VACATION WEEK PRACTICE

Monday:  8:00AM to 11:00AM

Tuesday:  MEET at either 11:00AM or 2:00PM...further information to follow

ARRIVE MINIMALLY ONE HOUR PRIOR TO CONTEST TO SET UP, PLEASE!

Wednesday: 8:00AM to 10:30AM

Thursday:  8:00AM to 10:30AM

Friday: 8:00AM to 9:30AM

Saturday: NASHUA NORTH INVITATIONAL 6:00AM

DISTANCE: Coordinate training with Coach Fois at 2:00PM each day there is no meet

THROWERS: Special sessions at 5:00PM with Coach Colina

Once we have a full crew of Officials, we shall know what is going on for Tuesday.

LEAGUE ALL-STARS

Pooh Bear
Red Robin
V-Sizzle
Slinky
Sushi
1/2 Dolla Holla
Jet Blue
Hammer

Congratulations!

SUSHI!

Athlete of Week, Feb. 23: East Longmeadow's Paige Suse, indoor track

Pam McCray, February 22, 2013 8 a.m.

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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

THE CHAMPS ARE HERE!

BACK TO BACK TO BACK IN THE HOUSE!

 

SWEET THREE-PEAT

East Longmeadow girls indoor track team wins third consecutive title

Greg Cameron, February 11, 2013 10:25 p.m.

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Central High's (701) Diamante Spencer takes the win in the 55 meters at the PVIAC Indoor Track Championships Monday night at Smith College. - (Staff photo by Michael Beswick)

NORTHAMPTON – For the East Longmeadow Spartans, they're once, twice, three times the champions.

The three-time champions won with 71.50 points for their third consecutive title. In second place, Northampton High had 62 points.

“We had no expectations going into tonight’s meet, we have a lot of new people and a lot of new faces,” East Longmeadow coach Michael Budd said after the meet held at Smith College. “We were just happy to be here. They were relaxed and what they did was create the finest hour in the history of East Longmeadow High School Girls Track and Field.

To clinch the title, a last lap kick in the 4x400 Meter relay by Gabriella Weithofer brought home the title for the third year in a row in that final hour.

“That’s our Captain,” Budd said. “How she goes, our team goes,” he added.

From Weithofer’s perspective the last lap chance was a daunting one, but one she reveled in.

“It was nerve-wracking, but you feel special knowing that it could be you that could push your team in the end,” Weithofer said. “I knew that we needed the points really bad and I didn’t want to let our team down.”

Weithofer leapt 16’ 11.5” to take the long jump title.

“I didn’t expect to win,” Weithofer said humbly. “I have to thank all of my coaches,” she added.

To win any title in any team sport, depth has to come into play and that’s something the Spartans have in spades. The team also has some serious camaraderie.

“It’s so fun being on this team,” Weithofer said. “We have so much fun altogether.”

East Longmeadow’s Paige Suse took home the high jump title, with a height of 5-02.00. That event win went a long way in the Spartans’ victory on Monday night.

Westfield’s Allyson Morin took home the 1 Mile title with a time of 5:17.45. Morin, also the top-seed in the two-mile, out classed the rest of the competition by 58 seconds to take home her second win of the night.

“I’ve trained hard enough in the two-mile where it doesn’t really affect me,” Morin said. “Honestly, I just think the two mile is easier. I’m more confident in myself. I can focus on my pace for the first half of it and for the second half I can focus on finishing off well.”

Diamante Spencer upheld that notion with a scintillating 7.46 in the 55 Meter Dash. The Central star blew away the competition in the finals race. The time was the Central sprinter’s best mark of the year.

Spencer’s speed came in handy for the 4x200 Meter Relay that saw the Golden Eagles fly ahead of the competition. With a time of 1:51.58, Spencer and Luise Venderheyden led the way.

The top-seeded Venderheyden was bested in the 600 meter by Northampton Mia Toffoli. Toffoli won by mere two-tenths of a second.

Adrienne Pascucci, a speed demon in the 55 Hurdles, clocking in at 8.94, besting the competition by nearly half a second. Her finals time marks a personal and event best for the season in the event.

Pascucci was also a finalist in the long jump and high on Monday night, finishing second in both events in PVIAC’s.

Not to be excluded from the fast company, Agawam’s Ashley Monahan nearly bested her next-closest competition in the 1,000 Meters. The Brownie runner was nearly a second clear of the field in the finals heat in 3:07.00.

In the field events, Mahar’s Sabrina Silva reclaimed her crown in the shot-put. The much-heralded field athlete took home the top prize with a distance of 40 feet seven and a half inches.

Next week sees the conclusion of the indoor track season with the state finals in Roxbury. That meet will be held at the Reggie Lewis Center

WESTERN MASS STILL ON FOR MONDAY

Bring your practice attire anyway...just in case!

SATURDAY PRACTICE CANCELLED

The weather is still uncertain and safety is the number one issue.

MONDAY is the day of the PVIAC Championships. Meet at the HS at 3:00PM on Monday. This is a mandatory Team Meeting.

Shirts are in: MAKE CERTAIN YOU HAVE YOUR $20 to secure your shirt if you ordered one!

WHOOSA ARE YOOSA?

Time to compare the NEW Generation with the NEXT Generation!

Templerun has broken Boomayay's freshman record in the 55 hurdles. The Hammer has broken Green Lantern's freshman record in the 600 dash, and also has the 1000 meter runs' freshman record.

Jet Blue has broken Kazbah's school record in the 300 dash. Dr. Phil is closing in on Scurry's freshman record in the long jump (and only after one week of training). Dalessio and Fraser have already broken Pooh Bear's freshman record in the shot put.

Could be time for another run.

STATE CLASS RELAYS

Records were set today at the State Class Relay in a week and season that has been full of records!

The High Jump relay secured first place with an overall height of 14 feet 4 inches, while the 4 x 50 Hurdles team unexpectedly broke the school record with a 32.22 clocking. The Shot Put team led by Pooh Bear finally broke out of the 70 foot category garnering 80 feet 3 inches.

The Ladyspartans finished 7th overall today.

MEET 12/27

As of 10:04 tonight, the meet is still on for tomorrow.

I spoke with the Meet Director and they shall make a determination at some point really EARLY in the morning. I also have the number for the Bus Driver, so he'll also get notified if there is a change.

I wish I could be more specific, but I cannot.

CHAMPIONSHIP DESIGN

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

MEMO TO LADYSPARTANS:

To be a great CHAMPION, you must BELIEVE you are the BEST! If you are not, PRETEND you are!

INDOOR CAPTAINS

The newest Captains to the Ladyspartans Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field team are:

POOH BEAR

BRUSCHI

The schedule should be up before Halloween. Lots of 9th graders making appearances at the preseason meeting...GOOD SIGN!

WE CAME BACK TO OUR SACRED PLACE TODAY!

If you are a former member of East Longmeadow Cross Country, you KNOW the tradition of the Indian at Forest Park! 

SCHOOL RECORDS

The majority of the school records have been updated. The only thing missing is the SPRINT MEDLEY  in which we ran a 100, 100, 200, 400 up in Easthampton as well as the  SCORING RECORD for a season INDOORS and the career totals.

Next up by September are the significant Girls Cross Country Records.

CAMP REMINDER

Birchland tonight and the High School on WEDNESDAY.  Since there is no Track Meet, we shall have one of our own.

The remaining schedule is as follows;

Next Monday: High School
Next Wednesday: Meet at 5:30
Next Saturday: Springfield College in the AM
Following Monday: High School

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Congratulations to members of the undefeated Valley League, Western Mass Divisional, and Western Mass. Open champions for being honored as All-Scholastic and All-Academic for the 2012 season.

Led by Erin Rybacki (All- Academic), Candace Kasper, Lauren Kennedy, Shannon Kennedy, and Julia Weithofer on the first team. Second team honors went to Danielle Brewer, Meredith McGowan, and Rebecca Varney.

Speaking of Varneys: Old Man Nathan earned first team distinctions as well for the Boys!

Well done!

NO CAMP TONIGHT

50% chance of rain and thundershowers.  Let's hold off this week and make it up at the end of the season!

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.

Contact me if you want the whole story.

CANNED GOOD DRIVE, ANYONE?

The Open Pantry has closed today due to lack of food and any donations.

Can the LadySpartans ( and GentlemanSpartans) step up and be leaders and organize a canned good drive like we did two years ago for Cross Country???