Because April is typically RELAY MONTH in Track and Field, I figure I can entertain folks by showing them some of the relay teams that have existed while I have been here.
First up is the school record holders in Outdoor High Jump.
Field event teams usually only have three participants while running relay teams four (an exception would be a 3 x 100 meter hurdle team.
The three folks I am celebrating today probably do not even realize that they still have a school record. Two of these folks have a second record or more.
Maria Jaroszewicz - Her nickname was HOP-A-LONG CASSIDY. Most of the time I give siblings similar names as her older sister Magdalena was Butch Cassidy. She is the one that is applauding in the first picture.
Amanda Wolfenden - Her nickname was THRILLER. She also doubled as a hurdler. In the second picture she is jumping up and down as she had achieved her highest jump ever in the high jump 4' 10".
Lauren Raimondi - Her nickname was RAZOR. She ended up winning Western Mass. in the high jump while doubling up and finishing first in the high hurdles. She still has our school record in the 100 hurdles. If you go to the MIAA office, her picture is on the wall. She went to New Englands in the hurdles, then UMass Lowell. Recently, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame at East Longmeadow High School.
The trio won the Steele Relays in the High Jump Relay in 2007 with a combined distance of 14 feet 6 inches.
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