East Bay Athletic League · North Coast Section · Danville, CA
2026 Cross Country
Jack Loughery & Ethan Miller
The program
Program record
Monte Vista cross country has won 14 North Coast Section team championships, and six different Mustangs have won an NCS individual title — more than any other school in the section.
14
NCS team titles
Cross country, all-time. Girls 12, boys 2.
3
NCS titles in four years
Girls Division 2 cross country champions in 2022, 2024 and 2025.
21
Section titles since 2019
Individual and relay championships on the track and the course.
77
All-NCS honors
Earned by 31 different athletes since 2019.
Top 6 at the Meet of Champions or top 7 at NCS D2
- 2025 · Cross country Three of the top six finishers at NCS Division 2 were Monte Vista sophomores — Kaylie O'Connell first, Nadya Makarova fifth, Ava Padilla sixth.
- All-time · Cross country Six different Mustangs have won an NCS individual title, more than any other school in the section. Alexandra Powell and Kaylie O'Connell took the last two.
- 2022–2024 · Track & field Three consecutive EBAL girls championships, and NCS Meet of Champions runners-up in 2023.
- 2019–2025 · Depth Fifteen girls top-10 finishes at NCS Division 2 cross country, the most of any school in the division.
Week to week
Practice schedule
| Day | Start |
|---|---|
| Monday | 3:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 3:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 3:15 pm |
| Thursday | 3:45 pm |
| Friday | 3:15 pm |
| Saturday | 7:30 am |
2026 pre-season: Aug 10–12 at 7:30 am, Aug 13 at 1:30 pm.
- New to the team? Every athlete needs athletic clearance before the first practice.
- The team donation and how it works have their own page.
Parents
Sign-ups & volunteering
The team runs on parent help. Every meet needs drinks, snacks and hands.
Meet drinks & snacks
Claim a slot for an upcoming meet on SignUpGenius.
Sign up
What to bring
Snack ideas that hold up in a cooler for a 5K morning.
See the list
Volunteer sign-ups
Course marshals, timing help, meet-day setup and teardown.
Volunteer
Overnight chaperones
What's required to chaperone an overnight trip, step by step.
Read the steps
District volunteer requirements
SRVUSD clearance every volunteer needs before meet day.
SRVUSD
Share your race photos
Add shots from this season to the shared team album.
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Team parentDani O'Connell · danvilledani@gmail.com
CoachesStaff directory & emails
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