Track & Field
The track and field program at Smith College has a history of strength at the conference, regional and national levels. The coaching staff takes pride in providing individual attention, superb technical advice, and intelligently and carefully supervised training programs for all athletes in all events. Each athlete sets individual goals in concert with the coaching staff. These goals establish the direction and purpose for the track & field program and make ambitions, hard work and risk taking exciting and satisfying. Athletes strive for improvements on personal records in their meet events as well as in daily practice. Every Smith athlete has the opportunity to reach her full potential.
Team members begin individualized strength-training and conditioning in mid-September. Indoor competition runs from January through March and includes weekly co-ed invitational meets throughout New England. The indoor season culminates with the national championship.
During spring break, the team often travels south for training and competition., The outdoor season begins in March with large invitational meets leading to the NEWMAC, New England, ECAC and NCAA outdoor championships.
News:
Grover-Silva Earns All American Honors
Etta Grover-Silva (Arcata, CA) earned All American honors today with her 8th place finish in the pole vault (12'2.5" - 3.72m) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio. The event was won by Rachel Secrest of North Central College with a height of 13'2.25" -4.02m.
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Track Athletes Compete at ECAC Championship
Eight track & field athletes competed at the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Springfield College and finished 14th place out of 55 institutions.
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Tracksters Compete at Open New England Championships
The Pioneers finished 29th out 36 Division I, II and III schools today at the Open New England Outdoor Track & Field Championship held yesterday and today at the University of Massachusetts.
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Pioneers Finish 16th at New England Division III Track & Field Championship
Etta Grover-Silva (Arcata, CA) and the 4x400m relay team comprised of Alina Ainyette (South Orange, NJ), Anna Cressotti (Southampton, MA), Uzuri Sims (San Diego, CA) and Kristin Peck (Bethlehem, NY) each had second place finishes today at the New England Division III Track & Field Championships held at Springfield College and received All New England honors.
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Track & Field Takes Fourth in NEWMAC Championship
The Pioneers finished in fourth place today with 81 points in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Track & Field Championships held at Mount Holyoke College. MIT won the meet with 248 points followed by Springfield (175), Wheaton (155), Smith (81), WPI (60), Babson (27), Mount Holyoke (15) and Coast Guard (9).
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Track & Field Finishes 5th at Bowdoin Aloha Relays
Junior Etta Grover-Silva (Arcata, CA) won the pole vault and set a new facility record (11' 7 3/4") while the team finished fifth at the Bowdoin Aloha Relays today in Brunswick, Maine. Etta's vault provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.
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Pioneers Win Six Events at ECSU Invitational
The Pioneers won six events today at the team non-scoring Eastern Connecticut State University Track and Field Invitational in cold and wet conditions.
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Track & Field with a Successful Outing at Mount Holyoke Invitational
Eight Pioneers qualified for the New England Division III Championships with their performances this afternoon at the Mount Holyoke College Track & Field Invitational.
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Track & Field Performs Well at Trinity Invitational
The 2009 outdoor track and field team had many outstanding individual performances today at the non-team scoring Trinity Invitational.
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