Height: | 5-11 |
Weight: | 145 |
Year: | Sr |
Hometown: | Pelham, N.H. |
High School: | Bishop Guertin |
Major: | Criminology/Psychology |
Career
Bests:
8K: 25:08.21 (17th overall) NE-10 Championships
(10/23/11)
10K: 32:29.1 (25th overall) NCAA Division II East
Regionals (11/22/14)
2015: NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll fall semester. Athletic Director's Honor Roll fall semester.
2014: All-East Regional honors. NE-10 All-Conference third team. Competed in six of Stonehill's meets during his 5th year. Opened up at the Kutztown Invitational with a 11th place finish and a time of 26:22.0. Finised 150th at the Paul Short Invitational with a time of 25:35. Ran a time of 30:46.8 at the Gates Farm meet which earned him a 5th place finish. Collected All-Confernce third team honors at the NE-10 Championship meet with his 15th place finish in a time of 28:40.9. Earned All-East regional honors at the NCAA East Regional Championship meet with a 25th place finish in 32:29.1. Competed in the NCAA DII Championship meet and finished the meet in 70th place with a time of 70th 32:15.0.
2013:
Capital One Academic All-District. Northeast-10
Academic All-Conference. NE-10 All-Conference second team. NE-10
Commissioner's Honor Roll (both
semesters). Athletic Director's Honor
Roll (both semesters). Competed in five of
Stonehill's seven meets during his senior campaign. Opened his
season with a 51st-place effort in 27:09.02 at the DII/DIII
Challenge (9/14). Finished 100th and clocked in at 26:02 at the New
England Championships (10/12). Collected All-Conference second team
accolades after placing eighth overall in 25:49 at the NE-10
Championships (10/27). Earned a time of 33:18.6, good for 36th
place, at the East Region Championships (11/10). Capped off his
senior season at the NCAA DII Championships in Spokane, Wash.,
where he placed 237th in 35:18.5 (11/23). Fontanella Earns Capital One Academic All-District
Honors. Fontanella Named To Northeast-10 Academic All-Conference
Team.
2012: Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award. NE-10 Commisioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both semesters. Chairperson of Stonehill Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC). Finished in 40th place and clocked in at 25:43 at the Minuteman Invitational 8k. Earned a time of 26:16 and a 141st place finish in the 8k race at the New England Championships.
2011: USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. NE-10 All-Conference Third Team. NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Athletic Director's Honor Roll fall semester. Finished 17th overall at the NE-10 Championships with a season-best time in the 8-kilometers (25:08.21). Posted a time of 32:46.9 (10-kilometers) at the NCAA Division II East Regionals. Ran a time of 34:58.0 at the NCAA Division II National Championships (10-kilometers). Finished 31st overall and 10th among Division II competitors at the National Catholic Championships (8k, 25:32). Posted a time of 26:32 (8k) at the New England Championships. Fontanella Named To The NE-10 All-Conference Third Team.
2010: NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Athletic Director's Honor Roll spring semester. Finished fifth overall with a time of 16:17 (5k) in his collegiate debut at the Trinity Bantams Invitational helping the Skyhawks to a team title. Placed as the top freshman finisher in the meet on 9/11. NE-10 Rookie of the Week (9/14).
High School: 2010 graduate of Bishop Guertin High School. Letterwinner in cross country and indoor and outdoor track. Member of two-time state champion cross country team and Class L champion outdoor track team.
Personal: Born September 3, 1992, Pelham, N.H. Son of Tom and Liz Fontanella of Pelham. Two brothers, Austin (24) and Clint (15). Stonehill's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee chairperson.