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Dr. J in possibly her last attempt established a new school record in the 600 meter dash last night at Smith. In the process Green Lantern also took 3 seconds off of her freshman record. Ali McMahon also tied the existing freshman record in the high hurdles. Thus earning her new nickname: Boomayay! Shhhhhhhhhhh! She does not know this yet, we'll surprise her on Monday. Oh yeah, she might actually READ this blog...

The 300 also was a thrilling event where Real Deal, FloJo (7.7 in the 55), Killer, and Wiggles (where did SHE come from?) all had stellar performances: 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th overall. Madeus qualified for Western Mass in the shot, and Twice as took 2 seconds off of her best in the mile. There might be more, but apparently it's not headline material, although Thriller scored 30 points last night.

TUESDAY PRACTICE

Because of Teacher in Service, we are likely not allowed to practice during the regular hours of school. Therefore, practice is scheduled from 1:50 until we are done for Tuesday. Wednesday's practices shall likely be split, but until we get clearance from the Athletic Director, we shall have to show up on Tuesday to find out what is happening on Wednesday. E-mails have been sent out to everyone in this regard.

WHAT'S THIS? ANOTHER RECORD?

Led by Lauren (Velma) Russo, the 4 x 400 meter relay team grasped the school record for the 4 x 400 at the Reggie! Kayla (Killer) Rybacki, Ashley (Dolly) Madison, and Taylor (Real Deal) Rooney ran a 4:23.78. They took nearly two second off of the 5 year old record.

Scurry jumped her season best 14-9 1/2 while leading the Long Jump Relay team to a seventh place finish, their best since 2005. The meet was honored by having East Longmeadow's own Julia (Giddy Up) Merton sing the National Anthem to start off the festivities.

NEW SCHOOL RECORD & LINE UP

Congratulations to the 4 x 800 meter relay team that set a new school record this past Tuesday.

Hackensack NJ, Chuckles, Twice as Weisse, & Dr. J ran a 10:39.0!



Here are the tentative lineups for Friday:

High - Hop-A-Long, Dr. J, Flapjack, Green Lantern
Shot - Forest Gump, Madeus, Sparerib, Douglas (Girl Scout as backup)
Long - Scurry, Thriller, Flapjack, Green Lantern (Flojo as backup)
2 mile - Chuckles, Giddy Up, Ghost, Kane
55 Hurdles - Thriller, Bad Santa, McMahon, Lambert
55 Dash - FloJo, Scurry, Homie, Prentice (going to be a good race)
Mile - Twice as Weisse, K-Mart, Gilligan, Sideshow Bob
600 - Dr. J, Dolly Madison, Velma, Kit-Kat
300 - Juantorena, Girl Scout, A. Butcher, Molasses
1000 - Hackensack NJ, Shea Nay Nay, Serv's Up, Jann
4 x 200 - FloJo, Thriller, Real Deal, Scurry (Homie is backup)

We cannot take these opponents lightly, they have some serious quality athletes in the meet. Time to get ready for the State Class Relays!

4 x 800 RELAYS

Here are the teams:
A) Hackensack, NJ,Chuckles,Twice As, Dr. J.
B) Six Laps, Shea Nay Nay, Ghost, Giddy Up
C) Kit-Kat, 236, Serv's Up, K-Mart
D) Jann, Hard Knox, Sugar Ray, Kane
E) Nameless, Wiggles, Molasses, Sideshow Bob

Also going along for the ride: Captain Scurry, Thriller, Green Lantern, Flapjack, & FloJo. Homie and Girl Scout can also tag along for the Long Jump session...we won't tell anyone!

THE MOJO IS BACK!

Let by Lantern's freshman record breaking perfomance in the 600 (1:50.1), the Ladyspartans trounced previously undefeated Chicopee 71 1/3- 23 2/3. Sweeps in the two mile, 300 and 1000 totalled 27 points. New Captain Scurry took first in the long jump on the FINAL jump (after two fouls). The most exciting race of the day came at the conclusion of the meet where Hop-A-Long, Juantorena, Dolly Madison and the Real Deal came from behind to run a 4:31.0 defeating their closest opponent by NINE seconds.

REGGIE LEWIS VIDEO UP

Log onto the address above and see the Freshman-Sophomore videos. For those of you that are lazy, here are the heats in which you can see our people:

2 Mile - Heat 1/ Mile - Heat 1 /1000 Meters - Heat 1

600 Meters - Heats 1 & 4 /300 Meters - Heats 12 & 15

55 Hurdles - Heats 2 & 9/ 55 Dash - Heats 1 & 4

55 Dash Semi-finals - Heat 2/ 4 x 400 Heat 3

Enjoy!

SMAC MEETS

For those of you that might be interested, the Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club is holding meets in January (6, 13, & 20) at Smith College at 5pm. The events are a little different than what we run in our meets, but you can go and get a time or distance in the running or field events. I do not think shot put is held, but the long jump and high jump are. There is the 55 meter dash, the 200 meter dash, the 400 meter dash, the 800, the mile and the 3000.

Let me know if you are interested in attending. Here is a web site you can go to for more details:
http://sugarloafmac.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=52&func=details&did=43

FOUR FRESHMEN EARN STATE BERTH

Maya Rhinehart, Taylor Rooney, Kayla Rybacki and Azi Akpan combined for a 4:33.05 4 x 400 meter relay and thus earned a spot for East Longmeadow at the State Sectionals.

In addition, FloJo finished 12th in the 55 meter dash (8.02), Green Lantern came within .15 seconds of the freshman record in the 600 (1:52.85) and Ashley (Dolly) Madison qualified for the PVIAC championships in the 600 (1:58.01). A lot of goals were achieved at the Freshman-Sophomore Championships!