NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY

First priority is safety.

Today is far worse than yesterday. Roads are dangerous.

Since it is New Year's Eve, I imagine that people have plans. This does not dismiss New Year's Day.

Most everyone will be back home, the weather will be better, the roads will be clear and Coach Besser would likely be able to join us.

We're moving today's practice to 10 tomorrow at the school.

Understand that we only have two days to prepare for Northampton on Friday and that we will be severely shorthanded. Most people don't even know what they're doing on meet day. We will not get everything in on practice on Thursday, no matter what we do.

I can compromise and move practice to 12  Wednesday so you can get a little more rest, but you all will have to have a discussion amongst yourselves in your chat room or use some other method to determine this. I only want to hear from a team leader - I do not need 100 text messages telling me why or why not people can come.

Gabby seems to be the one person who communicates with me most efficiently, so I'll wait to hear from her if you want to change it to noon or some other time.

Let me know by this afternoon.

Coach Budd

VACATION PRACTICE

Christmas vacation practice schedule 2019:

December 20 - 2:20 - 4:15

December 21 - 8:00 - 10:00

December 22 - Off

December 23 - 8:00 - 10:00 (big gym til 9)

December 24 - Practice on own

December 25 - Coach Morrissey's baby's 1st X-Mas

December 26 - 8:00 - 10:00 (big gym til 9)

December 27 - 8:00 - 11:00
Split Squad/bus leaves at 8 for all but throwers

December 28 - 8:00 - 10:00

December 29 - Off

December 30 - 8:00 - 11:00
Split Squad/bus leaves at 8 for all but throwers

December 31 - 8:00 - 10:00

January 1 - 8:00 - 10:00

January 2 - 2:20 - 4:15

January 3 - Late meet 5:00 bus

January 4 - 8:00 - 10:00

January 5 - Freshman/Sophomore?

Our secret site shall have workouts on December 21st.

STOLEN FROM MASSJIVE

Opening meet pictures

WILD AND CRAZY

CLEOPATRA JONES

SPARTAN TEAMWORK

WEDNESDAY PRACTICE AND REST OF WEEK

Looks as though we will finally have an opportunity to practice tomorrow. We are two days behind schedule, but not to worry.

Please plan on being ready in the small gym by 2:10. I shall quickly take attendance and we shall go up to the library. Dress as if we are going to do some activity.

My intention is to go over the team rules, hand out paperwork as well as ensure that all of the new people are correctly signed on to trackcentral.

If you do not know what trackcentral is, that is fine. There is a link on this page at the top that can direct you to it, but until you receive a code to sign in you shall be unable to do so.

If we have time following our meeting, we shall return to the small gym and we shall introduce you to our new warm up. I shall try my best for us to be done by 4:15.

There shall be no parents meeting Wednesday night as there is a concert going on at the school We should try for Thursday 6:30 in either of the cafeterias.

This is a very busy week at the school, so please make good use of your time.

Thursday please arrive by 2:30 and we shall immediately get underway. This gives you time to secure extra help or anything else now you need to take care of.

We will be testing all of the new people, while those that are not assisting in the testing will be on the bikes in the weight room for a prescribed time.

It turns out Friday is senior semi. I do not expect the seniors to be at practice, therefore we will do activities as a group with all non-seniors.

Practice Saturday at 8 for everyone. We will start in the weight room.

Unfortunately, because we have lost so much time, we will have to practice on Sunday as well. But only after 1 p.m. per School regulations.

ALL AMERICAN

EAST LONGMEADOW'S ASHLEY CORCORAN :

ALL-STATE HURDLER, ALL AMERICAN XC RUNNER

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CORKY TO NATIONALS

Result: Southern New Hampshire University – 3rd/23 (130) Led by sophomore Ashley Corcoran (East Longmeadow, Mass.), the SNHU women's cross country team advanced to the NCAA National Championship for the first time by finishing third at the East Regionals Saturday in Philadelphia.

This will be the first trip to the NCAA Division II National Championship for the SNHU women.  The previous program best at the Regionals had been sixth place.

Southern New Hampshire will compete at the NCAA Division II National Championship on November 23rd at Haggin Oaks Golf Course in Sacramento, Calif

COACH BUDD IS LEAVING?

Coach Budd has been selected as a running mate for the next Presidential election.

No more running on the TRACK, it's RUNNING BIG TIME!

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WESTERN MASS WEEK

Here is where it all started:Duck Races!

NORTHFIELD MOUNTAIN COURSE

Log onto www.mstca.org

Click CROSS COUNTRY

Click 2018

Scroll to Baystate Invitational

Click COURSE MAP


An alternative is go to 2017 and download copy of map.

OLD SCHOOL CHEER!

Here is the cheer we should use on Tuesday in honor of Coach Calabrese coming back to EL (even though he is going to be with the opposition).

INDOOR SCHEDULE FOR MSTCA MEETS

12/14 - Winter Fest Small

12/15 - Winter Fest Large

12/21 - Team Pentathlon

12/21 - Speed Classic Large

12/22 - Speed Classic Small

12/27 - Boston Holiday Challenge

12/28 - Distance Classic

1/4 - Fresh/Soph Large

1/5 - Fresh/Soph Small

1/10 - NEW MEET "Yale Style" Day 1 (Name TBD)

1/11 - NEW MEET "Yale Style" Day 2 (Name TBD)

1/12 - NEW MEET "Yale Style" Day 3 (Name TBD)

1/17 - D4 State Relays

1/18 - D5 State Relays / D1 State Relays

1/19 - D2 State Relays / D3 State Relays

1/25 - State Coaches SMALL

1/26 - State Coaches LARGE

2/9 - Last Chance

2/25 - Pentathlon Girls

2/26 - Pentathlon Boys

IT'S ALMOST TIME!

Timex graciously donated watches to both Cross Country teams. We shall unveil them on Tuesday!

CORKY: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK!

Ashley Corcoran former Western Mass. Champion

Billy Mills 10,000 Meter Gold Medal Final

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TRAINING IN THE HEAT*

Here is the school policy towards training when the weather is intensely hot. Please note


WBGT READING ACTIVITY GUIDELINES & REST BREAK GUIDELNES

Below 76°F   Normal activities. Provide at least 3 separate rest breaks each hour for a minimum duration of 3 minutes each during workout.

76.1‐81.0°F Use discretion for intense or prolonged exercise, and watch at‐risk players carefully. Provide at least 3 separate rest breaks each hour for a minimum duration of 4 minutes each.

81.1‐84.0°F Maximum activity time is 2 hours. For equipment intensive sports: Players should be restricted to a helmet, shoulder pads, and shorts during activity; all protective equipment must be removed for conditioning activities. For all sports: Provide at least 4 separate rest breaks each hour for a minimum of 4 minutes each.

84.1‐86.0°F Maximum length of activity is 1 hour. No protective equipment may be worn during activity, and there may be no conditioning activities. There must be 20 minutes of rest breaks provided during the hour of activity.

Above 86.1°F No outdoor workouts. Cancel exercise, and delay activity until a cooler wet‐bulb globe temperature reading occurs. *if equipment modifications are necessary, no games should occur.

*Please be prepared to change practice times, practice locations, and practice plans on short notice.

ELITE EIGHT

Or MAYBE Crazy 8's...take your pick! 

Future LadySpartans that shall arrive just in the nick of time as we start our long rebuilding process. 

It has been 25 years since we had to rebuild all of the programs. This is just the beginning!

From Left to Right:

Juliana Swain, Ava Makara, Haley Fitzpatrick, Emily Baker,

Amelia Czudek, Rebecca Pelletier, Maggie Stevens, Emma Stevens

THE FUTURE LOOKS GOOD!

(we could use you all NOW!)

DON'T WALK - RUN!!!!!

REST IN POWER TO COACH BUDD'S IDOL:

CLIFF BRANCH - WIDE RECEIVER

OAKLAND/LA RAIDERS

08/01/1948 TO 08/04/2019

(SPEED KLLS #21)

STEELE'S 2019

WICKHAM PARK

The date for the Wickham Park Invitational is Saturday October 12 in Manchester,Connecticut.

http://www.ezmeetresults.com/xc/WickhamXCInvite/Pages/default.aspx

REMINDER

Clinic is at Pope Francis Monday Night: 6:3 0Shannon Kennedy  and Paige Suse shall be joining us!

CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE CHANGE

The meet against Agawam and Belchertown originally scheduled for 9/24 has been moved to 9/25.

Please note this so you can attend. This would also affect our yoga and weight training.

Also, we are considering going to Wickham Park this Fall for an XC contest. This would be during the Saturday of Columbus Day weekend.

COACH BUDD & SON

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

For those of you that are considering doing stuff this weekend, our Fab Four of :

Laura Kennedy, 

Jessica Bruso ,

Stephanie Poole and

Maggie Jaroszewicz

(Class of 1999)

ALL have a message for you!

2019 CLINIC

Here is what the new folks look like at the clinic. Do NOT ask me their names quite yet, but their initial performances were really promising!

I would like to get a picture of the new XC runners we have soon!

2019 ALL-LEAGUE SELECTIONS

The 2019 Valley League Champions have several!

Hannah (Jack) Black

Olivia (Hawaiian Punch) Calkins

Audrey (Bell Biv) Devoie

Erin (Dilly Dilly) Lavelle

Sabrina (Beanie) Mazza

Madison (Skywalker) McMahon

Krishiana ( Dialtone) Ramesh

Kayla ( K-Rod) Rodriguez

PRIMETIME

For those of you that attended the banquet, we spoke about one of the best ever athletes in ELHS history: PRIMETIME ( Jessica Schnepp).

To give you a background on her, she qualified for the States in the 100, long jump, triple jump, 4 x 100 relay as well as finally in the javelin (after suffering an injury in basketball).

Well here she is in all her splendor wearing the "throwback" whites!

For a refresher, she broke the school javelin record and was given hers at the banquet, now she has a daughter who already has something to work with when she gets a "few" years older!

She is a multiple time Western Mass. champion.

Jess went to UNH for Volleyball as she was the greatest player in school history and should be in the next Hall of Fame class...but she may have been the best overall athlete ever at EL.

TWO OUT OF THE THREE

Here are a couple of pics from All-States that massjive took.

DIALTONE WARMING UP

JACK BLACK SETTING THE SCHOOL RECORD!

LOOKS COOL: GO SPARTANS!

COLLEGE LADYSPARTANS!

 ELISABETH COOKE, REGIS COLLEGE

 PAIGE SUSE,NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

 SHANNON KENNEDY, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

 JESSICA HAYWOOD, BRIDGEWATER STATE

 KAYLA FRASER, BENTLEY COLLEGE

 KELSEY CHARTIER, WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY

MORGAN VOIGHT, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY

ASHLEY CORCORAN, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY

KAY LAUGHLIN, SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

PICTURES FROM OUR QUAD MEET

 POP GUN

 TOP CAT

 BAMBI

 GRECO -ROMAN

 ABBY HALLER (NO NICKNAME YET)

 SCALLOP FINGERS

WATERMELON

ALL-LEAGUE SELECTIONS

Yesterday League coaches voted on the all-league choices for this year's indoor season.

Here are the results of Lady Spartans selected:

Hannah Black

Madison McMahon

Audrey Devoie

Kayla Rodriguez

Erin Lavelle

Despite not winning the league, we had the most choices!

BANQUET STAR

GREAT CUPCAKES BY CAKES TO "DI" FOR AT THE BANQUET!

PRE-SEASON WORKOUTS

Weight training with Coach Lee shall commence on Monday March 4, at 2:15 pm.

All need to attend.

Distance runners have been given their workouts (which is posted in the bulletin by the weight room).

Communicate with Grace Tredo, Olivia Calkins, Gabby Berthiaume or Kayla Rodriguez if you have any questions.

Coaches Sullivan, Morrissey, and Morrisino shall be supervising the weight room.

The "secret site" also has listings.

WILL HAVE MEETING ON TUESDAY FOR THOSE THAT MISSED SPORTS NIGHT!

STATE SECTIONAL AND ALL-STATE INFORMATION

Jack Black made it to the promised land and is ranked 14th in the State. She is the 3rd best Shot Putter in East Longmeadow history.

HANNAH BLACK and PHOTOBOMBER

VAN LEAVES FOR REGGIE SATURDAY AT 9:30!

Of course when we have our dress code on, we get ONE person that is out of uniform because they did not get the memo...JACK BLACK!

Dilly Dilly, K-Rod, Teebo, Snuffy Smith, Darth, Canary, Bell Biv Devoie, Skywalker and Jack Black 

END OF SEASON

Everyone be safe out there.

We will try to resume practices tomorrow for those of you advancing to the states.

In the meantime just stretch on your own and try to do some drills and core work. Shoveling snow is not a bad exercise either.

For those that failed to attend Monday's meeting, I covered banquet information for Mrs. Corcoran.

I also discussed the training regimen between seasons for those of you that will be advancing to the outdoor program.

Sports night is February 28th.

The schedule is up for spring as well as summer program on this site.

Good luck to all of those that are going to be competing this Sunday!

SCHEDULES

Schedule for Outdoor Track and Field as well as tentative dates for the Summer camp are up

IMPORTANT DATES

Indoor team pictures on February 6th.

Outdoor Sports Night on February 28th.

Team schedule for Outdoor shall be published soon.