Women's Track and Field Headlines
Curtis Shines at All New England Track and Field Championships05/12/2012
Cambridge, Mass. - May 12, 2012 - Kelly Curtis captured the javelin title at the All New England Championships over the weekend at MIT to pace the Springfield College women's track and field team in a meet consisting of the top student athletes in Division I, II, and III throughout the region. Read More.
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Women's Track and Field Takes 10th at New England Division III Championships wtCambridge, Mass. - May 5, 2012 - The Springfield College women's track and field team finished 10th at the New England Division III Championships on Saturday at MIT. Kelly Curtis had the top finish of the day for the Pride, taking second in the javelin Read More. |
Seven SC Track & Field Athletes Earn NEWMAC All-Conference Honors Northampton, Mass. -- May 4, 2012 -- Spearheaded by Kelly Curtis, a number of Springfield College athletes earned New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference honors as a result of their performances at last Saturday's NEWMAC Track & Field Championships at Smith College. Read More |
Women's Track and Field Takes Third at NEWMAC Championships Northampton, Mass. – April 28, 2012 - The Springfield College women’s track and field team competed well at the NEWMAC Championships hosted by Smith College over the weekend. The Pride finished in third place with 107 points as a team. Senior standout Kelly Curtis was the top performer for the Pride, earning three second place finishes and two other top fives. Read More. |
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About The Team
Head Coach
Jim Pennington has guided 73 All-Americans in 26 seasons at Springfield College and has led the Pride to seven top-20 finishes at the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Current senior
Kelly Curtis was the most recent Pride All-American, earning the honor for the 2010-2011 season in the heptathlon.
The women's program, started in 1977, has been a perennial strong team in New England among all divisions. In 2009, Springfield indoors finished fifth of 24 scoring teams in the New England's before capturing the ECAC Championship. Outdoors, Springfield placed second in the NEWMAC's, tied for sixth in the New England's, and placed fourth in the ECAC's.
The team practices/competes at the Blake Track and Field facility, an eight-lane lighted facility with dual runways, 42-inch lanes, and new throwing circles and cages. It is considered to be one of the top facilities in New England for track & field. In August of 2008, Springfield College opened a new fieldhouse (with a 200 meter indoor track), as well as a new wellness center and exercise science building.
Senior
Nikki Hay enters the final year of her illustrious career at Springfield. The 2009 USTFCCCA East Region Female Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, Hay finished fifth in the triple jump at the Indoor NCAA's and fourth in the same event at the Outdoor NCAA's.
Pennington will also depend upon many additional outstanding returnees for point production in 2010.
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Head Coach Jim Pennington
Jim Pennington enters his 27th season as head coach of the Springfield College women’s cross country and track and field teams in 2010-2011. Under Pennington’s direction, the Pride has recorded seven top 20 finishes at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships, and seven top 15 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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E-Mail | Phone: 413.748.3351
