FRANK KELLEY AWARD WINNER

Our very own QUICKSILVER!

STATE SECTIONALS

SKYWALKER WINS THE HIGH JUMP

                            TAKER IN THE BLOCKS SECURES 3RD IN THE 4 X 100 RELAY

ROOKIE K-ROD IN THE HURDLES

WESTERN MASS CHAMPION VAULTER AND DIVER: FLIP FLOP

PUNSTER FINISHES WELL IN THE LONG JUMP ALL SEASON

ELI IS COMING...WAIT THIS IS A BOY, WHAT IS A BOY DOING ON OUR PAGE?

MONSTER BANNER

Who is that at the end???? Dr. Suse?

SPARTAN PANCAKES!

PANCAKE BREAKFAST WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

Thank you to the Lions Club and the Parents for putting this on!

 

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Don't waste your time in Springfield, go to East Longmeadow High School.

Great Pancakes and chow!

COACHES NEEDED

HELP!

We need to fill TWO assistant Coaching positions for Spring?

Anyone available, or do you KNOW of anyone available?

Contact Coach Budd at youralarmguy@aol.com or direct at (413) 364-1168

WESTERN MASS BY THE NUMBERS

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FINISH: 5

PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCES: 8

SEASON'S BEST PERFORMANCES: 8

FRESHMAN RECORDS SET: 1

SENIORS: 3 ( 2 ACTIVE CURRENTLY)

CHAMPIONS: 1

HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONS: 5 (STORM, RAZOR, KILLER, SUSHI, SKYWALKER)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 9

CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4

OVERALL WINS: 136 (136-14 - .907 WINNING PERCENTAGE)

HALF DOLLA HOLLA WITH A RECORD!

http://camelathletics.com/sports/wtrack/2016-17/releases/20170128xrzywv

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

It's been a while since this has happened.

18 personal best performances along with a NEW freshman record later and we are the league champions.

Thanks to Northampton who scored 27- 0 in their distance race with Longmeadow yesterday to help.

We had lost the league title the past 4 years or so by an average of about 5 points.

Next up is the Western Mass. Championships where we still are the defending champions, but there are many challengers this year. It would be impossible to predict what will happen.

Time for Coach Budd to get back to the "whiteboard".

BUDD'S BACK

But he's listening to the greatest athlete in the history of Western Mass. Sports: Fred Lewis

Today Coach Budd inducted him into the Massachusetts Athletes Hall of Fame for Track & Field.

Mr. Lewis currently owns the Western Mass. Meet record in the long jump at 23 feet 8 inches.

This record has been around only since 1959!

Fred Lewis today is 75 years old and looks as though he could jump over 21 today if need be!

SHE DOES IT AGAIN!

http://gonu.com/news/2017/1/15/mens-track-and-field-suse-darrow-raise-the-bar-at-harvard.aspx

FRIDAY PLAN

As of this moment, the plan is to GO to Boston for the Team Pentathlon and Speed Classic.

DEPARTURE will be at 6:30 instead of 6:45. We may need the extra time to deal with the elements.

I have sent an e-mail to the meet directors as well as Mr. Magee and Mr. Marchewka.

I believe the Boston forecast as well as the Springfield ones indicate that we may have some snow, but it could be minimal. As we head East, it will be rain with warmer temperatures.

Coming home, it is supposed to be really warm and it is possible a lot of what we had in the morning may have melted.

Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin counties should get hit a lot harder.

GET UP EARLIER THAN USUAL to allow time to clear off vehicles and get to the school. The school should be open for us at 6:00- 6:30. Get there as soon as you can.

We also have Mark driving, which is also really good news.

Pack your blankets and pillows so you can snooze on the way there.

We are going to have a TERRIFIC DAY all around!

XMAS PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Here is the Christmas break practice schedule:

CORKY anchoring the 4 x 400 against Minnechaug

12/23 - 11:00AM

12/24 - PRACTICE ON OWN

12/25 - OFF

12/26 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/27 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/28 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/29 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

12/30 - TEAM PENTATHLON/SPEED CLASSIC 6:45 DEPARTURE

BIG E running the 1000

12/31 - PRACTICE ON OWN

01/01 - PRACTICE ON OWN

01/02 - PRACTICE AT 9:00AM

01/03 - BACK TO REGULAR SCHEDULE

01/06 - FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE COMPETITORS DAY OFF

01/07 - FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE CHAMPIONSHIPS 6:45 DEPARTURE

Freshman TEBOW getting ready to pass a Chaug runner...note bad baton grip.

01/15 - STATE CLASS RELAYS 6:45 DEPARTURE

OUR NEW THEME SONG?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGwI12zMJg

ANOTHER TRIP TO THE STATES!

By finishing 23rd today at the Western Mass. Cross Country Championships, Kay Laughlin joins her sister Abby as the only sister combination in East Longmeadow history to reach the Massachusetts All-State Championship, and they did so in consecutive years!

PVIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kay Laughlin finished 32nd at the PVIAC Championships this past Saturday. In doing so, she actually passed several really great East Longmeadow runners' best times at Stanley Park. It is almost a who's who.

Her time of 21:31 ( even suffering a fall in the process) put her ahead of the likes of

Abby Rate
Tori Evans
Kristin Weisse
Ashley Madison
Julie Lemanski
Katie Hakanson-Stacy

That's 3/4 of a Western Mass. Champion 4 x 800 relay team.

Nine members of the team had their season's or career best performance on this day!

CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICES START SOON

 

Thursday August 25. 5:30 at the high school.

TRACK CAMP MEET SCHEDULE

Here is how the Track Meet scheduled for Monday Night will go:


200 Meter Dash

Followed by Shot Put

Followed by Long Jump

Followed by 100 Meter Dash

Followed by Turbo Javelin

Followed by 4 x 100 Meter Relay


Each competitor may enter one running event, and one field event or two field events.

Signups for events shall be at 6PM. Then we will have a team warmup.

Each competitor shall also compete in the 4 x 100 meter relay.

Relay teams shall be randomly selected based upon seedings.

Tee shirts shall be provided for all campers including a competitor number.which shall be affixed to the shirt.

Members of the Girls Track & Field team shall wear their team uniforms to this event.


In the event of inclement weather, we will run the meet on Tuesday at 6:00PM

SPARTANS SPEED CAMP

Here are the dates and times for the Spartan Speed Camp:


Monday August 1: 7:00 AM
Tuesday August 2: 7:00 AM
Wednesday Aug 3: 7:00AM

Monday August 8: 7:00 AM
Tuesday August 9: 7:00 AM
Wednesday Aug 10: 7:00AM

Members of the current EL Track and Field Team may come and help out ( as well as get a workout in).

Here is how the camp shall work:

There shall be a short video presentation of the practice so everyone shall know what we are doing.

Then we shall go to the location where we are doing the drills and do them after we have done our warmup.

ALL-WESTERN MASS SELECTIONS

Congratulations to Morgan Voight, Elisabeth Cooke and Marina Wilkins for making the first team All-Western Mass Squad for 2016.

For Morgan Voight, this is her first time selected based upon her Mile performances. She was selected as the Outstanding performer for the Outdoor team. By taking some 8 seconds off the school record in the mile, she took down the oldest school record. Morgan also holds the school record Indoors in the mile.

For Elisabeth Cooke, this is her second time so being honored. She achieved this distinction Indoors this year and was the Indoor Outstanding performer. She was also selected earlier this month as East Longmeadow's best female athlete. Cooke broke the school record in the discus once held by future Hall of Famer Danyelle' Thorpe.

For Marina Wilkins, this is certainly her first Track and Field selection as she is the undisputed best diver in Western Mass. and one of the best in the State at that craft. This is why she has been so highly successful at Pole Vault. She is the first EL selection in Pole Vault since Hall of Famer Erika Graham did so in 2004.

Our Second team selections were no slouches either.

For Abby Laughlin, she had perhaps the best career in 2015-2016. Leader of the Cross Country team that won it's first ever League title. She was the Outstanding performer for that team and also advanced to the State Championships. Abby is also a two time Western Mass. champion, and holds the most records for an individual since Hall of Famer Kara Budd.

Madison McMahon was voted as the Outstanding Newcomer for 2016. Despite being injured for most of both the Indoor and Outdoor seasons, she broke (last year's National Qualifier and future Hall of Famer) Paige Suse's freshman record in the High Jump Outdoors. She also holds the Indoor record for the same event.

The Girls team secured 19 medals at the State Sectional, one off the record set by the 2012 State Sectional Championship team. They are going to be a tough act to follow, but we're up to the challenge.