FRIDAY PLAN

As of this moment, the plan is to GO to Boston for the Team Pentathlon and Speed Classic.

DEPARTURE will be at 6:30 instead of 6:45. We may need the extra time to deal with the elements.

I have sent an e-mail to the meet directors as well as Mr. Magee and Mr. Marchewka.

I believe the Boston forecast as well as the Springfield ones indicate that we may have some snow, but it could be minimal. As we head East, it will be rain with warmer temperatures.

Coming home, it is supposed to be really warm and it is possible a lot of what we had in the morning may have melted.

Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin counties should get hit a lot harder.

GET UP EARLIER THAN USUAL to allow time to clear off vehicles and get to the school. The school should be open for us at 6:00- 6:30. Get there as soon as you can.

We also have Mark driving, which is also really good news.

Pack your blankets and pillows so you can snooze on the way there.

We are going to have a TERRIFIC DAY all around!

XMAS PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Here is the Christmas break practice schedule:

CORKY anchoring the 4 x 400 against Minnechaug

12/23 - 11:00AM

12/24 - PRACTICE ON OWN

12/25 - OFF

12/26 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/27 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/28 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/29 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/30 - TEAM PENTATHLON/SPEED CLASSIC 6:45 DEPARTURE

BIG E running the 1000

12/31 - PRACTICE ON OWN

01/01 - PRACTICE ON OWN

01/02 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

01/03 - BACK TO REGULAR SCHEDULE

01/06 - FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE COMPETITORS DAY OFF

01/07 - FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE CHAMPIONSHIPS 6:45 DEPARTURE

Freshman TEBOW getting ready to pass a Chaug runner...note bad baton grip.

01/15 - STATE CLASS RELAYS 6:45 DEPARTURE

OUR NEW THEME SONG?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGwI12zMJg

ANOTHER TRIP TO THE STATES!

By finishing 23rd today at the Western Mass. Cross Country Championships, Kay Laughlin joins her sister Abby as the only sister combination in East Longmeadow history to reach the Massachusetts All-State Championship, and they did so in consecutive years!

PVIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kay Laughlin finished 32nd at the PVIAC Championships this past Saturday. In doing so, she actually passed several really great East Longmeadow runners' best times at Stanley Park. It is almost a who's who.

Her time of 21:31 ( even suffering a fall in the process) put her ahead of the likes of

Abby Rate
Tori Evans
Kristin Weisse
Ashley Madison
Julie Lemanski
Katie Hakanson-Stacy

That's 3/4 of a Western Mass. Champion 4 x 800 relay team.

Nine members of the team had their season's or career best performance on this day!

CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICES START SOON

 

Thursday August 25. 5:30 at the high school.

TRACK CAMP MEET SCHEDULE

Here is how the Track Meet scheduled for Monday Night will go:


200 Meter Dash

Followed by Shot Put

Followed by Long Jump

Followed by 100 Meter Dash

Followed by Turbo Javelin

Followed by 4 x 100 Meter Relay


Each competitor may enter one running event, and one field event or two field events.

Signups for events shall be at 6PM. Then we will have a team warmup.

Each competitor shall also compete in the 4 x 100 meter relay.

Relay teams shall be randomly selected based upon seedings.

Tee shirts shall be provided for all campers including a competitor number.which shall be affixed to the shirt.

Members of the Girls Track & Field team shall wear their team uniforms to this event.


In the event of inclement weather, we will run the meet on Tuesday at 6:00PM

SPARTANS SPEED CAMP

Here are the dates and times for the Spartan Speed Camp:


Monday August 1: 7:00 AM
Tuesday August 2: 7:00 AM
Wednesday Aug 3: 7:00AM

Monday August 8: 7:00 AM
Tuesday August 9: 7:00 AM
Wednesday Aug 10: 7:00AM

Members of the current EL Track and Field Team may come and help out ( as well as get a workout in).

Here is how the camp shall work:

There shall be a short video presentation of the practice so everyone shall know what we are doing.

Then we shall go to the location where we are doing the drills and do them after we have done our warmup.

ALL-WESTERN MASS SELECTIONS

Congratulations to Morgan Voight, Elisabeth Cooke and Marina Wilkins for making the first team All-Western Mass Squad for 2016.

For Morgan Voight, this is her first time selected based upon her Mile performances. She was selected as the Outstanding performer for the Outdoor team. By taking some 8 seconds off the school record in the mile, she took down the oldest school record. Morgan also holds the school record Indoors in the mile.

For Elisabeth Cooke, this is her second time so being honored. She achieved this distinction Indoors this year and was the Indoor Outstanding performer. She was also selected earlier this month as East Longmeadow's best female athlete. Cooke broke the school record in the discus once held by future Hall of Famer Danyelle' Thorpe.

For Marina Wilkins, this is certainly her first Track and Field selection as she is the undisputed best diver in Western Mass. and one of the best in the State at that craft. This is why she has been so highly successful at Pole Vault. She is the first EL selection in Pole Vault since Hall of Famer Erika Graham did so in 2004.

Our Second team selections were no slouches either.

For Abby Laughlin, she had perhaps the best career in 2015-2016. Leader of the Cross Country team that won it's first ever League title. She was the Outstanding performer for that team and also advanced to the State Championships. Abby is also a two time Western Mass. champion, and holds the most records for an individual since Hall of Famer Kara Budd.

Madison McMahon was voted as the Outstanding Newcomer for 2016. Despite being injured for most of both the Indoor and Outdoor seasons, she broke (last year's National Qualifier and future Hall of Famer) Paige Suse's freshman record in the High Jump Outdoors. She also holds the Indoor record for the same event.

The Girls team secured 19 medals at the State Sectional, one off the record set by the 2012 State Sectional Championship team. They are going to be a tough act to follow, but we're up to the challenge.

EMERIL NAMED

Elisabeth Cooke was named East Longmeadow Female Athlete of the Year by Masslive!

Her Indoor and Outdoor seasons were stellar, as she was also named Outstanding Performer by the Indoor Team.

Outdoors, she broke Danyelle' Thorpe's 2007 school record in the discus throw and also won the Western Mass. title in the same event.

In both seasons, she individually made it to the All-State Championships.

Congratulations to "Emeril" as she takes her skills to Regis College where she also was a recipient of an MSTCA scholarship.

Nicely done!

WESTERN MASS CROSS COUNTRY CLINICS

Location Schedule -- Please arrive by 6:00pm

June 21 - FOREST PARK, Springfield, MA (by the Picknelly Field Indian Statue)

June 28 - ASHLEY RESERVOIR, Holyoke, MA (by the Elks Lodge)

July 5 - FOREST PARK, Springfield, MA

July 12 - STANLEY PARK, Westfield, MA (near the Tennis Courts)

July 19 - ASHLEY RESERVOIR, Holyoke, MA

July 26 - FOREST PARK, Springfield, MA

August 2 - STANLEY PARK, Westfield, MA

August 9 - ASHLEY RESERVOIR, Holyoke, MA

August 16 - ASHLEY RESERVOIR, Holyoke, MA

August 23 - FOREST PARK, Springfield, MA

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WAIVER SECTION -- PLEASE READ

All coaches for this clinic are high school coaches who have passed background checks with their schools and/ or their employers in order to be employed as a coach.

Please detach the bottom of this form and return to coachharyasz@wsps.org or hand in to the coaches at your first time attending the clinic.

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By signing the below waiver I do hereby forever waive claim for myself, my heirs, and estate against the sponsors and organizers of this clinic for any and all injuries suffered by me at said clinic or while traveling to or returning there from.  

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              PRINT NAME SIGNATURE (Parent if under 18 yrs.)

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                   DATE   CURRENT TEAM

FLEET FEET SCHOLARSHIP

Hello All,

I wanted to let you know that Fleet Feet Sports Longmeadow will be offering a scholarship to this years Green Mountain Running Camp in NH which is sponsored by Nike. The scholarship will cover the cost of the camp for one of the 3 weeks later this summer. The camp runs from July 24th through August 12th (3 separate camps each 6 days long). We will be communicating in the next couple of days how this scholarship will be awarded, but wanted to let you know so you can pass it along to your runners in case they are interested in participating.

All the details will be included when we announce the process to apply for the scholarship, but if you have any immediate questions please contact me directly.

Thanks,

Tim

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Tim Murphy

Fleet Feet Sports Longmeadow

Store 413-384-2058

www.fleetfeetlongmeadow.com

THREE TIME COACH OF THE YEAR: THANK YOU LADYSPARTANS!

The sheer delight of having the Legendary Dick Atkinson and the Incredible Lou Tozzi present me with this award makes the circle complete.

Lou Tozzi was the person that got me totally involved with the MSTCA and becoming an E-Board member. He is a huge advocate of youth sports, particularly Track and Field and is a no nonsense type of guy that puts on clinics and meets each year. As the James Bond theme goes "Nobody does it better".

I met Dick Atkinson in 1974 while running Cross Country. He is the most popular coach ever from Western Mass. When I first started coaching at the high school level, he was one of my opponents, but you would never know it. Always the gentleman and always supportive. I have learned so much from him including the ability to give instructions to runners in competition from anywhere in the arena and they KNOW it's me!

TWO VAULTERS SCORE AT STATE SECTIONALS

 PISA and FLIP FLOP

8th and 6th respectively

SENATOR SETS NEW SCHOOL RECORD

http://www.camelathletics.com/sports/wtrack/2015-16/releases/20160409smmn1e

These Kennedy sisters are just BANANAS...B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

WHAT'S COOKE'IN IN EAST LONGMEADOW?

After defeating Minnechaug on Monday, the Ladyspartan Field and Track team took on nine teams at the Spartan Invitational on STAR WARS DAY which also happened to be Senior Night.

While Senior Abby Laughlin outdistanced everyone in the two mile and the 800 meters, Senior Morgan Voight came within one second of the oldest school record in the mile.

Those two performances are worthy of the highlight film, but SENIOR ELISABETH COOKE took out a nine year old record on her own. She nipped(future Hall of Famer) Danyelle' Thorpe's record in the discus! She also followed up with a victory in the shot put before donning the black for the Band's Spring Concert.

We want to thank Maestro K for loaning her out to us, but for also being "instrumental" in Ms. Thorpe's career as well.

Guess we are going to be looking very closely at the band for our next great thrower! It's not in the water, it's in the woodwind section!

THANK YOU SENIORS:

CAROLYN BEDELL

ELISABETH COOKE

FRANCESCA DAVITT

ALEX deLIEFDE

KAYLA FRASER

JESSICA HAYWOOD

ABBY LAUGHLIN

CAROLINE O'CONNOR

AUTUMN ORTIZ

LEXI OLIVER

JULIANA TEMPLEMAN

MORGAN VOIGHT

INDOOR RECAP

Records set:

4th Indoor Western Mass. Championship

4 x 800 Meter Relay

800 Meter Run

Shot Put - Team Pentathlon

Mile Run

2 Mile Run

Freshman High Jump

Freshman 1000 Meter Run

First Team Selections:

Elisabeth Cooke, Abby Laughlin, Morgan Voight.

Second Team Selections:

Kharynah Besaw, Lauren Crum. Jillian Murphy

Coaches All-League Selections:

Elisabeth Cooke, Lauren Crum, Abby Laughlin, Madison McMahon, Morgan Voight

In addition, the MSTCA has selected Coach Budd for Indoor Coach of the Year for 2016

CHUCKLES IN BOSTON

Former (and only) East Longmeadow High School Cross Country Champion Lauren (Chuckles) Litscher ran in Boston yesterday!  Oh yeah, she was a 4 x 800 meter relay champion along with Katie Hakanson-Stacy, Kristin Weiss and Julie Lemanski.

Chuckles was also a Springfield Republican Athlete of the Week.

Dedicated to finishing first!

HALF DOLLA HOLLA!

http://camelathletics.com/sports/wtrack/2015-16/releases/20160417x79p1m

Shannon Kennedy Sets School Record in Heptathlon for Camels

COACHES CHOICES FOR PIONEER NORTH

The following are Western Mass. girls all-league winter track teams as selected by coaches. MassLive's All-Western Mass. teams will be released next month.

Pioneer North

• Shalayna Burris, Central
• Tasia Jordan, Central
• Damahya Phipps, Central
• Elisabeth Cooke, East Longmeadow
• Lauren Crum, East Longmeadow
• Abby Laughlin, East Longmeadow
• Madison McMahon, East Longmeadow
• Morgan Voight, East Longmeadow
• Abbie Mokwuah, Longmeadow
• Hailey Moseman, Longmeadow
• Katherine Strain, Longmeadow
• Kyla Hill, Minnechaug
• Grace Pettengill, Minnechaug
• Evelyn Burke, Northampton
• Sierra Loomis, Northampton
• Leila Markosian, Northampton
• Scarlet Sands Bliss, Northampton

PRESEASON CONDITIONING SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES AT 2:30 IN THE SMALL GYM

FEB. 25

FEB. 29

MAR. 2

MAR 3

MAR 7

MAR 9

MAR 10

MAR 14

MAR 16

MAR 17

REGULAR SESSIONS FOR ALL SPORTS START MONDAY MARCH 21.

IT IS ENCOURAGED THAT YOU GET YOUR FAMILYID INFORMATION IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO ( 3/21) AS WELL AS YOUR MIAA MEDICAL INFORMATION.

ELIGIBILITY FOR ALL SPORTS IS DETERMINED BY ACADEMICS FIRST AS WELL AS NO "POINTS" ACCUMULATED DUE TO ABSENCES AS WELL AS TARDINESS.

CONSULT WITH MR. MAURER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

TEE SHIRT COLORS

Here is the final draft of our Championship tees!

MOST GRATIFYING WIN EVER!

Meaning no disrespect to the other six championship teams, this one was special because no one even considered us a threat. We were "lucky" if we finished 6th.

This is a team of "no stars", a no-name squad at best. Another reason why #masslivesucks, is that they did not even know who Abby Laughlin was.

We'll be waiting to see if they actually print any quotes. EVERYONE contributed.

This group really deserved a Championship!