LKT

LKT is back for 2023. Check the team calendar for dates.

Thanks to Stephen Dravis for the ink about LKT on IBerkshires.com. 

Check out the article HERE.

LKT is our affectionately given name to Little Kid Track. Many years ago Coty Pinkney began a Youth Center track and field program for 1st through 6th graders. Coty had younger children (6 of them) and he wanted them to have an early track experience. He enlisted a few other volunteers and started the program. After several years, Coty moved away and Kris Kirby took over the program. Again, Kris enlisted a small crew of parents to volunteer, but there was not a lot of track & field experience among the crew. When the Kirby boys got older, Kris handed the program off to the Gills.

At first, we thought we could run the program just as Kris and Coty had, but we knew that we were missing a key piece to the puzzle...YOU! The Mt. Greylock Track Team knew a lot more about Track and Field than the parents of the kids in the program and it was a great experience for them to have to teach the events they were involved in. We also found it to be a lot of fun and a good bonding experience to give something back through volunteerism.

At the end of the first year involving MG athletes, Mrs. Gill put on a dinner for the volunteers and everyone said, "This is awesome" (or something like that). So, Mrs. Gill, being the wonderful person she is, decided that she would host a team dinner for all the volunteers of LKT on every night that we ran the program. The first year we would have anywhere from 12 to 25 people. By 2019 we were hosting 40-60 people for dinner twice a week. This year...who knows. We have also had several people who step up to the plate to help out with our dinners. Last year several families contributed desserts, breads, salads, and the Millers were kind enough to host a dinner at their home.

We are looking forward to another great year of LKT. A typical night might look like this...

5:00 - practice ends and we pile into cars and SAFELY drive down to the Gills (you can also take the bus as it goes right by the house).

5:15 - eat dinner (all cell-phones go into the cell-phone bin during time at the Gill house. Parents can call the house phone 458-3770).

6:00 - planning session for the night - who is a group coach, who is an event coach, what are the events and timeline and skills of the night.

6:15 - depart for Williams

6:30 - LKT warm up

6:45-7:45 - 10 minute stations were kids go through sprints/jumps/hurdles/distance/throws/relays, etc.

MG students earn community service learning hours for their participation (1.5 hours per night).

This year we are scheduled for 8 LKT sessions on Monday and Wednesday nights.

We are scheduled to begin on April 8th and end on May 16th. 

We have a ton of athletes on the team now who started out in LKT. Let's keep the tradition alive. It's time for you to play your part.

See Coach Gill if you would like to be involved. Also, email Mrs. Gill (brjugill@hotmail.com)  if you would be interested in hosting a dinner or providing some food for a dinner.