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.
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.