Another congratulations to the winners of the fall season Fuel Up with Milk Grants:
- Elizabeth cross country
- Walsh volleyball
- Cherokee Trail volleyball
- Cherokee Trail football
Walsh Eagles volleyball update
The Walsh Lady Eagles aren’t just refueling with milk after their games and practices this season, they are also impressing us with their nutrition outreach throughout the Walsh community.
Starting at the high school, opponents of Walsh are now greeted with a banner of the volleyball team fueling up with milk as they enter into the Walsh High School gym. For anyone who knows the benefits of drinking milk as a refuel beverage, this banner provides an intimidation factor beyond the strength of their winning record.
Milk, both white and chocolate, provides key nutrients needed after exercise.
- Milk is 90 percent water and a great tasting choice after practice and games. Milk’s fluids and electrolytes, including calcium, potassium and magnesium, rehydrate the body and replenish what is lost in sweat.
- Carbohydrates in milk refuel muscles and replenish glycogen (energy) stores.
- High-quality protein aids in muscle recovery and repair.
- Calcium, vitamin D and phosphorus build & maintain strong bones.
- Milk provides potassium to help ward off muscle cramping.
- B vitamins in milk help convert food to energy.
This Walsh team is using funding from Western Dairy Association’s Fuel Up with Milk grant to purchase milk after both practices and games this season to reap these benefits. But this team didn’t stop there.
Coach Alissa Renquist explains that the girls shared the benefits of milk with the high school and local elementary school by creating posters to hang in both schools.
“We had a contest,” Renquist explained.
The girls paired up and created posters based on research they conducted on milk’s benefits. Then they hung posters in the high school and elementary school. The posters were judged and “the group that won was awarded a few conditioning drills off,” Renquist said.
Next, “We are hoping to attend each class at the elementary school and have the girls talk about all those benefits with each class,” Renquist said.
The dairy farm families of Western Dairy Association are proud to support the Walsh Lady Eagles this season and wish them the best of luck with the rest of their season.
Stay tuned to westerndairyassociation.org for details about the 2016 Fuel Up with Milk Grants.
Athletes can train harder and perform better with proper nutrition. Visit WesternDairyAssociation.org to read more about milk as an exercise recovery beverage and learn how to eat for peak athletic performance.