For each woman’s individual event including the pentathlon, the top 15 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each men’s individual event including the heptathlon, the top 13 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition.
This marks the third-straight year that Coyle will compete at the indoor championships and he will return as the reigning NCAA Division III Indoor Long Jump National Champion. The Bradford, N.H. native will compete in both the long jump and triple jump at this year's championship. He is seeded fourth in the long jump with a mark of 7.3 meters and sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.89 meters.
After transferring from Tulane University, Curtis will embark on her second-straight trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships and compete in the pentathlon. The Princeton, N.J. product, who won the pentathlon at the New England Division III Championships, enters the competition seeded seventh with a qualifying point total of 3,286.
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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