DILLY DILLY!

Erin Lavelle is making waves in College now at Sacred Heart!

https://sacredheartpioneers.com/news/2024/1/20/womens-track-and-field-lavelle-shows-out-at-william-sutherland-iii-invitational.aspx 

COACHES VS. CANCER TEE SHIRTS

Our league has this program. 

Ask me questions if you want details.

https://therunhouse.com/collections/pviac-coaches-vs-cancer

Coach Budd

POLE VAULTING INFORMATION

 

Greetings from the Patriot Pole Vault Club and Happy New Year! We will be offering a new vaulter clinic on Wednesday January 3rd at Brandeis University :-) Full information can be found below. As always if you have any questions regarding any of the information in this e-mail or anything else regarding the club for that matter please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to working with you throughout this indoor season :-) What: Pole Vault Intro. This will be a one hour session to learn safety and vaulting basics. It is intended for people with no experience in the pole vault who want to find out what this awesome event is about.   When: Wednesday, 1/3, 7pm-8pm, plus optional vaulting until 9pm Where: Brandeis' Gosman Athletic Center, park here. (Be careful with GPS -- some of them seem to think that 415 South is in a very different place.) Go in the door by the semi-circle driveway and tell the desk person that you're there for pole vault. We're in the far corner of the indoor track. Additional FAQ: How much does it cost? The entire first day is free. Future practice sessions at Brandeis are $25 each with volume discounts available. What do I need to bring? - Basic workout clothing. - Shoes you can run in. - Patience. The pole vault is the most exciting track event, but the first 45 minutes are about learning very basic movements and safety information. The flying part is near the end! Can parents watch? Absolutely. Better yet, join in and learn how to vault! Who is the instructor? Coach Nathaniel Bogan will be leading this one. "I learned how to pole vault at age 46 -- at a PPV clinic just like this one! -- and at 50 became a Masters All-American. In addition to my PPV affiliation, I coach high jump and pole vault at Natick High School." What are the age limits? There is no formal age limit -- young and old can learn to pole vault! However, it does require staying focused and following instructions for a full hour. Some kids younger than 12 may not be able to do this, so use your judgement. For those on the older end: Stretch, warm up, and listen to your body. We have plenty of older vaulters in our club, and welcome "new old" vaulters! What's next? After completing an introductory session, an athlete can join any Patriot Pole Vault practice at any of our sites. (The first day is unique because so much of it is away from the runway, but thereafter beginning vaulters can share the line with state champions!) For those who wish to go to more PPV practices at Brandeis, you'll need to join USATF and fill out Patriot Pole Vault online forms. (That is not required for the intro session.) What if I already know how to vault? If you have very little experience and/or no more formal coaching, you could join this introduction if you want. But if you're comfortable to do so, you can just sign up for any Patriot Pole Vault practice and join right in!

LADYSPARTANS PRACTICE NEW YEARS

There will NOT be an official practice today

Distance - do complete warmup and then run for 30 minutes on own

Throwers - do complete warmup and run for 10 minutes, prepare to throw tomorrow 

Sprinters - do complete warmup an run for 15 minute on own, prepare for hard workout tomorrow

Jumpers and Hurdlers - do the same as Sprinters

We have to determine who is going to Freshman/Sophomore meet Saturday and what they shall run.

We also have a league meet on Sunday,

MICHELLE CARTER SHOT PUT GOLD

 

HIGH JUMP- VASHTI CUNNINGHAM

 

    

CLINIC INFORMATION

This is worth looking at , and you shall see some familiar faces. It's about 8 minutes.

Decide which event you are most interested in.

 

WE KICKED BUTT TODAY

 

WRENTHAM DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER

Folks, you are welcome that I did not have practice today!

No sense getting all wet and having to go out and possibly do the same the next day.

BUS LEAVES AT 8:30AM

Pack for tomorrow: 

A change of shoes to walk the course in as well as your racing shoes.

An extra set of socks as I imagine you shall get either wet or muddy.

Maybe even a change of clothes

Something to drink as well as eat ( even though there should be a concession there).

Some money to purchase food or a tee shirt.

Positive attitude! We have gone from the intense heat to now a possibly chilly and wet place.

Sweats/ jacket for protection. 

Umbrella

Blanket for ride on the bus 

Pillow for same.

Races start a 11:30..we are leaving at 8:30 

Last race starts at 2:00 for us.

LET'S DO THIS!

CONTESTS

 Our handbook covers our expectation of how our team should conduct themselves, especially when on the road.

Mr. Magee has sent me some expectations the school would like followed while we are at other sporting events involving the school.  They are similar. We represent the community as well as the school.

Since you all have passes to games, I encourage you to attend and cheer on your friends and classmates in a positive manner. 

I ALSO encourage you to ask your friends to attend our home Cross Country meets and cheer on both the Boys and Girls teams. We are also wearing the school colors as they are!

They don't necessarily have to understand our sport, but they can help encourage us ( after all, I hear a whistle in field hockey and I have no idea what happened...but it does not prevent me from positively cheering for our school).

Have fun at these games as they are part of your overall high school experiences. 

WHILE YOU ARE AT IT...recruit folks for INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD!

" We are like Noah's Ark, we take 'em ALL!" -  Howie Long

HOWIE LONG

TODAY is EARTH WIND AND FIRE DAY!

BOSTON UNIVERSITY CLINICS

There are a few one day Track and Field camps being held at Boston University this Fall.

They are designed especially for long jumpers, high jumpers, shot putters and discus throwers.

If you are interested, try to find someone else in your respective group and go!

The dates are 9/10 ( which is this weekend) 10/7 and 11/4 ( right before Indoor season starts).

I encourage all of you involved in those events to attend if you can. The prices go down if you have more folks in your event.

https://butrackfield.totalcamps.com for more information.

WOMEN'S DISCUS WORLD CHAMPION

Nearly 228 feet. 

I believe she worked with Coach Carr...

 

BEST 100 METER FINAL EVER?

 This could be the best and fastest 100 meter final I have ever seen.

Sha' Carri Richardson. Look how close it was!

LAST VAULT OF THE SUMMER

 

Greetings from the Patriot Pole Vault Club! As always if you have any questions regarding any of the information in this e-mail or anything else regarding the club for that matter please do not hesitate to contact us.

2023 Vaultarama #5 & SENIOR SEND OFF @ Westborough HS, Saturday 08/19/23 The 2023 Vaultarama Series continues on Saturday August 19th with Vaultarama #5 at Westborough High School. This will also be our time to give our graduated high school seniors a rousing sendoff before they make their way off to their collegiate adventures. If you ARE one of those heading off to your freshman campaign please come with your college t-shirt so we can take an awesome picture of you all. There will be send-off gifts for all of you as well :-) Even if you don't plan on vaulting come and join the celebration! In addition at the conclusion of the meet all of you are cordially invited to the Haagensen's backyard paradise to cool off with a swim! Their address is 201 Ruggles Street, Westborough MA 01581. We can't stay there too late as the Haagensens are all getting up at 4 in the morning to drive Melinda up to Colgate 🤣 Now as for the meet we are switching things up a bit. This time Flight #1 is for athletes planning on starting at 11' or higher. Warmups for flight #1 will start at 10:00am with the competition beginning at 11:00am sharp. The Senior Sendoff will take place between flights #1 & #2 (no earlier than 12:30) - we'll introduce each vaulter, hand out the gifts and get our group picture at this point. Flight #2 is for athletes planning on starting lower than 11' and will start as low as needed to accommodate everyone. Warmups for flight #2 will begin immediately after the Senior Sendoff activities with the competition starting NO EARLIER than 1:00pm We look forward to seeing you folks fly high and saying goodbye to all of our seniors this weekend :-) Register for flight #1 - starting at 11' or higher Register for flight #2 - starting under 11'  Directions to Westborough HS APPROXIMATE TIME SCHEDULE 10:00 Warmups for Flight #1 begin 11:00 Flight #1 competition begins ~12:30 Senior Sendoff Activities ~1:00 Warmups for Flight #2 begin ~1:45 Flight #2 competition begins ~3:30 Open Swim @ Casa de Haagensen We will know better about start times once we get an idea of how many vaulters there will be in each flight. If there is need to we will add a third flight and reschedule the start times accordingly If we have to postpone due to weather we will post updates to our website, our Facebook page and our Twitter feed.   As always we are searching for volunteers to help out with standards and bars. If you are interested in volunteering please let us know - we'll sweeten the pot with free Patriot PV gear and free athlete registrations and stuff like that :-)