ASHLEY CORCORAN FUEL FOR SUCCESS

Day of Eats: Breakfast: A bagel with butter, peanut butter or cream cheese, and then also either a protein smoothie with fruit and protein powder or eggs. And a coffee:) Lunch: A turkey sandwich with fruit and pretzels. And then I drink electrolytes/salt (lmnt , liquid iv, gatorade/Powerade) Snacks: ⁃ Some snacks throughout the morning/afternoon before practice: peanut butter crackers, animal crackers, pretzels, ⁃ Post afternoon practice: Protein bar (I have a cliff builder bar after practice every single day). Also love chocolate milk and protein shakes. And then more electrolytes! Dinner: A protein (chicken, sausage, red meat, etc.), a carb (rice, potatoes or pasta), and a veggie (broccoli, green beans, salad, etc.) Night snack: Every night I have a yogurt bowl with greek yogurt, chex cereal, frozen blueberries and lots of peanut butter:)

SUMMER CAMPERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS

For those of you still considering the $100 campership scholarship, the deadline is April 30 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPhXelPp-gdiRMss2stgyD94VIvtanKh_MN_qap_jRwNj_Ig/viewform

FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE MEET

 For the Freshman/Sophomore Meet, I am entering as many of you as possible in the 100 meter dash.

The qualifying stamdard is 14.5. I do not believe many of you have achieved this goal, but I shall try my best in 2 days to get you to run as close to it (or better) as possible.

This also goes for some of our javelin people.

I want you all to compete, but I do not wish to embarrass anyone in the process.

If you achieve a level below the standard, it is MY fault and not yours. it also shall go a long way towards determining what event or events you are better suited for.

Track and Field is a process. VERY FEW folks start out as stars especially their first year, but we have had many folks achieve higher levels after getting a season or two under their belt.

RULE #1 in the handbook is "Give your absolute best each and every day"

RULE #@ in the handbook is "FIRST LEARN RULE #1!

ONE OF THE BEST FRESHMAN TEAMS OF ALL TIME

MSTCA William C. Kane Developmental Invitational registration for East Longmeadow (W) as of 04/18/23 15:27 PM

Women's 100m  Dash Open:

    Coppolo, Karissa: 14.5 (EL 04/11/23)

    Dimichele, Jessica: 14.5 (EL 04/11/23)

    Holmes, Lauren: 14.5 (EL 04/11/23)

    Kane, Jessica: 14.5 (EL 04/11/23)

    Merrick, Natalie: 14.5 (EL 04/11/23)

    Negron-Maturo, McKayla: 14.5 (EL 04/11/23)

Women's 200m  Dash Open:

    Coates, Funmilayo: 27.8 (EL 04/11/23)

    Johnson, Aviv: 31.0 (EL 04/11/23)

Women's 400m  Dash Open:

    Gile, Ava: 1:15.0 (EL 04/11/23)

    Rivers, Lindsey: 1:07.9 (EL 04/11/23)

Women's 800m  Run Open:

    Card, Caitlin: 2:56.6 (EL 04/11/23)

    Doyle, Emma : 2:58.98 (Ladyhawk 04/15/23)

    Oliveri, Alexis: 2:56.3 (EL 04/11/23)

Women's Pole Vault Open:

    Garceau, Eleanor: 6' 0" (Ladyhawk 04/15/23)

Women's Long Jump Open:

    Miller, Jamaica: 14' 6.5" (Ladyhawk 04/15/23)

    Rivers, Lindsey: 12' 6" (EL 04/11/23)

Women's Shot Put Open:

    Gracien, Bella: 23' 4" (Ladyhawk 04/15/23)

Women's Javelin Open:

    Gile, Ava: 65' 0" (Longmeadow 04/03/23)

    Merrick, Natalie: 65' 0" (EL 04/11/23)

    Miller, Jamaica: 76' 9" (EL 04/11/23)

100 METER TIMES

 

Clark, Brielle	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	15.1
Merrick, Natalie	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	15.2
Pelletier, Ellery	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	16.1
Gracien, Bella	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	16.2
Jarzabski, Grace	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	16.4
Gile, Grace	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	16.5
Johnson, Aviv	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	16.8
Pandolfi, Nina	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	17.0
Cushman, Lilah	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	17.4
Kane, Jessica	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	17.4
Garceau, Eleanor	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	17.8
Negron Maturo, Mckayla	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	17.8
Holmes, Lauren	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	18.8
DiMichele, Jessica	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	19.3
Bouchard, Sophia	vs. Longmeadow	4/3/2023	23.1

BLOOMFIELD INVITATIONAL 4/15

Folks, there is a meet in Bloomfield Connecticut on 4/15/2023. I am looking into it.

Starts at 10:00m, but offers Pole Vault, 300 hurdles, 4 x 800 relay among the other events we normally run.

They have a brand new stadium and the track is blue and orange with passing zones that are orange

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/487946/schedule

SKEET SHOOTING

 Clinic today: Coach Gorman and I get to meet the great Renaldo "Skeets" Nehemiah!

Sadly, the guy who finished second ( Greg Foster), just passed away in February

NEVER SAW THAT SHIRT BEFORE

 I had a great time at last night's banquet...might have been one of the best ever.

2008 called and wants that shirt back! 

What? 

Coach Budd NEVER takes pictures...

Julie Lemanski and EL Hall of Famer Lauren Litscher

 

NEW NAMES SO FAR

The Last Group of Freshman to win a Western Mass Title

9th GRADERS

Sophie Bouchard

Karissa Coppolo

Jessica DiMichele

Grace Gile

Bella Gracien

Jessica Kane

McKayla Negron Maturo

Ellery Pelletier

Lindsey Rivers

Chloe Roumeliotis

We have more than enough to run in the Bill Kane meet as well as the Freshman meet in Deerfield.

ON TO STATES

 Here are the names of folks I see attending the State Sectionals tomorrow and having an early dismissal:

 

Nevaeh Afonso

Funmi Coates

Lauren Condike

Amelia Czudec

Abhy Davis

Emma Doyle

Samantha Edwards

Destinee Fox

Ashley Kahi

Maddy Lunsford

Jamaica Miller

Alisha Ramesh

Sanai Thompson

Julieann Voight

2023 SPARTAN INVITATIONAL T-SHIRT IDEA

 

Here is the bird i would like to use for the Spartan Invitational. Substitute the Earth Wind and Fire lettering with SPARTAN INVITATIONAL.

Replace the ball on top of the head for our Spartan Helmet. Red shirt..

COACHES VS. CANCER LOGO

Here is the logo for Sunday (Coaches vs. Cancer)

ALAIN BUDD WEEK!

Sadly, my nephew ALAIN passed away while a member of the Central High School Swim team back in 2006.
 

This week is dedicated to his everlasting memory!

JANUARY 14 MEETS

Here are he pros and cons for Saturday:

PROVIDENCE provides us an alternate location to run.

My daughter lives out there and might possibly come to watch us.

Meet offers 55 hurdles, 55 dash, 200 dash, 400 dash, 800 run, mile, 2 mile, 4 x 2, 4 x 4, 4 x 8 on track

Meet offers pole vault (7' start), long jump, high jump( 4'4" start) weight throw, shot put.

Providence meet, I cannot determine how long it will be, nor how long it will take to get there, we have a meet on Sunday following against Northampton and Putnam, and we might be short handed on Sunday.

I cannot determine how we shall be able to fund the meet ahead of time and might need to have everyone chip in or have boosters cover the cost. ($15 per athlete, $20 per relay). The school would eventually cover the costs, but it might be a challenge to get payment into Providence on time.

These are not events we have for the State qualifying in the sprints.

BOSTON meet has events that we can use going forward.

Saturday it offers the Hurdles (trials and finals) 1000, 600,300, 4 x 800, 4 x 200, 4 x 400.

300 is run in lanes like it would in the MIAA tournament.

In the field Girls shot put, an long jump, as well as high jump starting at 4' 9".

While we have no one that has actually reached that height yet, it does give our best jumper an opportunity to see what it shall be like at the State Sectionals where they shall start at either 4-9 or 4-11.

Funding for the event is easy as, Mr. Magee has already committed to the MSTCA...from an administration standpoint it really is simple and we won't have to be concerned about how we get in.

Boys will not long jump nor throw shot, but can on Sunday at our dual meet. Girls have a lot of throwers anyway.

55 dash is NOT available until Sunday, but we have a commitment to the league on Sunday. Many of you can try out the 300.

Mile and two mile are being held on Friday (along with pole vault, and triple jump).

We shall limit the number of events we go into on Saturday so that we can be at near full strength on Sunday. Rest is going to factor in as well. Fortunately, we have the afternoon meet on Sunday. I would plan on having limited practices during the following week, so you all can get caught up on things.

Do not feel inappropriate bringing your school work to the meet(s), as there shall be some down time. We have had folks do this in the past with great success. It's called multi-tasking.

GOING TO NEED FOLKS TO SIGN UP FOR EVENTS TODAY AND TOMORROW, as entries are due very soon.

Securing a bus either way is not an issue.

MSTCA CLINIC VIDEO

Here are some of the highlights of this weekend's clinic.

ALL of those that attended are expected to share some of the things they might have learned there on Monday!

SO PRACTICE some of those things today, so you can do "show and tell" tomorrow!

It WAS recommended that EVERYONE that attended wear RED, so we could find you easier. Evidently not EVERYONE read the memo! A FEW did wear their SPARTAN INVITATIONAL SHIRTS, so I guess this year we will go with RED rather than gray....

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!