locker room ink boards. Bus leaves 7:30. Let coach Pasternack by end of practice if you can run.           Saturday 10/19 at branch brook park. Everyone is eligible to run. Email coach Pasternack at joelrun@aol.com if your planning to run.     Friday 11/2 at brookdalepark  everyone is eligible to run. 11/8 at brookdalepark  only non- varsity are eligible to run.      Saturday 11/9 at Garrett mountain only top 7 varsity are eligible.   Please contact coach Pasternack immediately of any conflicts you have with these dates.

SEC championships 10/8/13

All information regarding SEC Championships has been posted under the  additional information tab. All individuals in the 3 and 3:20pm races you are excused from your 8th period class. Please make sure you report to Midland after 7th. All other runners(4pm and 5pm) you will report to Midland Ave after school. 

If there are any questions in regards to the race you are assigned to run please email Coach Wallace at montclairgirlstrack@gmail.com

See you all tomorrow. Be safe and stay dry!

A few drills and stretching won't hurt tonight. :)

Brett Taylor Invitational

Good Morning,
Saturday October 5, 2013 we will be traveling to Darlington Park for the Brett Taylor Invitational. Directions can be found on the XC schedule The bus will be leaving Midland Ave at 7:30am. The event list has been provided on the right hand side under additional information. Order of events are as follows:

 

9:00 AM Frosh Boys

9:10 AM Frosh Girls

9:15 AM Soph Boys

9:30 AM JV Girls

9:50 AM JV Boys

10:10 AM Varsity A Girls

Meet Reminders

The event list for our meet at branch brook park has been posted on your right under additional information. The frosh/novice race will go off at 4pm, varsity boys will race at 4:30pm and varsity girls will race at 5:15pm. Please be mindful of your food intake and your hydration levels tomorrow, it will be on the warm side. See you all tomorrow.

Reminders

Just a few reminders, this week the weather will be a bit warm, please stay hydrated throughout the day, have a good breakfast, lunch and a snack. See you all tomorrow.

Stewart Invitational

The link to the right "Stewart Invitational" has the event list and the race time for each section. The bus will be leaving Midland Ave at 7:30am. If your name is not on the list and you will be able to attend the meet please let the coaching staff know.

Please be sure to contact Coach Wallace by the end of practice tomorrow (Thursday) if you can NOT make Saturdays meet.

Thanks,

Coach Poris, Coach Wallace

entries for friday meet at garrett mountain

fr.boys-4pm                    fr.girls-4:05              varsity boys-4:10          varsity girls 4:25     jvboys-4:40  
zach schuman           amelia lufrano          henry whipple                  stephanie hayes         sean flannery
clay tarver                deja santana            henry marshall                 eliza gentry                jasper davies
jaali holmes               angela wright          julian mossuto                  nora lynch                 tate bowers
dylan tierny              jane carino              geoff minet                      eliana tyler                patrick mcnamara
alex seidenberg       jess masur               henry kanengiser              lia schattner              will jacobsen
grant nickerson       micaela gerson         clyde minars                    alex cubeddu            ben richman
dan izillo                 lily silverstein            connor obrien                  catherine quiroz        jacob dodd
jason staubach       kate tressel                                                                                     ilan acklesberg
henry christian       leila alidoost                                                                                     blair prato
noah freundlich                                                                                                             jack wagner
yuki nakayama                                                                                                           christian miller
tsubasa nakayama                                                                                                         max koeb

jy girl's at 4:50: siobhan finlay, madison cox, maggie goldberger, hannah bronstein, maya newman, momoko nakayama, jordan sabourin, mary traylor, teddi mattox, elena gottesman, grace harrison, fiona smallman, elena tsemberis, sarah mcdonald.

any questions contact coach pasternack or coach wallace.

Parent/Guardian Email Chain

Good morning,
If there is any parent or guardian who has not received and email from the coaching staff please send Coach Wallace and email so she can update the list. Her email address is montclairgirlstrack@gmail.com. We want to make sure all parents/guardians are involved much as possible, and kept in the loop about anything pertaining to cross country.  Thank you in advance for your help in this matter.

Montclair Fun Run

Join MHS Athletics, the MHS School Action Team and MFEE True Blue Spirit  on Woodman Field and show your support for Montclair High School athletics at the Mountie Pride Fun Run on Sunday, September 22nd!

 

SCHEDULE:

Registration: 4:00 pm

Community Pavilion: 4:00 - 7:00 pm

5K race start time: 5:00 pm 

1mile walk start time: 5:30 pm

 

WHY RUN? WHY WALK?

To support the MHS School Action Team and kick off a great school year!

To support True Blue Spirit, an MFEE initiative to support MHS athletics!

To show your support for Montclair High School sports teams!

To show your pride in the Montclair Mounties!

To get a cool T-shirt!

To have fun!

 

REGISTRATION FEES:

Students: $15

Adults: $25

 

REGISTER ONLINE HERE:

https://safesite.4agoodcause.com/mfee/event1.aspx?id=1&eventid=11

 

DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION/WAIVER FORM:

http://www.mfee.org/pdfs/events/MPFR_regForm+waiver.pdf

 

LEARN MORE:

http://www.mfee.org

 

QUESTIONS?

info@mfee.org

 

ABOUT TRUE BLUE SPIRIT:

True Blue Spirit is an initiative to support Montclair High School athletics and the wider Montclair athletics-loving community. True Blue Spirit is a part of the Eat, Play, Live...Better community well-being initiative.www.eatplaylivebetter.org

 

MOUNTIE PRIDE FUN RUN LEAD SPONSOR:

Partners for Health

http://www.partnersfdn.org

 

Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence     973-509-3021 | info@mfee.org| www.mfee.org

Questions, suggestions       Contact:  Linda Bowers  EVENT CHAIR  MHSmountiepride@gmail.com

parent/athlete meeting

Tomorrow night at 7pm. at the utility next to woodman field we will be meeting to talk about the cross-country season. it is not necessary for athletes to come. Linda bowers will also talk about our boooster club. should only last about 45 minutes. next meet tuesday 9/17 at branchbrook. freshmen/novice run 2.1 miles at 4pm. the varsity girls 4:15 and varsity boys 4:30. then on 9/20 we travel to garrett mountain for an invitational. all athletes will know by wednesday practice who will be running. see you tomorrow night. coach joel

branchbrook directions

All meets on tuesday at brancbrook park in newark. best way to get there is take bloomfield avenue east into newark. on your right you will pass newark school stadium. about 1/4 mile down on your right is an entrance to park. go down to end to park roadway and make left to take you under bloomfield avenue traveling north. go about3/4 of a mile and look for parking along roadway. race starts and finishes in that area. all frosh and novice who didn't make varsity will run at 4pm. for a distance of 2.1 miles. On 9/10 the varsity girls run at 4:45 and varsity boys at 5pm. hope to see you there.

Saturday Practice

Saturdays practice time has been changed to 8am.

Practice and Uniforms

There is no practice Thursday September 5, 2013. There will be practice Friday at 2:30 at woodman meet on the track. Saturday we will have practice at 9am at Woodman.  We will also be distributing uniforms on Saturday only. If you have not given Coach Wallace a check for $175 made out to Montclair High School by Saturday, you will not receive a uniform. Any questions or concerns please let the coaching staff know. Have a great day off, and see you on Friday.

TEAM SCHEDULE

Announcement: practice on thursday will start 10am, sharp and end at 11am. practice on friday will be 10am, sharp and end 11:30am. practice saturday will be at Brookdale Park from 9am. sharp to 10:15am. no practice on sunday and monday.  tuesday we resume practice at woodman from 10am.-11:30am. wednesday will be a time trial on the track of 3 miles for certain athletes to see who will be running varsity on tuesday september 10th. only 12 qualify. everyone else will do a 2 mile timed road run. At the meet on the 10th everyone who doesn't run varsity will run the 4pm. race with a distance of 2 miles.  The jewish holiday is thursday and friday with practice optional with coach Wallace. we will have practice on that Saturday at 9:30-11:00am at brookdale. get your uniform checks in to Coach wallace. We will be having a student-parent meeting in the utlity room at woodman on thursday september 12th at 7pm.

Important Announcement (uniforms)

We will be distributing uniforms within the next few days. In order to receive a your uniform/warmups we must have a $175 check made out to Montclair High School. If you have given Coach Wallace a check during a previous season, you are not required to hand in another check.

It is important to understand you are in no way paying for the uniform, it is simply a security deposit ensuring that you will return the uniform in the condition it is given to you. 

Our first meet will be held Tuesday September 10, 2013. The sooner the check is handed in the better. Thank you for your cooperation.  

Practice has been canceled today due to the weather. If the weather clears up this afternoon be sure to get a run in of 3-5 miles. There will be practice Friday at Woodman Field at 9:00.

Tuesday Practice

There is practice today.

Pre-Season Practice begins Monday August 12th

This monday at woodman Field in the front of the entrance to the locker  rooms. The Pre-season for cross-country will begin. Practice will go from 10am-11:30am. Even if you haven't gotten in all the paperwork and taken your physical, you can still attend and run on the streets a few miles. any questions reach out to the coaches. we will be holding wednesdays practice in the evening at brookdale park with some other runners from the area. check blog for the time. hope to see many of you on monday. first race is thursday september 12th.

Tentative Fall Meet Schedule

For all the runners to help schedule their season plans, here is our race schedule:
Tuesday 9/10.  branchbrook park
Tuesday 9/17 - branchbrook park
Friday    9/20 -Maroon Invite- Garrett Mountain
Tuesday  9/24 Branchbrook park
Saturday 9/28 Stewart Invite- warinanco park
Tuesday 10/1 Branchbrook Park
Saturday 10/5 Brett Taylor- Darlington park
Tuesday  10/8 Branchbrook park
Saturday  10/12 Garrett invite- Garrett mountain
Saturday 10/19  Class Meet- Branchbrook Park
Friday   11/1   Essex County Meet- site TBD
Saturday 11/9 State sectional- garrett mountain- Varsity Only
Saturday 11/16 state group- Holmdel Park- Varsity Only ( need to place in top 5 teams from sectional)
saturday  11/23 Meet of Champs- Holmdel- need to Qualify.

Reminders

Captains practice on 7/31 will be at 8am at Woodman Field.

For those individuals who have not handed in their questionnaires and health forms please do that ASAP. Our first official practice will be August 12 at 10am Woodman Field. So in order to practice all your forms must be handed in and you must be cleared by the athletic office. 

Physicals will be offered for students who DO NOT  have a private doctor on 8/1 @ 12:30 in the Main Building Health Office.

Also, Impact tests will be administered on August 6^th and again on August 7^th @ 10:00 am in the computer lab located in the main building. 

PreSeason Schedule

MONTCLAIR HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

Preseason Schedule

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
July 1 Girls-35 min Boys-40 min	2	3 Girls-35 min Boys-40 min	4	5 Girls-35 min Boys-40 min	6	7
8 Captains’ Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	9	10 Captains’ Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	11	12 Captains’ Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	13	14
15 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	16	17 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	18	19 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	20	21
22 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	23 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	24 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	25	26 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	27	28
29 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	30 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	31 Captains’ Practice 8-9:15	August 1	2 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	3	4
5 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	6 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	7	8 Captains’ Practice 8-9:15	9 Captains’ Practice 10-11:15	10	11
12 OFFICIAL SEASON BEGIN Team Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	13 Team Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	14 Team Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	15 Team Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	16 Team Practice Woodman Field 10-11:15	17	18

 

Cross Country Clinic

Cross Country Running Clinic
Let our Fleet Feet coaches help get you race-ready for the upcoming cross-country season in a friendly, non-competitive setting.
Some other benefits to our program:

•   meet other local runners
  
•   hook up with a new running partner
  
•   enjoy supported runs by vendors like New Balance and Nike
  Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm July 17th, 24th, August 7th, 14th
  Brookdale Park Cross Country Course
  Group will meet near scoreboard at base of track
  

Spread the word to your teammates! 

Practice

Good Evening,
Practice on 7/15 and 7/19 have been moved to 8am at Woodman Field.

captains practice

my error on captains practice. monday july 8th starts first week.

summer training

hello runners. hope finals went well. first week of training has finished. if you have any questions, don't hestitate to touch base with any of the coaches. if you know your going to be away for long periods of time please let the coaches know through an e-mail. hopefully you'll get some running while away. captains practice begins monday july  15th. if you can make plans to run with teammates that will help getting out easier. see you in a few weeks. coach P

Welcome

Here is the blog for MHS Cross Country. Welcome!