One of the top track & field programs in the Northeast, Springfield College won two consecutive Eastern College Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Heading into the 2008-09 season, Springfield College has finished in the top four in 10 of the last 12 Division III New England Outdoor Championships. The Pride finished third of 28 teams when it hosted the meet in 2007. SC finished third of 26 scoring teams in 2008. The Pride also hosted and won the meet in 2000. In addition, in 2007, SC placed second in a field of 44 teams at the ECAC Division III Championships. And in 2008, the Pride finished third of 53 scoring teams as it hosted 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 will open a new fieldhouse (with a 200 meter indoor track), as well as a new wellness center and exercise science building.
Because of that, Track & Field will take an additional upswing at Springfield College in 2008-2009. Indoors, SC will host two track meets in the new fieldhouse. In addition, SC will host both the New England's and the ECAC's outdoors in Division III in May.
Springfield College has produced 57 All-Americans in track & field. Junior-to-be Steve Headley of nearby Wilbraham, Mass. finished fourth in the 100 and became an All-American at the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Oshkosh, Wis.
The outdoor track & field team has an outstanding 70-7 record in dual meets (.909 winning percentage) since the 1997 season.
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