Cross Country

Assistant coaches: Donoson FitzGerald, Tina Lount-Pretre, Katie Ferguson

2018/2019 Season Schedule

Legend: Postponed Cancelled

Date	Opponent	Location	Dismissal	Departure	Start
Sat 9/8	Lowell Invitational	Golden Gate Park		7:15am	9:00am
Sat 9/22	Pacific Tigers Invitational	Elkhorn Golf Club		6:00am	8:30am
Sat 9/29	Stanford Invitational (Varsity only)	Stanford Golf Course			9:00am
Sat 9/29	Ram Invitational	Westmoor HS		9:45am	12:00pm
Thu 10/4	WBAL #1	Crystal Springs Cross Country Course	12:45pm	1:00pm	3:00pm
Sat 10/6	Artichoke Invitational	Half Moon Bay HS		6:30am	9:00am
Thu 10/18	WBAL #2	Baylands Park, Sunnyvale	12:15pm	12:30pm	3:00pm
Fri 10/19	MT. SAC Invitational (Varsity only)	Mt. SAC College, Walnut	9:45am	10:00am	4:30pm
Fri 11/2	WBAL Championships	Crystal Springs Cross Country Course	11:45am	12:00pm	2:30pm
Sat 11/10	CCS Championships (Varsity only) (boys 12:20pm, girls 12:55pm)	Crystal Springs Cross Country Course		10:00am	12:20pm
Sat 11/24	CIF State Championships (Varsity only) (girls 11:05am, boys 12:35pm)	Woodard Park, Fresno		TBA	11:05am

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About the Team

Following a history-making 2016-2017 season, Menlo School’s cross-country program continues to make great strides. The girls’ team became the first in school history to advance to the state meet where they took 15th. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams qualified for the CCS Championships in 2014, and the boys team also advanced in 2015. The boys’ team won back-to-back West Bay Athletic League titles in 2009 and 2010—its best finish since winning five consecutive from 1996-2000. Menlo runners have been named league MVP in five of the last seven seasons, including Lizzie Lacy ’15, who took 10th at Nationals. The goal of the program is to encourage all student-athletes to discover the pleasure and benefits of running and is geared to the needs of each individual.

About the Coach

Head coach: Jorge Chen (15th season)

At Stanford, Chen ran the 200 and 400 from 1993-1995 and competed in crew in 1996, 1997. Chen was a top-level runner for San Mateo High track and field, including the Peninsula Athletic League 1990 and 1991 champion teams. He was a member of both Bearcats relay teams, including the CCS champion 4x400 relay team. Chen, who also coaches track and field and girls’ soccer at Menlo, has developed a successful middle school cross country and track program. He was honored by Menlo in 2009 with the Bagshaw Family Award for Coaching Excellence.

Meet Menlo

<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Playing Our Song</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>The joy of music.</strong> The Upper School Orchestra rehearsals are a lot of fun, as Danya ’14 and Scott ’17 know well. And the performances are beautiful.</p><ul><li><a href="/arts/orchestra.php">Upper School Orchestra</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><img width="532" height="721" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/532/height/721/3632_string_players.rev.1398379308.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image3632 lw_align_left" data-max-w="563" data-max-h="763"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Rolando Victoria</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School Spanish</em></p><p> You can often find Rolando on the Quad, working with students or composing a song on his guitar.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/world-language.php">Upper School World Language</a><img width="572" height="875" alt="Upper School Spanish teacher Rolando Victoria" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/572/height/875/818_rolando_victoria_cutout_2013.rev.1376001924.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image818 lw_align_left" data-max-w="1078" data-max-h="1650"/></li></ul></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Mingjung Chen</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School Mandarin</em></p><p> Mingjung believes that language is an expression of culture. Watch her <a href="http://youtu.be/HFAeKlqeqXA" target="_blank">talk about bilingualism and biculturalism</a>.</p><p> </p><p><img width="800" height="1205" alt="Mingun Chen, Upper School Mandarin" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/800/height/1205/1561_mingjun_chen.rev.1382725736.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image1561 lw_align_left" data-max-w="680" data-max-h="1024"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Menlo Moustache</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Injecting a little fun into the day.</strong> In the Middle School, the facial hair came out when Student Council declared it to be Moustache Day.</p><p><img width="725" height="544" alt="Moustache Day at the Middle School" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/725/height/544/1511_mustache_clipped_rev_2.rev.1381878101.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image1511 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/725/height/544/1511_mustache_clipped_rev_2.rev.1381878101.jpeg 2x" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1237"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Ryan Dean</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School History</em></p><p> A former aide to a U.S. Senator and a founder of an independent school for autistic youth, Ryan has a passion for American history and political philosophy.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/history.php">Upper School History</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><img width="485" height="725" alt="Ryan Dean. Photo by Kelly McConnell." src="/live/image/gid/4/width/485/height/725/642_ryan_dean.rev.1375716445.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image642 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/485/height/725/642_ryan_dean.rev.1375716445.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1071" data-max-h="1600"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">King Christian</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Assistant Middle School Athletic Director</em></p><p> King Christian loves the game. And he also loves working with students off the field, helping them develop confidence and maturity.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/athletics.php">Middle School Athletics</a></li></ul><p><img width="648" height="825" alt="King Christian, Middle School Athletics" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/648/height/825/700_king_christian.rev.1375915714.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image700 lw_align_left" data-max-w="1295" data-max-h="1650"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">A Sea of Spirit</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Menlo students love to wear the blue and gold.</strong> The Sea of Gold club organizes fan buses to games—and performances—choreographs cheers, and makes sure everyone knows the words to our fight song, “Go Go Go Menlo!”</p><p><img width="450" height="672" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/450/height/672/423_joy-we-like-to-have-fun.rev.1375464423.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image423 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/450/height/672/423_joy-we-like-to-have-fun.rev.1375464423.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1104" data-max-h="1649"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Making the Play</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Flag football.</strong> It’s a favorite Middle School sport to play–and watch. These guys work hard!</p><ul><li><a href="/athletics/about-menlo-athletics.php">Menlo Athletics</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><img width="500" height="407" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/500/height/407/3633_ms_flag_football_1.rev.1441313308.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image3633 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/500/height/407/3633_ms_flag_football_1.rev.1441313308.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/500/height/407/3633_ms_flag_football_1.rev.1441313308.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1800" data-max-h="1888"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Math Times Three</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Ready to calculate.</strong> Math teachers Richard Steinberg, Lauren Lax and Rachel Chou love numbers, any kind of numbers, from algebra to statistics.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/mathematics.php">Upper School Math</a></li></ul><p><img width="700" height="467" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/700/height/467/4332_richard_lauren_rachel.rev.1441318491.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image4332 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/700/height/467/4332_richard_lauren_rachel.rev.1441318491.jpeg 2x" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1424"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Adriana Diaz-Ross</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School Spanish</em></p><p> Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Adriana has lived all over the world, and she brings that experience into her Spanish classes.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/world-language.php">Upper School Spanish</a></li></ul><p><img width="600" height="934" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/600/height/934/4333_adriana_diaz-ross.rev.1413306146.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image4333 lw_align_left" data-max-w="1060" data-max-h="1650"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Robotics Club</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>No one could’ve predicted what happened next.</strong> What started in the basement with a crate of tennis balls is now one of our centerpiece labs…<a href="/live/news/112-robotics">Read more</a>.</p><p><img width="511" height="724" alt="Robotics Club" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/511/height/724/78_cutoutrobotics.rev.1375306722.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image78 lw_align_none" data-max-w="511" data-max-h="724"/></p></div>