Eaton boys and girls track and field use chocolate milk to refuel
Congratulations to Eaton High School Boys and Girls Track and Field for winning the refuel with chocolate milk grant this spring! This school is also very active in promoting chocolate milk throughout their school with posters – now that they know how great refueling with milk is, they want other students to know too.
Coach Kaelie Sandstrom knows how to refuel properly as she was a collegiate athlete and used both white and chocolate milk to recover after meets throughout her career. She also wants to pay it forward to her student athletes on nutrition education so they can feel the difference nutrition makes on athletic performance.
“Since winning this grant money, my team is talking about how much better they feel after practices and, even better, post-meet and practices!” said Sandstrom. The team’s first meet was a success – many of the athletes placed well and they also had some personal bests!
For anyone who knows the benefits of drinking milk as a refuel beverage, these student athletes have an intimidation factor beyond the strength of their winning record. Athletes can train harder and perform better with proper nutrition.
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 Eaton team is using funding from Western Dairy Association’s Fuel Up with Milk grant to purchase milk after both practices and meets this season to reap these nutritional benefits. The dairy farm families of Western Dairy Association are proud to support the Eaton Reds this season and wish them the best of luck with the rest of their season.
Check out westerndairyassociation.org for details about the fall 2016 Fuel Up with Milk Grants.
Visit WesternDairyAssociation.org to read more about milk as an exercise recovery beverage and learn how to eat for peak athletic performance.
