NO MORE WESTERN MASS OPEN?

Evidently there shall never be another Western Mass Open Champion. This makes us the LAST open Champions of Western Mass ever! The MIAA has determined that if WE can win that title, then apparently that title need not exist.

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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!

IT'S TIME!

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.

Just one week after Killer was named Athlete of the Week by the Springfield Republican, Boomayay sets the school record in the 55 hurdles.

The Ladyspartans have now won 40 consecutive dual meets covering nearly 5 seasons. The road ahead gets tougher. We MUST get up for the challenges that await.

"Don't worry about the horse being blind...just LOAD UP THE WAGON!

LADYSPARTAN MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO

For Saturday, we'll be utilizing this as our motivation: NO PAIN!

YouTube - Rocky 4 - Training Scene - Hearts On Fire.mpg

JENISE EVERETT

Mount Everett climbed the highest peak of Track & Field lore by setting a new WESTERN MASS MEET and SCHOOL RECORD in the Triple Jump! 38 feet 11 1/2 inches!

The 4 x 800 Meter Relay team also surprised by finishing 5th and securing a new school record for the second consecutive year. Led by Mack Daddy, Late Night, Smurfette, and Bootstrap.

Of course the 4 x 400 achieved their destiny by establishing another school record of 4 minutes 4.34 seconds. Lantern, Killer,FloJo, and Boomayay.

THREE RECORDS FALL

It started off with Boomayay's magnificent run in the 400 low hurdles. It continued with Hackensack finally realizing her destiny along with Bootstrap, Mack Daddy, and the hard working Twice As. It ended with Velma to Killer to Boomayay (again) and finally to Real Deal.

Three records smashed. Killer bringing home the "bling", and Primetime a huge topic of conversation. Nine people... NINE are going to the states. This ties a team record, but with a twist...more people are competing in more events than ever at the Commonwealth's biggest meet.

Let's not forget that Field Day is Tuesday!

MOUNT EVERETT IS IN!

It's unofficial, but Mount Everett's 16-6.25 jump at the State Sectionals places her as the highest of all qualifiers that did not finish 1-5! She'll be at the ALL-STATE finals with an opportunity to advance to New Englands!

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

The 2009 Ladyspartans successfully defended their League Championship by defeating both New Leadership and Athol. KILLER ran impressively in the 300 meters and won the high jump.

THE WIZ eclipsed Chuckles in the Freshman 1000 winning her heat and shaving 2 seconds off of the best distance runner in EL history's time. Several other folks also had fine performances: AXEL FOLEY in the high jump (second day trying it first day on the job). MACK DADDY in the 1000. HAWAIIAN PUNCH in the 600. DOLLY in the two mile. SIDESHOW BOB in the mile (finally breaking the barrier). GIRL SCOUT (pr) in the shot put. Even BAND CAMP looked good in the mile and may have found a home.

The future looks good. It'll sure be nice to have REAL DEAL and GREEN LANTERN back in the mix. We've shown our depth.

SENIOR NIGHT turned out to be a success: We thank first our CAPTAINS for their continued efforts as well as the supporting cast of Seniors...the season has NOW just begun!!! Let the games begin!

TEAM PICTURES !

Here is an outline of what is happening this week:

Monday - Practice 9 to 11

Tuesday - Practice 2:00 to 3:30 for everyone except for Hackensackers, Sundance and the Long jumping portion of Bunnyhoppers

Wednesday - Practice 2:00 to 3:30 for everyone except the Hodginators and the High jumping portion of the Bunnyhoppers. 4:30 to 6:00 for those groups.

Thursday - Team Pictures at 2:00.(WEAR UNIFORM) Practice to follow until 3:30. Preparation for Saturday's State Class Relays along with MONEY DUE ($4 per person per event).

Friday - 2:15 Departure for Smith for meet vs. Chicopee Pacers. Limited action, get home early and rest

Saturday - 6:30AM Departure for Reggie Lewis Center. Meet starts at 9:30.

WESTERN MASS

The meet has been moved to MONDAY at 3:00! This is good, especially for our SENIORS!

The seeds are up: http://miaa.ezstream.com/index.cfm?itemid=3043

We look pretty good!