Men's Track & Field Places Fifth At ECAC Division III Championships
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., May 15, 2004 -- Springfield College senior All-American
Pawel Jaroszewicz (East Longmeadow, Mass.) finished first in the 400-meter dash, while junior
Matt Acciaoli (Warwick, R.I.) won the shot put to lead the Pride to fifth place out of 53 scoring teams at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Divison III Men's Track & Field Championships Saturday at Williams College.
Cortland won the meet with 73 points, followed by Bates (71), Williams (64), The College of New Jersey (41) and SC (31).
Jaroszewicz ran to All-ECAC honors with a winning time in the 400 of 47.65 seconds. He also anchored the 4x400-meter relay to a seventh-place finish in a time of 3:19.53.
Acciaioli's winning throw was 53 feet, 4 1/4 inches, which is a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships later this month.
Junior All-American
Blake Gulino (Old Saybrook, Conn.) lept to third place in the long jump with an effort of 23 feet, 2 inches, also a provisional NCAA qualifier.
Senior
Jason Mandolesi (Wilbraham, Mass.) finished second in the discus (146 feet, 5 inches), while freshman
Alex Kampersal (Natick, Mass.) ended up eighth in the shot put (48 feet, 6 1/4 inches).
On the women's side, the Pride's 4x400-meter relay team, made up of freshman
Cortney Birtwell (East Longmeadow, Mass.), freshman
Jess Denehy (Whately, Mass.), sophomore
Sarah Tyman (West Suffield, Conn.) and sophomore
Alisha Miner (Sanbornton, N.H.), ran to fifth place in a time of 4:03.01 to lead SC to 27th place out of 52 scoring teams.
Sophomore
Megan Young (Hurley, N.Y.) ran to seventh place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:02.12), while freshman
Yasmin Goris (Worcester, Mass.) finished eighth in the 100-meter dash. She was clocked with a personal best 12.48 seconds in her preliminary heat.
Junior
Amanda Alpert (Saugus, Mass) finished eight in the shot put with a personal-best effort of 41 feet, 5 inches.
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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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