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11 Athletes Advance to State Championships!

5/31/2018

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CONGRATULATIONS to the following athletes who are advancing to the NYSPSHAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships:
  • Catie Eisenhut '20: 2nd place overall in the 1500m run at State Qualifiers and top Division 2 seed from Section IV going into the state championship.  Also running anchor for the 4x800 and 4x400 relays.
  • Catalina Zaloj '20: 3rd place overall in the high jump at State Qualifiers and second Division 2 seed from Section IV going into the state championship.  Also running lead leg of the 4x400 relay.
  • Miya Kuramoto '18: Winner of the pole vault at State Qualifiers and second Section IV seed going into the state championship.
  • Meghan Matheny '18: 2nd place overall in the pole vault at State Qualifiers and top seed going into the state championship.
  • Mikaela Garcia '18: Lead leg of the winning Division 2 4x800 relay and 4x400 alternate
  • Kinsley Jacobs '23: 2nd leg of the winning Division 2 4x800 relay
  • Emmy Jackson '21: 3rd leg of winning Division 2 4x800 relay
  • Destiny Little '19: 2nd leg of winning Division 2 4x400 relay
  • Teresa Garcia '20: 3rd leg of winning Division 2 4x400 relay and 4x800 alternate
  • Hana Thibault '21:  4x400 alternate
  • Leigh Miller '18: 4x800 alternate

KUDOS to our other competing athletes for their stellar Day 2 performances:
  • Gwen Gisler '20: 3rd place overall in pole vault
  • Sam Panzer '20: 5th place overall in 200m dash
  • Alex Powers '18: 11th place in shot put
  • Boys 4x800: Liam Hulsebosch '18, Jack Thomas '20, Torsten Gartenberg '20, Max Austin '21 and alternate Teddy Brenner '21: 12th place overall
  • Boys 4x400: Liam Hulsebosch, Max Austin, Phillip Linnik '19, Sam Panzer and alternates George Taylor '19 and Jack Thomas: 14th overall.
​Complete results can be found here.
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State Qualifiers, Day One

5/31/2018

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Complete results of Day One can be found here.

Congratulations to Sam Panzer who has advanced to the finals in the 200m dash and to Emmy Jackson for her podium finish in the 3000m run. Kudos to Gwen Gisler for making finals in the long jump and to Dakota Edwards, Phillip Linnick, George Taylor, Hana Thibault, Ellie Howell, and Ethan Burt for their strong Day One performances!
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Section IV Class C Champions!

5/26/2018

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Congratulations to the girls team: Repeat Section IV Class C Champions!

Boys team finished 5th!  Well done!  Check out the Lansing Star article on this meet.
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Junior Stars Invitational

5/21/2018

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Check out the Lansing Star article about this meet.

Thanks to Tracey Austin for great photos below!
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IAC Championships

5/18/2018

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Congratulations to the Lansing girls who captured their second consecutive IAC Large School title last night!  Last year, it was a close battle with Newark Valley - but this year, the girls won in dominant fashion, finishing 52 points ahead of the Cardinals.

The boys team was tied with Trumansburg for third at the end of day one, only 6 points away from the top spot.  It looked to be a close race between the top four large schools.  With the Raiders stepping up the competition on Day 2, the young Bobcats fell to 4th place with their eyes on capturing this title in the future.  The Raiders would win the boys competition by 34 points with Waverly (81 points) taking second and Dryden (75 points) in third.  Lansing was just 4 points behind them with 71 points.

Complete meet results can be found here.

Congratulations to Meghan and Catie for their record-setting performances at IACs this year:
  • Meghan Matheny ‘18 set a new meet and stadium record, winning the pole vault with a vault of 12’6”
  • Catie Eisenhut ‘20 set a new stadium record and Lansing school record, winning the 1500 with a time of 4:44.09.
IAC All Star Performances by Lansing Athletes (places 1-3 are 1st Team, places 4-6 are 2nd Team) included:
RELAYS:
  • 4x800 Girls, 1st Team All-Stars: Mikaela Garcia '18, Kinsley Jacobs '23, Emmy Jackson '21, Catie Eisenhut '20 
  • 4x800 Boys, 2nd Team All-Stars: Liam Hulsebosch '18, Jack Thomas '20, Torsten Gartenberg '20, Max Austin '21 
  • 4x100 Girls, 1st Team All-Stars: Matheny, Gwen Gisler '20, Paige Howard '21, Miya Kuramoto '18
  • 4x100 Boys, 2nd Team All-Stars: Sirus Desnoes '21, Sam Panzer '20, Austin, Dakota Edwards '19
  • 4x400 Girls, 2nd Team All-Stars: Cat Zaloj '20, Destiny Little '19, M. Garcia, Eisenhut
  • Matheny, Pole Vault
INDIVIDUALS (GIRLS):
  • Eisenhut, 1st Team 1500m and 1st Team 800m
  • M. Garcia, 1st Team Steeplechase and 1st Team Triple Jump
  • G. Gisler, 1st Team Long Jump and 1st Team Pole Vault
  • Jackson, 2nd Team 1500m, 1st Team 3000m
  • ​Kuramoto, 2nd Team 100m, 1st Team Pole Vault
  • Matheny, 1st Team Pole Vault
  • D. Little, 1st Team 400H
  • Zaloj, 1st Team 100H, 1st Team 400H, 1st Team High Jump
INDIVIDUALS (BOYS):
  • Ethan Burt '20, 1st Team Pole Vault
  • Edwards, 1st Team Long Jump and 2nd Team 100m
  • Panzer, 1st Team 100m and 1st Team 200m
  • Alex Powers ‘18, 1st Team Shot Put and 1st Team Discus
  • Thomas, 2nd Team 3200m
  • George Taylor ‘19, 2nd Team 100H and 2nd Team Triple Jump

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Fast Times at Fast Times

5/14/2018

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We traveled to Corning on Friday night for the Fast Times Invitational -- and true to its name, this meet yielded fast times and big heights and distances.  TWENTY personal records were set along with a school record and many season bests.  Lansing girls finished 2nd of 13 teams, falling only to Class A school Corning and the boys finished 3rd behind Corning and Horseheads.

Congratulations to Catie Eisenhut '20 who broke her own school record with a new 1500 time of 4:44.51.  

Full results of the meet can be found here.
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In the News....

5/12/2018

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Most recent coverage of our programs can be found here: ​Lansing Star article
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Comparison: Help or Hindrance?

5/8/2018

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Original article is entitled: "What to Do When You Are Getting Crushed by the Super Swimmer" by Olivier Poirier-Leroy and can be found here.  Below, it's adapted for track and field.

You feel the rush of wind from your teammate’s kick as he motors past you with seeming ease.

Another workout, another dusting.

Awesome.

It’s a common problem we all experience at some point or another: training or competing against The Natural, the runner/thrower/jumper/vaulter who can barely show up to practice and still kick your butt all over the place by virtue of a sickly amount of talent. Making this worse is when your work ethic far outshines the hard work being performed by The Natural…and they are getting all the attention from a fawning coach as well.

It can feel deflating.
It can make us feel like our training is pointless.

The reality is this: you can’t change talent.

You can only change what you can do with yours.

Here’s why you should turn your frown upside-down:
THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE WITH MORE TALENT. AND THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE WITH LESS TALENT.

It’s easy to look across the lane or runway or throwing area and wish that you had the other-worldly talent of someone else.  But get this: someone is looking at you and thinking the exact same thing.
There is an athlete in the other lane that is looking at you and wishing and pining for the talent you have. There will always be someone faster, someone more talented, someone more genetically gifted, etc. Just like there will always be someone with less talent, who is less further along than you are.

Now, you can waste energy and focus by commiserating over your “misfortune”, but besides tickling your desire for self-pity, it’s not going to help you run faster, jump higher/longer or throw farther.
USE THE COMPARISON TO POWER YOUR PERFORMANCE.Comparison-making can be a powerful and motivational tool…when it is used properly. Using the talent of others as a yardstick for yourself can be used for good or bad.

It’s okay to get mad. To get pissed. As long as you are using those “negative” emotions to make positive changes at the track (same goes for life in general). 

If you are looking across the track and using the frustration and dissatisfaction to rise to the occasion more often during your practices, and if you use that sense of unfairness to push you to recover harder, eat better, and sleep more… Well, what do you think is gonna happen?

You are going to improve like crazy.

On the other hand, if you use the performance of other track and field athletes as a barometer for how you should train today, for how you should prepare to give your best, and for how you take care of yourself on and off the track…well, at that point comparison-making can become a detriment to your meet day performance.

TALENT ISN’T ALL IT IS MADE OUT TO BE.

For every naturally-gifted athlete that “makes it”—and there are plenty—there are many, many more talented athletes who never get anywhere because they relied on their talent alone.  They were spoiled by the early and easy success talent gave them. They expected talent to be “enough” to be successful over the long term.  Being talented brings with it expectations that it be fully developed (you owe it to yourself to develop it, as onlookers, parents and coaches will remind the talented runner/jumper/thrower), which can mess with an athlete’s self-identity.

Is talent helpful?  Of course, it can be. But it is a lousy predictor of work ethic. It doesn’t dictate character. And it doesn’t instill a tenacious attitude.

YOU LEARN QUICKER WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.  I’ve written before on the limitations and burden of talent. One of the “curses” of talent is that it blinds you to what high-grade athletic performance truly entails.  Talent can hide the hard work, the dedication, the commitment to the details that are required to be successful at the track and on the field.

The upside for our less talented track and field athlete is that they learn early on what it takes to be successful. They are more aware to the changes and improvement they need to make. Talent can blind the gifted into thinking they don’t need to improve their skills. That the details don’t matter.  Hard work will take you further than talent ever will. And more importantly, you will have earned it.

What does getting bummed out over someone else’s talent get you?
Nothing.  This form of comparison-making is debilitative. It erodes confidence. It instills a sense of victimization. It is not fair, so what’s the point of even trying?  FOCUSING ON SOMEONE ELSE’S TALENT ROBS YOU OF YOUR OWN JOURNEY.

Getting better at the track is a trip, man.

There are moments that stick out, and that are inordinately personal. There are things you did, and they are the things that constitute your journey as a runner, jumper, and thrower.

Being perpetually distracted by what the athlete in the next lane is doing steals these experiences from you. It takes away the opportunity to focus on your own process. To develop better self-awareness. To check your weaknesses, to multiply your strengths, and to recognize your moments of excellence and resilience.
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“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed—there’s so little competition.” –Elbert Hubbard
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A Few Field Festival Photos

5/6/2018

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Dakota & Sam win the long jump relay, setting a new school record in the process!
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Mike & Kyle took 1st and 4th, respectively, in the high jump and won the high jump relay.
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The pole vaulting trio of Gwen, Meghan, and Miya (L-R) continued their season-long sweeps of the top three podium positions.
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Ellie & Mikaela took 1st and 2nd in the triple jump and won the triple jump relay.
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Season updates thus far....

5/2/2018

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As I write this, the sun is finally shining and it feels like spring -- maybe even summer! -- at last!  The 2nd Annual Bobcats Field Festival will begin at 4pm this afternoon.  Come on over and watch some great jumping and throwing at Sobus Field!

Meanwhile, the Lansing track and field program headed over to the Waite Molnar Invitational at Elmira last Saturday where the girls finished second to Corning and the boys finished fourth.  For both of our squads, they took top honors among Division 2 schools.  On Monday, the athletes followed it up with a clean sweep: boys and girls won against both Whitney Point and Southern Cayuga.

Check out the most recent coverage of our program and its athletes:
  • Lansing Star article
  • Sophomore Catalina Zaloj was named ESPN Ithaca's Athlete of the Week
  • ​Waite-Molnar Invitational Gallery from Star Gazette
  • Waite-Molnar article in Star Gazette
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