Cross Country
2020-2021 SEASON: DECEMBER - MARCH
2019 Season Recap
After not posting a single win in 2018, our boys team made huge improvements this year. On average, the varsity boys' times improved by two minutes over last year. They were able to pull off two league wins, including a perfect score of fifteen on the road, in which the boys actually took first through seventh place against a team that beat them last year. The Crusader boys look to continue to improve in 2020, since the team did not have a single senior on this year's roster.
The girls team was very small this year, having at most six girls, but only five for a majority of the races and post season. That did not stop them from doing big things, however. They repeated as Olympic League Champions, going undefeated in dual meets as well as winning league finals. Not only that, but they made it past the CIF-SS Finals to compete in the State Finals in Fresno once again this year. The girls improved their times on the Fresno course by a minute on average to take fifteenth overall in the State Finals.
About the Coaches
Monica Tutak has been helping individuals achieve their fitness and personal goals
for over a decade. She has coached everyone from kids to septuagenarians
as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor at some of the top
gyms in LA including Yogaworks, CSUN, and EXOS. She has a passion to help
people of all ages with their journey into better health through various
modalities including TRX, Yoga, Spinning and Olympic Lifting. Monica is
constantly learning more about training and fitness, and has achieved
the following certifications: Track and Field, Cross Country, Yoga, Total
Resistance Exercise, Spinning, Olympic Lifting, Personal Training, and
Group Fitness.
Coach Tutak has been the MS and Elementary Cross Country coach for the
last two years. She has elevated the program, with athletes moving on
to the National level, competing in the Jr. Olympics for Cross Country
in both the 2017 and 2018 season. One of her proudest achievements is
starting the MS and Elementary Track and Field team in 2017. Working with
Burbank Vikings, she coached the Village team through all the running
and field events, successfully coaching a student to an 18th place finish
in the Junior Olympics nationals in the long jump. When she’s not
running on the trails or at the gym, you’ll find her in the outdoors
–cycling, mountain biking or tending her edible garden.
2019 Race Schedule
Fri 9/6 Cool Breeze InvitationalCongrats to the 2019 VCS Girls Olympic League Champions
Mia Barnett - 2019 Olympic League Champion
