The LOLHS Indoor track team is full steam ahead with their season. The team has attended 5 meets this season, with an incredible number of new school records. To start, Chase Gilbert has found her niche in the distance events. She holds the school record in the 1600m with a time of 5:08 and in the 2-mile with a time of 11:03. Sophomore Zoe Eastman-Grossel has started her first full season with the team and easily beat the school record in the 55 Hurdles with a time of 9.27 seconds. Our 4x400 girls' teams have gotten a school record, and then beat it the next meet. Currently holding the school record with a time of 4:28 is Maddy Morgado, Bronwyn Kyle, Aggie Hunt, and Lyla Powers. Finally, Dylan Sheehan now holds the school record in shot put with a throw of 51ft 3.25 inches. Our girls 4x800 of Maddy Morgado, Aggie Hunt, Lyla Powers, and Chase Gilbert is ranked 1st in the entire state. The Shoreline Championship meet is February 3rd and the Class S State Meet is February 9th, both at Hillhouse High School. We hope to see the community come and support as we look to continue to break school records.
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To read the full article click herePictured: Number 15 Griffin McGlinchey in game vs Cheshire High School Dec 17, 2023.The Day’s 2022 All-Area Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year: Old Lyme’s Chase Gilbert12/19/2022 On Saturday, December 10th some of the LOLHS Indoor Track team ran the Niantic Jingle Bell 5K. Overall, the team did great. Congrats to all those who ran it- even Coach D'Aquila! A special shoutout to some winners! Freshman Chase Gilbert won her age group and took 1st place overall for the female runners. She ran the race in 18:06. Congrats to Senior captain Maddy Morgado for taking 1st place in her age group, with a time of 22:54, and senior captain Dylan Hovey for taking 2nd in his age group with a time of 18:05. The indoor track team is looking forward to a competitive season and hope to see some support at our meets!
LAST DAY FOR TICKET SALES 11/27/22 All FALL Athletes!!! The LOLHS Booster Club would like to invite you to the 2022 Annual (Restart)Fall Sports Award Dinner November 29th, 2022 5:30-6:30 Taco Bar & Dessert 6:30-8:30 Awards/Auditorium Tickets go on sale NOW @ $15.00 each S DivisionIt is rare, but not unheard of for a Class S school to make noise at the State Open and crack into the top ten. NCCC powerhouse Somers is one such team, finishing 10th last year and this year they defended their title by overtaking upstarts Lyme-Old Lyme by a score of 45-75. LOL was 13th in Class SS last year.
Somers coach Michael Szfir set up a game plan for the girls to return to the victory stand. “We knew Lyme Old Lyme was going to be good. Today, we were trying to get ourselves in a position where we could pick up some spots. We ran conservative and mature in the first half. Our goal was to stick around until the hill and then we were going to make the race our own.” Led by runner up Stephanie Burzynski, the Spartans put five runners in the top 20 and come into the State Open with the 10th fastest time of the day with an outside shot at qualifying for New Englands next week by finishing in the top six. Lyme Old Lyme’s program has been revitalized with the emergence of freshman Chase Gilbert who won in 19:12, the third fastest time of the day. The Wildcats ran aggressive from the gun and were up by a score of 45-75 at the halfway mark before Somers came charging up the Green Monster hill, right before the two mile mark. “When it comes to reaching youth, you have to find what matters most to them for your words to truly resonate and make an impact,” explained Lyme-Old Lyme Prevention Coalition (LOLPC)’s Prevention Coordinator, Alli Behnke. This year, LOLPC launched a Substance Free Athletics initiative in their local high school to reach students where they are at – which, for 80% of their student body, happens to be in athletics.
By bringing science-driven prevention education to athletes, coaches, and parents, LOLPC aims to spread awareness about the impact of substance use on athletic performance, injury, and recovery, and tie prevention into a topic that students are passionate about. Protect Your Game is the key message high school athletes are getting behind as they learn that using substances not only affects their health in the long-term, but also in the short-term on athletic performances. At the start of this school year, 21 coaches attended an introductory meeting with LOLPC, where they received training on how to speak to their team about the impacts of substance use. “Research tells us that as youth reach adolescence, coaches and other adult mentors can become very influential on their choices and in shaping their path. That’s certainly something we have driven home with the coaches involved so far – that their voice matters.” In addition to this coach-to-athlete approach, high school students will also take on leadership roles by making visits to their local middle school. “A lot of our high school athletes are excited to bring this initiative to middle schoolers and talk with them peer-to-peer style. They can share what it’s like to be a high school athlete, and how making the decision to not use substances can have a positive impact on their sports careers,” said Alli. “We currently have eight team captains who have volunteered to spearhead how these visits will work and what message they plan to get across. So far, the overwhelming feedback from students has been the connection they see between substance use and mental health. Instead of going to the middle schoolers and simply telling them to ‘say no to drugs,’ the high schoolers plan to share healthy lifestyle choices and speak about the opportunities and resources out there to support them.” During the month of October, LOLPC has leaned into this youth-to-youth approach by having high schoolers host Red Ribbon lunches at the middle school and encouraging students to sign a Red Ribbon pledge. Additionally, throughout the month, the local high school has hosted Red Ribbon games, where prevention resources and swag are distributed, banners with QR codes link to prevention messaging and student-athletes have worn red to raise awareness about substance use prevention. “I think one of the biggest accomplishments so far has been partnering with the athletic institution. That's something that our coalition hasn’t tapped into before, and as a result of this initiative, we’ve gone from teams not feeling comfortable about broaching the subject, to coaches being able to facilitate honest discussions around substances. I believe these conversations have the potential to really shift the culture of youth substance use in our area, and we’re really excited to see what the outcomes will be from this effort.” |
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