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AGAWAM — While she wouldn’t call it a dynasty, Northampton head girls track and field coach Linda Rowbotham was thrilled with her team’s three-peat at the Division 1 PVIAC meet on Sunday afternoon. The Northampton girls won in convincing fashion,...

South Hadley junior Emma Sanford’s track career has been anything but ordinary. As a freshman who had just decided to make the switch from gymnastics to track in high school, the COVID-19 pandemic derailed what was supposed to be her outdoor track...

WESTFIELD — Emma Sanford’s day at the track took hours. Jonas Clarke’s lasted a matter of seconds.Both South Hadley stars were rewarded with state titles for their efforts on Thursday.Sanford blew away the competition in the girls pentathlon on Day 1...

HOLYOKE — The Northampton girls track team has waited a long time to defend their Western Mass. title, but it was certainly worth the wait. The Blue Devils picked up their second consecutive title on a beautiful Friday night, taking home the Western...

Still only a junior, Emma Sanford has become a Swiss Army knife of sorts for the South Hadley track program. She can do just about any event you throw her in – high jump, hurdles, sprints, you name it – and she excells at all of them. It’s hard to...

The South Hadley track and field squads are small, but mighty this year.It helps when you have two superstar athletes anchoring both the boys and girls rosters – Jonas Clarke and Emma Sanford. Sanford and Clarke are fresh off competing at the New...

After a winter of limited competitive opportunities due to a lack of facilities, the high school indoor track and field reaches its apex this week.A solid contingent of Hampshire County athletes will take their talents across the state to compete in...

South Hadley’s Tyler Evans flashed his versatility at the second PVIAC indoor track meet of the season Saturday at Wheaton College.During the early session, Evans won the boys 55-meter dash in 7.22 seconds and the 300 in 40.72. He also finished third...

Indoor track held outdoors? Welcome to Fall II Riley Cole, left, and Tor Olsson of Northampton approach the finish during a cross country meet last fall. STAFF FILE PHOTO Published: 4/20/2021 5:06:40 PM You might have noticed local schedules listing “indoor track” for the current Fall II season in the pages of the Gazette recently. That’s not a misprint. While indoor track & field was jettisoned from the winter season to Fall II due to COVID-19 regulations, the sport is being run outdoors...