TEAM PICTURES

Thursday after school. Everyone must attend.

PRACTICE SATURDAY IS OFF!

We shall not have access to the school AND it is going to rain all day.

Our best bet is to do all of your drills on your own and do workouts alone or in tandem,

DISTANCE: Put in 4 miles or more

THROWERS: Throwing progression

SPRINTERS: Repeat Thursday's workout (FORM/OFF HEELS)

We shall resume Monday...expect a long day!

HAPPY EASTER!

VACATION SCHEDULE

Monday - ELHS - 2:30PM

Tuesday - ELHS - 2:30PM (SCRIMMAGE)

Wednesday - ELHS - 10:00AM

Thursday - Birchland - 10:00AM
(In the event of rain - ELHS)

Friday - ELHS - 10:00AM

Saturday - ELHS - 10:00AM

PARENTS MEETING

Thursday at 6:30 Large Cafeteria. Sorry for the short notice. It seems necessary that we have this meeting.

LADYSPARTANS ROLL IN THE COLD

We still don't have an official score, but we opened up with a win over Longmeadow, Holyokw and Westfield. As soon as we have performances and places calculated, we'll go onto Track Central.

SCRIMMAGE IS A GO

Monson on 4/19 is a go!

APOLOGIES TO NEW PEOPLE AND PARENTS

The Springfield Republican did not publish the names of our team today.

If you notice many of our school's teams did not make the final edition.

Mr. Magee did not give us the information until this week ( past the deadline). Do not blame him either. For some reason the forms were misplaced in the school

I DID submit a roster to the paper and shall try to get our roster into the Reminder. I think the new members deserve SOME ink!

You all KNOW how much I love publicity! Besides,they DID interview me for the article. Notice the MassLive edition has Jenise's picture in it!East Longmeadow carrying winter success into spring track season
Pam McCray, The Republican, April 01, 2011 11:47 a.m.

EAST LONGMEADOW - The East Longmeadow girls track and field team is looking to bring the inside out.

The Spartans captured their first Western Mass. indoor track title this winter and they are hoping that momentum carries them into the outdoor season.

"Our team has a different look than indoors," said coach Michael Budd. "We have a lot of new people that we're still trying to figure out. My three captains are terrific, though."

Those three captains - Maya Rhinehart, Ali McMahon and Kayla Rybacki - will hold big leadership roles as Budd relies on his captains for feedback and input.McMahon had a stellar indoor season, repeating as the long-jump champion, winning the 55-meter hurdles and running on the winning 4x200 relay team to lead the Spartans to the Western Mass. title.

"Each one of them can take the sport to the next level," said Budd. "That's the success of the program. Kids can go elsewhere and perform and have fun. That's how we know we're doing our job."

The competition this spring will be anything but easy and coach Budd knows that better than anybody. "We want to continue our momentum but outdoor is different from indoor," said Budd. "There are a lot of good teams. Agawam is always a contender, Ludlow is strong, Longmeadow is dangerous, and that's just Division I. I still think Northampton is the team to beat."

The Blue Devils, looking for their third straight title, have another strong team this year.

The Spartans coaching system is similar to Northampton's. The boys and the girls teams practice together and the boys head coach was once Budd's assistant coach."We're really functioning as a team, which is one thing I think Northampton does really well," said Budd.

"We're taking the strengths of each coach and using it to our advantage."

With the season underway, the goal is obviously to win Western Mass., but Budd wants much more than that from his girls."Our goal this year is no different than it is every other year," said Budd.

"We want to get the maximum amount of people to the state meet. We want to make some noise there and move people to New Englands."

THANK YOU

I want to thank everyone past and present that supported our Track & Field program from 1999 until now. Please encourage our team in the future to strive for the ultimate in success. Coach Budd