Complete ResultsSpringfield, Mass. -- May 2, 2009 -- Williams College took home the men's title for the sixth straight year at the New England Division III Track & Field Championships completed earlier today under sunny skies at Springfield College's Blake Track. The Ephs scored 136.66 points, while MIT finished second with 108, and Springfield third with 56.
The remaining order by team was as follows: WPI in fourth with 52.50 points, then Bates (51), Coast Guard (48.50), Tufts (47.83), Southern Maine (45), Keene State and Westfield State (35), Middlebury (34.50), Wheaton (28.50), Bowdoin (25), Amherst (21), Trinity (19), Colby-Sawyer, Wesleyan, and Emmanuel (11), RIC (10), UMass Dartmouth (9), Eastern Conn. (6), Conn. College (5.50), Brandeis and Fitchburg State (5), and Babson and Bridgewater State (tied for 25th with 1 pt.).
Here are the winners of each event.
Decathlon -- James Spaulding, Southern Maine -- 6,679 points
Hammer Throw -- Brian Kolacz, Keene State -- 189-10
Long Jump -- Stephen Morton, MIT -- 24-2 1/4
10,000 Meters -- Anthony Raduazo, Williams -- 32:20.48
Javelin -- Jeff Baker, WPI -- 195-8
High Jump -- Dante Lopardo, RIC -- 6-4 3/4
Shot Put -- Luke Fairbanks, Bowdoin -- 51-1
Pole Vault -- Kyle Morette, WPI -- 14-9
Discus -- Bryan Kolacz, Keene State -- 154-9
Triple Jump -- Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard -- 49-1
110 Meter HH -- Howard Powell, Wheaton -- 14.77
Steeplechase -- Richard Prevost, MIT -- 9:26.54
4x100 Meter Relay -- Springfield -- 42.15
1500 Meters -- John Chaffee, Williams -- 3:51.21
400 Meters -- Taylor Fitzgerald, Williams -- 48.42
100 Meters -- Steve Headley, Springfield -- *10.53
200 Meters -- Steve Headley, Springfield -- 21.66
800 Meters -- Peter Najem, Keene State -- 1:52.84
400 Meter Hurdles -- Joseph Buck, Williams -- 54.08
5000 Meters -- Michael Schmidt, Middlebury -- 15:00.36
4x400 Meter Relay -- Southern Maine -- 3:19.91
* NE Div. III Record
see complete results (all three days, including decathlon) above
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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