Our middle schoolers turned in some nice performances at the Western Massachusetts Invitational on Thursday. Henry Sacco was our top boy runner, coming in 35th, and Ada Grant finished 3rd in the girls' race. The results are posted on the website, longmeadowtrack.org. USATF Meet Our last meet of the season is the USA Track and Field (USATF) Junior Olympic meet on November 11 in Nashua, NH (our calendar says Amherst, NH, but it has been moved to Nashua; the November 4 develop

We've got a bunch of stuff going on this week: Monday: Come see the LHS XC teams compete against East Longmeadow and Central at Forest Park. I plan to be out there, and I expect to see some alums from our track and XC programs out there. The high school coach tells me that the races will start at 4 (or a little after) at the ball fields in front of the Walker grandstand. Tuesday: Regular practice for Elementary and Middle School at Wolf Swamp fields. Middle schoolers sho

Hello XC Elementary Parents! Just a quick note regarding a few upcoming scheduling items: * Next week, practice will be moved from Thursday, October 25th to Wednesday, October 24th. My apologies for the late notice. I will be out of town on the 25th and the middle-school runners will be at an away meet. We will plan to meet on Wednesday at Wolf Swamp fields at 5 p.m. Again, no practice on Thursday. I hope to see you there! * The Massachusetts Elementary School Cross Count

Middle School parents- As I mentioned earlier, the Western Mass. Middle School XC Invitational is next Thursday, October 25 in Dufresne Park, Granby, MA. The first race is at 4:10. We have a bus taking us there and back. This is a half day for Glenbrook and Williams, so the Longmeadow kids will get dismissed and then have to come back to school to pick up the bus. The bus will leave Birchland Park at 2:10, Glenbrook at 2:20, and Williams at 2:30. This should give us enou

XC Parents- Youth was not served this morning. In an interesting sub-plot of the season, Dan Sacco has been battling with a couple of our top runners, Henry Sacco and Ada Grant. In a familiar pattern, Dan takes a lead, and then the two kids, working together, stalk their prey, and have managed to get him at the end. Not today. Dan set a strong pace and a season best, and Henry and Ada were unable to catch him. Results are attached and are on the longmeadowtrack.org websi

The 4th and final Longmeadow Cross Country Mile of 2018 will be this Saturday, October 13 at 9 am at the Wolf Swamp fields. As always, it is just $1 and open to kids and adults. Free for kids in the XC program. A good tune-up for a 5K. Arrive at 8:45 am to sign the waiver.

Elementary at the Wolf Swamp fields as usual. Our meeting place at Forest Park is the same as last week. See attached map.

XC Parents- Sunday's meet should be a lot of fun. It is a well-run event on a real cross country course. I am attaching again the entry form, which has the details about the race. You can also check out the website, waylandxc.com. The first race, at 9 am, is the 10 and under race, with boys and girls running together. The girls 11-14 race is at 9:30 and the boys 11-14 race is at 10 am. Cari and I are planning to arrive by 8 am to pick up the team's bib numbers and to walk

I am really sorry to send conflicting messages to the group, but we are not having practice today after all. Please try to have your kids run on their own 2-3 miles. Cari and I wanted to have a make-up practice, but it turns out we are both pulled in other directions today and could not pull it off. Reminder that we have our regular practice Thursday. Middle Schoolers are at Forest Park--meeting location is attached. Elementary at Wolf Swamp fields.