Inaugural Track Meet Honors Coach Don Kleinow
Siena Heights University honored its former longtime coach at the inaugural Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational April 14 at O’Laughlin Stadium. There was a special ceremony in which the track was dedicated and blessed, and members of the Kleinow family and current and former track and field athletes ran a lap in memory of Kleinow, who passed away in 2011. The Saints also debuted a new raised runway pole vault pit, one of only a few in the Midwest. SHU’s Lenzey Stidham and Ricky DePalma took full advantage, winning the collegiate portion of the vault. Freshman high jumper Phoenix Duncan also set a new school women’s outdoor record at the meet by jumping 5 feet, 10 inches.