NO PRACTICE/BUS LEAVES AT 10:30

We shall NOT be practicing today at AIC nor anywhere else. Stay safe.

Bus is scheduled to leave at 10:30 Saturday for Bridgewater State. Most likely we shall be departing at 10:45.

Ladyspartans and followers. CHECK IN!

Contact Coach Budd via e-mail to let him know you are okay.

Yesterday I just missed being in the tornado. As I was going home via Island Pond Road area, I witnessed the devastation.

Let me know that you are okay. THIS MEANS YOU!

Ladyspartans and followers. CHECK IN!

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?

MEET TOMORROW

Don't forget to bring $5 for tomorrow for food and drink!

LADYSPARTANS SLAY LADY LIONS

Took a while, but for our Seniors that had never defeated Ludlow, here you go!

Killer set a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in the 400 (1:00.5), won the High Jump, secured second in the Triple Jump and anchored the 4 x 400 relay.

Moonwalker qualified for the Championships in the discus. Axel in the triple. V.Sizzle in the long jump. Secret weapon Mountain Dew figured well in the scoring by breaking up the Lion distance squad.

This was a major victory and shall give us momentum as we now look forward to getting our people positioned for the 28th.

Great job...but remember it's just started.

CHASE PERFECTION and catch EXCELLENCE!

MEET MOVED

Wednesday's meet is moved to Friday at 4:30.

MAY THE FOURTH

Be with you!

TEAM PICTURES

Thursday after school. Everyone must attend.

PRACTICE SATURDAY IS OFF!

We shall not have access to the school AND it is going to rain all day.

Our best bet is to do all of your drills on your own and do workouts alone or in tandem,

DISTANCE: Put in 4 miles or more

THROWERS: Throwing progression

SPRINTERS: Repeat Thursday's workout (FORM/OFF HEELS)

We shall resume Monday...expect a long day!

HAPPY EASTER!

VACATION SCHEDULE

Monday - ELHS - 2:30PM

Tuesday - ELHS - 2:30PM (SCRIMMAGE)

Wednesday - ELHS - 10:00AM

Thursday - Birchland - 10:00AM
(In the event of rain - ELHS)

Friday - ELHS - 10:00AM

Saturday - ELHS - 10:00AM

PARENTS MEETING

Thursday at 6:30 Large Cafeteria. Sorry for the short notice. It seems necessary that we have this meeting.

LADYSPARTANS ROLL IN THE COLD

We still don't have an official score, but we opened up with a win over Longmeadow, Holyokw and Westfield. As soon as we have performances and places calculated, we'll go onto Track Central.

SCRIMMAGE IS A GO

Monson on 4/19 is a go!

APOLOGIES TO NEW PEOPLE AND PARENTS

The Springfield Republican did not publish the names of our team today.

If you notice many of our school's teams did not make the final edition.

Mr. Magee did not give us the information until this week ( past the deadline). Do not blame him either. For some reason the forms were misplaced in the school

I DID submit a roster to the paper and shall try to get our roster into the Reminder. I think the new members deserve SOME ink!

You all KNOW how much I love publicity! Besides,they DID interview me for the article. Notice the MassLive edition has Jenise's picture in it!East Longmeadow carrying winter success into spring track season
Pam McCray, The Republican, April 01, 2011 11:47 a.m.

EAST LONGMEADOW - The East Longmeadow girls track and field team is looking to bring the inside out.

The Spartans captured their first Western Mass. indoor track title this winter and they are hoping that momentum carries them into the outdoor season.

"Our team has a different look than indoors," said coach Michael Budd. "We have a lot of new people that we're still trying to figure out. My three captains are terrific, though."

Those three captains - Maya Rhinehart, Ali McMahon and Kayla Rybacki - will hold big leadership roles as Budd relies on his captains for feedback and input.McMahon had a stellar indoor season, repeating as the long-jump champion, winning the 55-meter hurdles and running on the winning 4x200 relay team to lead the Spartans to the Western Mass. title.

"Each one of them can take the sport to the next level," said Budd. "That's the success of the program. Kids can go elsewhere and perform and have fun. That's how we know we're doing our job."

The competition this spring will be anything but easy and coach Budd knows that better than anybody. "We want to continue our momentum but outdoor is different from indoor," said Budd. "There are a lot of good teams. Agawam is always a contender, Ludlow is strong, Longmeadow is dangerous, and that's just Division I. I still think Northampton is the team to beat."

The Blue Devils, looking for their third straight title, have another strong team this year.

The Spartans coaching system is similar to Northampton's. The boys and the girls teams practice together and the boys head coach was once Budd's assistant coach."We're really functioning as a team, which is one thing I think Northampton does really well," said Budd.

"We're taking the strengths of each coach and using it to our advantage."

With the season underway, the goal is obviously to win Western Mass., but Budd wants much more than that from his girls."Our goal this year is no different than it is every other year," said Budd.

"We want to get the maximum amount of people to the state meet. We want to make some noise there and move people to New Englands."

THANK YOU

I want to thank everyone past and present that supported our Track & Field program from 1999 until now. Please encourage our team in the future to strive for the ultimate in success. Coach Budd

SCRIMMAGE IS OFF

Will talk about it tomorrow. Seems as though NO ONE wants any part of us!

WHERE'S JENISE?

She's a Morgan State Bear!

ONE MORE AWARD TO CAP INDOOR SEASON

Athlete of the week: E.L. 4 x 400 relay: wwlp.com

NEW ENGLANDS UPDATE

Boomayay finished 8th in the Long Jump ( they only took the top 7 to final...New Englands decision NOT the referee's).

4 X 400 finished 7th...tough to compete with folks like BLOOMFIELD and HILLHOUSE. We were the 3rd best team from Massachusetts! We were also the ONLY TEAM from the West that had THREE entries in the New England Meet!

Let us NEVER forget the huddle after the relay...our goals are clear!


PODIUM! PODIUM! PODIUM!