FOUR RECORDS IN ONE DAY

Chuckles! Dr. J! Green Lantern! Twice As! Velma! Killer! FloJo! Real Deal! Need we say more?

STATE RANKINGS

By setting a new school record, Green Lantern is ranked 84th in the State! Dr.J is also placed 81st, Chuckles 78th. The 4 x 4 relay team is rated 65th and the 4 x 8 56th throughout the Commonwealth!

No Athol, No Problem: WE'RE GREAT!

Despite Athol being unable to come to the meet last Friday, the Ladyspartans clinched their 4th Divisional title in eight years. Their overall record in that time period is 51-8, the highest winning percentage amongst all sports teams in East Longmeadow's history (.864). Girls Outdoor Track & Field ranks as #4 overall with 190 wins, 97 losses and 6 ties (.659). Only Boys Swimming (the dynasty of the 60's 70's & 80's) as well as Golf rank higher than Girls Outdoor Track & Field.

Twice As set a personal best in the mile by finally going under 6 minutes (can anyone ask her to do Outdoor now, as Tennis might not be her racquet?). FloJo leaped a personal best 14-3 and Girl Scout earned big points in the 300. In a display of true sportsmanship, Chuckles helped K-Mart qualify for Western Mass in the two mile, and Giddy up earned her best time and Little Kane pr'd at 14:29.

The PVIAC Championships loom and that nasty team to the West looks like the favorite. Not to worry: WE'RE GREAT!

GITCHA POPCORN READY!

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!

12/31 PRACTICE CANCELED

The traveler's advisory states that the snow shall continue until about 10:00. It's not bad snow for driving, but why take a chance? Wednesday's practices shall be split. Girls High Jumpers and Hurdlers are to report later than the rest of the team. Expect EXTENDED sessions for EVERYONE and prepare your schedules accordingly! Coach Budd shall post the times for each session by Wednesday morning all over the school.

Freshman - Sophomore meet is the next competition and here are the entries for SUNDAY:
2 mile: Kane and Carnovale
1 mile: Knox and Sherry
1000: N.Henderson and Landers
600: Akpan and Madison
300: Rooney and Rybacki
55: Rhinehart and Wheeler
Hurdles: Goodchild and McMahon
Long Jump: Batakis and Rhinehart
Shot Put: Tucker and Douglas
High Jump: Akpan and Stack
4 x 400: Rhinehart, Rooney, Rybacki, Akpan (1st alternate: Caprile)
$5.oo entry fee per person in an individual event.

BUS LEAVES AT 7:30 SUNDAY!

BUSY WEEK

We have practice Monday (weather permitting) from 9 to 11. We also have extended practices for Wednesday because Wrestling has a meet away. Coach Budd shall be working with the High Jumpers in the late afternoon and Coach E. Budd shall be working with the hurdlers. Please plan accordingly. The CAN & BOTTLE DRIVE is scheduled for Saturday. The Freshman-Sophomore meet is scheduled for Sunday. We are leaving promptly at 7:30.

The following week we go back on schedule for our league meet (1/11).

FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE MEET

We need to determine who is going to be running from our team. The cost shall be $5 per athlete, and in addition we shall be running a 4 x 400 relay team.

Long Jump - McNasty & ?
Shot Put - Tucker & ?
High Jump - Fed Ex & Stack(?)
2 Mile - Kane & Carnovale (?)
55 Hurdles - Bad Santa & McMahon (?)
55 Dash - Flojo & ?
Mile - ? & ?
600 - Green Lantern & ?
300 - Real Deal & ?
1000 - Jann & ?
4 x 440 - Flojo, Real Deal, Rybacki, & Green Lantern

We'll have to determine spots by Thursday as entries need to be put in along with seedings.

VACATION WEEK SCHEDULE

Here are the times we shall be practicing starting on Friday 12/21:



12/21: Practice immediately after school



12/22: Practice in Small Gym 9:00 - 11:00



12/23: Training on your own...record results



12/24: Training on your own...record results



12/25: Day off



12/26: Practice in Large gym 8:30 - 11:00

(if Small gym is available, we'll also utilize it)



12/27: Practice in Small gym 9:00 - 11:00



12/28: Practice in Small gym 9:00 - 11:00



12/29: Bus Leaves ay 6:45AM for New Bedford



12/30: Day off



12/31: Practice 9:00AM Large or Small gym



01/01: New Year's Day - Train on your own...record results



Questions, contact Coach Budd: darthbuddster@aol.com

A LITTLE PAYBACK

The Ladyspartans conquered Cathedral 70-25, avenging last year's loss. Chuckles set a new school record for the two mile in the process (12:25.9) while leading the team in scoring with 18 points. Dr. J added a victory in the 600 and forged 14 points. Scurry moved into first place in team scoring by registering 16 points. EL also defeated the Wildcats of New Leadership. Next up is New Bedford and then the Freshman-Sophomore meet. Longtime rival Chicopee is our next opponent within the league. Two nicknames were earned this night.

ROOKIES IMPRESS

Led by Azi Akpan, Taylor Rooney, and Maya Rhinehart, the Ladyspartans knocked off Mohawk Trail Regional in the Indoor opener. In an evening where many official errors were noticed, some performances are actually in question. Scurry took high honors in the Long Jump.

We have a long way to go to get prepared. Patience is the operative word right now. Our "sister" team New Leadership and Springfield Cathedral are up next. We had better be prepared.

Oh yeah, several people earned their nicknames last night. Coach Budd shall be handling nicknames a little differently this year. You HAVE to earn it. As soon as you do, it shall be released at the next team practice or function.

Crumb showed up at the Clinic today and seems excited about the prospect of Outdoor. We're loading up for that as well...

FIRST MEET LINEUP

Since we are limited to four in an event, we must allow the veterans to determine where they are in relation to where they were first. Here are the choices for our opening contest:

2 Mile - Giddy up, K-Mart, Ghost & Kane

55 Hurdles - Hop-A-Long, Thriller, Bad Santa, McMahon

55 Dash - Scurry, Rhinehart, Caprile, Lambert

Mile - Chuckles, Twice as, Sugar Ray, 236

600 - Hackensack, E.L., Kit-Kat, Akpan

300 - Velma,Wiggles, Rooney, Wheeler,

1000 - Dr. J.,Serv's Up, Knox, Jann

4 x 400 - Dalessio, Rybacki, Batakis, Rooney

Long Jump - Scurry, Thriller, Rhinehart, Batakis

Shot Put - Gonyea, Forest, Thomas, TBD (Ross is injured)

High Jump - Hop-A-Long, Thriller, Fedex, Dr. J



35 out of 54 people are competing with room for a 36th person.

RECORD TURNOUT!

There are more prospects than ever coming out for Indoor Field and Track! We are adding a few meets onto the schedule so that everyone shall have at least a few opportunities to compete.

Captains Maria Jaroszewicz and Julie Lemanski have their work cut out. Currently 54 names grace the roster as competitors and fortunately we have listed two managers to keep things in line.

Added to the schedule are: New Bedford on December 29 (we have to limit the number of competitors though because we shall only have one bus). Also added is the Auerbach Freshman & Sophomore meet at Reggie Lewis. This would be a great experience for those that fall into those categories. This is Sunday January 6 (the day after our Can & Bottle Drive).

Mohawk Trail Regional is our opponent this Friday. Good luck to all!