Springfield, Mass. -- February 10, 2010 -- The Springfield College men's track & field team is ranked 13th nationally in the latest USTFCCCA NCAA Division III poll released earlier today.Springfield is credited with 43.99 points in this poll, just behind 12-ranked McMurry (45.23), and just ahead of 14th-ranked Montclair State (43.44).
For Springfield, defending national champion Steve Headley is the only automatic qualifier in the country in the 55 meter dash, while Kevin Coyle has provisionally qualified in both the long and triple jump.
The top 10 is as follows: North Central (Ill.) (175.42), UW Oshkosh (138.78), SUNY Geneseo (138.74), UW Lacrosse (114.09), UW Stevens Point (91.48), UW Whitewater (87.54), Trinity (TX) (73.15), Case Western Reserve (65.80), Southern Maine ((62.09), and Carthage (49.69). In 11th is TCNJ (46.01).
Other New England schools listed included Wheaton at No. 17 (with 39.89 points), and MIT at No. 22 (with 30.99 points).
Up next for Ken Klatka's troops, Springfield will compete at the Valentine's Day Invitational at Boston University on Saturday, Feb. 13.
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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