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!

LADYSPARTANS 3RD (AGAIN)

Try as we will, it has proven difficult to finish above 3rd. We ARE better than this. It's time we decided to DO it. Practice is at NOON Monday at the high school. We have to come to a determination of events for Saturday before the deadline.

PRIMETIME DOES IT AGAIN!

Let's just keep setting new school records in the Javelin, shall we? The oldest school record in Ladyspartan history took still another hit, this time to the tune of 115 feet 8 inches. Not a bad performance for Senior Day. Other Seniors having great days included Hackensack in the mile, Twice As in the 800, and Big Show in the discus.

CHANGE IN SCHEDULE

The Amherst Meet shall be only a Tri-Meet. Holyoke was forced out of it due to their grueling schedule. Since we are obligated to race them, we are working on making this up on FRIDAY, MAY 15 along with (hopefully) Palmer.

Please adjust your schedules accordingly for this possibility. Nothing is written in stone until Mr. Bean and the Holyoke AD approve.

Ladyspartans Prevail in Tri-Meet

In their first ever visit to Belchertown, the Ladyspartans were led by Killer's 5-2 high jump, win in the 400 and Mount Everett's triple event wins. Thriller took the javelin and Big Show took the shot.

MOUNT EVERETT FEATURE

http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/04/east_longmeadows_jenise_everet.html?category=High%20School%20Sports&category=High%20School%20Track

GOOD DAY AT STEELE'S

First in triple(NEW SCHOOL RECORD), first in the 4 x 400(!), second in Pole Vault, second in the Long Jump, second in Javelin(NEW SCHOOL RECORD!), second in the hurdles, third in the Sprint Medley (who WERE those folks?),third in the 4 x 100.


Twice as Weisse has now been elevated to "Coach Weisse".

RAZOR BACK IN THE NEWS!

http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/w-track/recaps/041209aaa.html

WORLD CLASS NUTRITIONIST COMING THURSDAY

Mr. Homstead is coming to share with us information regarding nutrition. Please invite your parents to attend!

MOUNT EVERETT & KILLER

Mount Everett and Killer made ALL WESTERN MASS FIRST TEAM for Indoor Track & Field. There are still a couple nominees from our team that achieved second team status, but no names have been revealed. PICTURES are MARCH 25 and MARCH 26 between 6 and 7 at the Springfield Republican!

SCHEDULE IS ALMOST COMPLETE

We are still trying to find a spot to race Westfield (possibly at Belchertown, or at Mohawk). We also are finalizing plans to run at Enfield High School.

Right now we have a lot of Invitationals. Hopefully we'll be done by Monday.

ALL-LEAGUE CHOICES

This was voted on by the Coaches last night:

Jenise Everett,

Kayla Rybacki,

Taylor Rooney,

Ali McMahon,

Katie Hakanson-Stacy,

Amanda Wolfenden,

Lauren Russo,

Maya Rhinehart

Congratulations to you all!

PRE-SEASON MEETING MOVED TO THURSDAY

Because of the weather, the pre-season meeting shall be held on Thursday after school. Flyers shall be placed at the school tomorrow in anticipation of the turnout.

Sorry for the change.

MEETING TUESDAY AT 2:00PM

There shall be an informational Track & Field meeting Tuesday at 2:00PM in the Large cafeteria for OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD.

Also on TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS there are weight lifting training sessions with Mr. Bean starting at 2:30. This is the start of pre-season training for Outdoor!

S.I.S.T.E.R. program also starts on Sunday (weather permitting) at Springfield College.

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!

ONE YEAR AWAY:LADYSPARTANS 5TH

The Ladyspartans took one giant step towards becoming THE power in the West. Led by Mount Everett's 17-4 in Long Jump, Killer's 43.87 in the 300 and Real Deal's 1:47.91 in the 600, they secured 5th place overall. VELMA, KILLER, BOOMAYAY & REAL DEAL also lowered the school record in the 4 x 400 to 4:16.89. Next up we'll be shorthanded in the States, but this cannot happen again (wouldn't happen in basketball or soccer now, would it?).

MT.EVERETT SHINES

17-1 1/4 in the Long Jump! The Ladyspartans took home second place at the ELITE RELAYS today. Adding to the team total was Boomayay and Scurry!

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!

NEW SCHOOL RECORD!

With our ranks depleted and Seniors having to leave for the Semi, the FRESHMAN stepped up and filled our ranks. HAWAIIAN PUNCH stepped into the 4 x 400 to help establish a new school record (4:20.76)! AXEL FOLEY jumped into the 4 x 50 shuttle to help earn her squad a 5th place finish and CSI entered the long jump team with MOUNT EVERETT and BOOMAYAY to take victory away from everyone! KAZBAH led off the season's best 4 x 200 relay team (1:51.31) that ended up second.

The High Jump team secured sixth place, led by KILLER, REAL DEAL and HOMIE. The 4 x 800 meter relay had the second best time in school history (10:33.30) with PUNCH and THE WIZ helping out TWICE AS and HACKENSACK.

East Longmeadow finished 6th overall against 42 schools throughout the state!

WIN VS. CHICOPEE

The Ladyspartans won in convincing fashion against Chicopee. In less than 15 hours they have to turn around and run in the State Class Relays. REST UP.

We are looking to get a nutritionist in on Thursday night to talk to parents about foods and what will give the best maximum performances for everyone in every event. His name is Bruce Homstead and he has worked with many Olympic level athletes. Details to follow soon.