Men's Track & Field Finishes Fifth At New England DIII Championships
BRUNSWICK, Maine, February 21, 2004 – Springfield College senior
Pawel Jaroszewicz (East Longmeadow, Mass.) won the 200-meter dash in a time of 22.29 as the Pride finished fifth out of 22 scoring teams at this weekend’s New England Division III Championships held at Bowdoin College.
In the field events, it was junior
Blake Gulino (Old Saybrook, Conn.) who won the long jump competition with a distance of 7.03 meters. SC junior
Justin Welch (Woburn, Mass.) finished second in the high jump, with a 1.99-meter mark.
Pride freshman
Chris Allen (Sandwich, Mass.) contributed with strong performances on both the high jump and long jump. Allen finished sixth in the high jump (1.94 meters), and fifth in the long jump (6.58 meters).
On the women’s side, it was Pride senior
Leyla Williams (Unionville, N.Y.) finishing fourth in the weight throw (48 feet, 4 ½ inches) to lead SC to 12th place out of 23 scoring teams in the New England Division III Championships held at MIT.
SC sophomore
Meg Young (Hurley, N.Y.) put up a pair of strong performances, finishing eighth in both the 1,500-meter (5:00.79) and the 3,000-meter (10:39.84) runs.
Pride sophomore
Sarah Tyman (West Suffield, Conn.) placed fifth in the 600-meter run with a time of 141:16.
SC now heads to the New England Championships at Boston University on Friday and Saturday, February 27-28.
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Head Coach Ken Klatka
Ken Klatka, just inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame in October, 2011, enters his 37th season as head coach of the men’s track and field program in 2012-2013. He ranks among the nation’s most successful coaches, with an overall record of 442 wins, 144 losses, and two ties for an impressive .753 winning percentage. Under his direction, Kevin Coyle '12 won the 2011 Division III Indoor Long Jump National Championship.
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