Athlete of Week, Feb. 23: East Longmeadow's Paige Suse, indoor track
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East
Longmeadow's Paige Suse. - (Staff photo by Michael S.
Gordon)
PAIGE SUSE, East
Longmeadow girls indoor track
Class: Sophomore
Event: High jump
Accomplishments: The sophomore cleared a
height of 5 feet 2 inches on her first attempt at the Division III state
championships en route to winning
the state high jump title; won the PVIAC high jump title just three days
earlier with the same height; won the event five times in six regular season
meets.
Of note: This is Suse’s first indoor track season.INTERESTS/FAVORITES
Class:English
Sports team: Boston Bruins
Color: Blue
Food: Chinese
IMMEDIATE REACTION
Suse on winning the state high jump title:
"On our way there, I wasn't really thinking about the meet at all, I was just going there hoping to have fun. I knew I needed to get all of my jumps on my first attempt if I wanted to place. All of my jumps felt really good. It was really exciting."
On her first indoor track season:
"I do the pole vault in outdoor, but that don't have that in indoor so I just do the high jump. I like it because it really lets me focus more on my main event and I've just stuck to it all season."
Coach Michael Budd on Suse:
“It’s a tremendous accomplishment. I think she was kind of surprised when she won it. She’s such a relaxed athlete. The high jump is a mental game and she doesn’t let it affect her. She goes out there and does her
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