LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN CROSS COUNTRY!

For the first time in school history, the East Longmeadow Ladyspartan Cross Country team has secured a share of a league title.

Many teams throughout the many seasons have come close, but there was always a roadblock ( or two or three) in their way.

Not that a team should be measured by a league title or for that matter even a sectional championship, it is still gratifying to have something to share for all of the hard work put in during a season.

Our biggest challenges came from a very respectable and well coached Belchertown team as well as from perennial powerhouse South Hadley. As everyone well knows, fortunes can change in just one season, so appreciation is the word of this season.

Back in 1995, having a winning record was the goal. Trying to put together consecutive winning seasons was always a challenging task - especially in a sport that is clearly not popular in school circles.

Sending an individual to the All-State meet has always proven a tough task. Only a handful of non team qualifying individuals are ever chosen. We have had our heartbreak in terms of missing out by one place or even one second. We have also had our achievements.

Since this season is not over yet, we shall see what else lies before us. In reflection winning the Division one race at the Ted Dutkiewicz Memorial Races was a great foundation.

We have had our great accomplishments as well as setbacks thus far. Injuries, illnesses, but also some surprising performances and terrific improvements along the way. Going undefeated at home was also something that has rarely happened to us.

Congratulations to everyone involved in making this season a truly memorable one, let's not let it end soon. The INVASION team of 2015 still has grounds to conquer!

SOMETHING NOT ALWAYS SEEN

BUT, PRETTY DARN IMPORTANT! FORGIVE THE REFLECTION!

NEW OUTDOOR CHAMPION

Half Dolla Holla taking the 400 low hurdles at the Western Mass. Championships!!!!!!!

CHAMPIONSHIP DESIGN

Here is a look in at the design for our new Tee-Shirt. This is compliments of Mrs. Champipple!

HEY, WE DID IT AGAIN!

Back To Back Divisional Champions

Total team effort leads to the Championship. New School record set in the Javelin by the Senator, and new Freshman records set in the High Jump by Sushi and 400 Meter dash by the President. An amazing finish in the 4 x 400 meters and as you can see...an EXHAUSTED Coach.

LOOKIE WHAT WE HAVE HERE!

Red Robin, Red Raven, Kazbah and CSI bring home the BLING and break a school record in the process 1:48.06 in the 4 x 200!

MESSAGE TO TEAM

Access your Track Central page and go to "Messages". There you shall find your "SECRET MESSAGE" that the rest of the world only WISHED they could get.

and now FINALLY...

the Championship has come BACK to EAST LONGMEADOW!

T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves More!

Never was it more present than today. As Coach Budd has indicated today as well as in the past..DO YOUR JOB! Everyone did.

Killer Rybacki and Senator Kennedy can call themselves WESTERN MASS CHAMPIONS, but so can everyone else!

Next week is going to be a war. Let's celebrate this weekend and be ready to position ourselves to be in contention next Saturday.

Folks, we achieved all this without the benefit of a track, without a full flight of hurdles, without a long jump runway, with a discus/shot circle that is WAY below par (in fact NO circle at all), no pole vault, a torn up high jump pit, no javelin runway, and no lanes to run on.

Wonder what we could do IF we had what we needed?

LEMONADE ANYONE?

Led by Killer's new school record in the 600, the Ladyspartans overcame a critical error to set a second school record setting time in the 4 x 400 and vault themselves into the State Finals in an event that was not on the agenda.

The team finished in 10th place with 23.5 points. Now it's sit back and wait to see whom else made it. As of tonight: Killer is 2 away in the 600 and" in" in the high jump. Boomayay is 4 away in the hurdles and "in" in the long jump.

We managed to turn a bag of lemons into lemonade.

RED RAVEN, RED RAVEN!

Red Raven secured three medals yesterday. 2nd in long jump, 5th in the 55 and 6th on the 4 x 200 relay teaming with Dr. Dulittle, Red Robin and Milwaukee.

Let's not forget the Pooh Bear earned third place in the shot put!

DIVISION ONE RUNNERS UP

77 points. With Mount Everett's win in the triple, two second places by Boomayay and a freshman supporting cast which included a Senator, a Red Raven and a Pooh Bear. The Ladyspartans did well. The night was capped off with a Lantern to Killer to FloJo to Boomayay exclamation point!