SPRINGFIELD – Amherst could only chase a time.The Hurricanes trailed Longmeadow by a point entering the final event of Sunday’s Central/West Girls Swimming & Diving championships, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Amherst, the No. 1 seed and defending.
The pain hits Lucy Smith once the race ends.Her hand touches the wall. The adrenaline fades. Nearly a full minute of oxygen deprivation and maximum physical effort catch up to the Amherst Regional junior before her competitors.“When you’re in it, it.
SPRINGFIELD Two years ago, the Amherst Regional 200 medley relay team was disqualified in heartbreaking fashion at the Western Mass championships, something that the three remaining members of that relay have carried with them ever since.Sunday,.
SPRINGFIELD Two years ago, the Amherst Regional 200 medley relay team was disqualified in heartbreaking fashion at the Western Mass championships, something that the three remaining members of that relay have carried with them ever since.Sunday,.
Ready for a pool party?After a year of a delayed season, virtual meets and ferrying masks across the pool, swimming will return to Western Massachusetts pools in as close to a normal manner as anything can this year.Last winter, or spring, or Fall II,.