MVA Cross Country Completes Superb Season at Regionals
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- Published on Friday, 18 November 2011 06:00
With a great season formed from impressive coaching and the immense hearts, skills, and strenuous focus demonstrated by our Eagle runners, MVA soared beyond district competition for the first time in many years and on Saturday, November 12th, 2011, competed in the FHSAA 1A Region 2 Meet. The girls were ranked 10th going into competition. Freshman Ciara Hopkins ran 21:39 and placed 23rd while Maya Rifai and Tanner Dotson concluded their season with a personal-record time at 22:18 helping our lady Eagles place 9th in inclusive team scoring with an average time of 22:37.
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XC Girls Put 4 in Top 15, Both Teams Advance to Region
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- Published on Monday, 07 November 2011 09:08
On Saturday, November 5, cross country teams from District 7 traveled to the challenging hills of Mount Dora for the first meet of this year's post-season competition. In the boys race, Sophomore Conner Bergin took 9th, finishing in 18:52. In the girls race, Freshman Ciara Hopkins, currently ranked 20th in the state, took 4th, finishing in 21:02. Senior Captain Susan Rifai took 12th (23:10).
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Montverde Cross Country Cuts Time at Winter Springs
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- Published on Sunday, 25 September 2011 12:35
On Saturday, September 24, the Montverde Cross Country team traveled to Winter Springs to compete in the Overbay-Monte Carlo Invitational at Central Winds Park.
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Girls Take 2nd, Three Make All-County at Lake-Sumter County Championships
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- Published on Monday, 31 October 2011 09:34
A stiff breeze, chilly rain, and one of the most challenging courses in the state made for a great cross country race at the Lake-Sumter County Championships, hosted by Mount Dora Bible on Saturday, October 29. Three Montverde runners made the All-County teams, and the Girls team brought home the second place trophy for Lake and Sumter Counties.
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Hopkins 9th at MDB Bulldog Invitational
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 08:21
With the seniors away for their annual retreat, the underclassmen competed this weekend at the Bulldog Invitational hosted by Mount Dora Bible. Against a field of 26 total teams, the girls team finished 12th of 19 scoring teams.
Hopkins 3rd, Bergin Sets School Record at XC Pre-State
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 12:03
At Saturday's Pre-State Invitational in Dade City, Freshman Ciara Hopkins took third place in the Varsity Open, leading the girls team to a 6th-place finish in a 21-team race. For the boys, Sophomore Conner Bergin broke his own school record by nineteen seconds, finishing in 17:52.32.
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Varsity Cross Country Successful at Villages Invitational
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 04:49
The Montverde Varsity Cross Country Team competed at the Villages Invitational on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, in a battle that showcased the team’s running strength and endurance. The MVA Varsity runners achieved remarkable results in competition with 22 teams in total and exhibited diligence and extreme focus under the expert direction of Coach Troy Urquhart who reported the results of the meet as having the girls finishing 8th out of 16 teams scored and boys undertaking 9th out of 15 teams scored. Ciara Hopkins finished 5th individual girl at 21:20 and Susan Rifai 25th individual at 25:16 out of 113 runners. Conner Bergin completed at 14th individual boy at 19:34 out of 120 runners and personal-best records set by Maya Rifai and Brandon Pownall.
XC Runners Wade Through Hagerty Invitational
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- Published on Monday, 10 October 2011 10:01
Saturday morning's Hagerty Invitation in Oviedo was described by Hagerty coach Jay Getty as "one you will tell your kids about." It was, as many people observed, "a true cross country race." To say that the heavy rains made for soggy running conditions would surely be an understatement, with water standing more than ankle-deep at places on a course which, in other years, has proved to be one of the fastest of the season.
Determined not to disappoint, the Eagles brought home three individual awards, eleven personal records, and two season's best times, with the top five boys cutting more than a minute from their average time and the top five girls cutting an average of more than thirty seconds. Post-race rankings move the girls team to 21st in the state, up from last week's 29th place ranking, and to 7th in the region, up from 10th.
Montverde Cross Country Announces Roster
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- Published on Thursday, 01 September 2011 08:19
The girls team is led by freshman Ciara Hopkins, who enters the season ranked 14th in the state for division 1A by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association. Two years ago, Hopkins finished 28th in the 1A State Meet. This year, Hopkins is aiming for the State Meet and to break the school record of 19:22.80 she set last year at the Hagerty Invitational.
This year, Hopkins says that what’s most important is the team’s commitment to work hard in practice all season: “The will to succeed is required,” she says, but “the will to prepare is essential.”
Temperatures Drop - So Do the Times
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- Published on Saturday, 01 October 2011 13:27
Cooler weather made for great running conditions at this weekend's flrunners.com Invitational 12 presented by Nike in Titusville.
The top five runners on the girls team dropped nearly seven and a half minutes, collectively--this, after cutting over eight minutes at last week's meet in Winter Springs. For the boys team, Conner Bergin set a new school record for 5,000 meters with a time of 18:11.83.
