As the Winter Sports Season begins at Pelham, the Winter Track Team welcomes the season with intense warm-ups, supportive peers, and lots of running.
“All of our practices start at 3:30 PM and focus on gradual warm-ups, dynamic stretching, strength, agility, endurance, speed, and event-specific training,” said Pelham Track and Field Coach Scott Brown. “We use the track, the weight room, the upstairs hallway, the stairwells, the fitness center, and local hills and streets in Pelham. We end our practices with core and strength work.”
The kickoff meet will be on December 9th at the Armory in NYC, and the following meet for freshmen and sophomores will be on December 11th.
“Running in the cold can be frustrating, but winter track is definitely a great way to keep in shape and compete during this season,” said Eleanor Condon. “I also enjoy the Armory, where we do most of our meets, for its small track.”
The Fall season cross country team had multiple runners recognized for their sports achievements. For the boys, the all-league honors runners are Elliott Levine, Julian Kalehoff, George Negrin, Kyle Matyko, Finnegan Mullen and Evan Goodman. Honorable mentions include Dmitri Ross and Ilan Luciano. For the girls, the all-league runners are Riley Campbell, Serafina Lavallee, Riley Schindler, Sadie Ashlock, Eleanor Condon and Caroline Mingey. Riley Campbell was chosen for All County. Honorable mentions include Sonia Brown and Venice Mancuso for the Girls team.
“I’m really excited about what I can do this season after having such a successful cross-country season,” said Serafina Lavallee, Captain of the Track Team and a senior at Pelham. “I’m looking forward to the long meets and cold practices where I can make even more memories with my teammates and friends. I think for the girls’ distance team, we have a very strong group.”
“I am super excited to finally start race walking again and see how far I can go with it,” said Venice Mancuso. “I know the team will do amazing things this upcoming season, especially our girls since the team bond has grown to be so strong.”
“Our (team’s) goal is to build overall fitness to aid in all sports and physical activities as well as shape track specific athletes for post-high school competition,” said Coach Brown.
