Men's Track & Field Third At Tufts Invitational
Complete Men's Results
Complete Women's Results
MEDFORD, Mass., February 7, 2004 – Springfield College senior
Pawel Jarosczewicz (East Longmeadow, Mass.) won the 200-meter dash (22.56) and the 400-meter dash (49.32) as the Pride finished third out of 16 teams with 97 team points at the Tufts Invitational on Saturday.
SC’s 4x400 relay team of freshman
Jeff Cogan (Walworth, N.Y.), sophomore
Billy King (Wilmington, Mass.), senior
Art Fredericks (Wallingford, Conn.), and Jarosczewicz won the event in 3:23.12.
In the field events, it was Pride junior
Justin Welch (Woburn, Mass.), who won the high jump competition (1.94 meters); freshman
Alex Kampersol (Natick, Mass.), who took the shot put (14.09 meters); and junior
Blake Gulino (Old Saybrook, Conn.), who finished second in the long jump competition (6.36 meters).
On the women’s side, sophomore
Meghan Young (Hurley, N.Y.) finished third in the 3,000-meter run (10:31.15) and fourth in the 1,000-meter run (3:12.62) as the Pride finished fourth of 16 teams with a team score of 69.75 at the Tufts Invitational.
SC sophomore
Alisha Miner (Sanbornton, N.H.) placed second in the 400-meter dash with a 1:01.40 time.
The Pride’s 4x200 relay team of freshman
Julie Ferdella (Leicester, Mass.), freshman
Jessica Denehy (Whately, Mass.), freshman
Cortney Birtwell (East Longmeadow, Mass.), and Miner finished second at 1:49.74.
In the field events, SC senior
Leyla Williams (Unionville, N.Y.) finished second in the weight throw (14.06 meters); senior
Suzie Snyder (Averill Park, N.Y.) placed in a tie for fourth in the pole vault (2.75 meters), and junior
Amanda Alpert (Saugus, Mass.) finished fifth in the shot put competition (11.34 meters).
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Head Coach Ken Klatka

Ken Klatka, enters his 34th season as head coach of the men’s track and field program in 2009-2010. He ranks among the nation’s most successful coaches, with an overall record of 407 wins, 140 losses, and two ties for an impressive .740 winning percentage. Under his direction, Steve Headley '10 won two NCAA titles in '08-'09.
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