Nicholas Staley
Nicholas Staley
Height: 6-2
Weight: 160
Year: So
Hometown: Medway, Mass.
High School: BC High
Position: Jumper
Major: Neuroscience

Career Personal Bests:
2x USTFCCCA All-East Region Selection (High Jump)
200m: 24.03-seconds UConn Spring Invitational, (3/31/12).
High Jump: 7-00.25 indoors/6-11.75 outdoors.
Long Jump: 21-00.72 UConn Spring Invitational, (3/31/12).

Indoor Season

2012-13: All-American (High Jump). NCAA Championships Qualifier (High Jump). New England Champion (High Jump). All-New England (High Jump). All-Northeast-10 Conference (High Jump). NE-10 Field Athlete of the Week (2/25). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring Semester). Competed in the high jump event in eight meets for the Skyhawks, culminating in an All-American finish. Started season off with a victory at UMass Boston Invitational (12/1/12), clearing 6-10.75. Captured 2nd in the next five meets. High jumps include a 6-11.50 mark at Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/7), 6-06.75 at URI Sorlien Invitational (1/19/13), 6-06.00 at Joe Donahue Games (1/25), 6-10.25 at URI Coaches Tribute Invitational (2/2), and 6-02.25 at Northeast-10 Championships (2/16), the latter good for an All-Conference bid. Captured the win at New England Championships (2/23) in the high jump, the 7-00.25 mark a personal indoor best and good enough to be declared the champion in New England for the high jump. Placed 5th at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships (3/9) in the high jump, clearing 6-10.75. Also saw action on the 4x400m relay team, part of a 3rd-place finish at URI Sorlien Invitational (3:28.87) and a 4th-place finish at Joe Donahue Games (3:30.47).

2011-12: NCAA Provisional Qualifier (High Jump). USTFCCCA East Region (High Jump). All-New England (High Jump). NE-10 Field Rookie of the Week (12/5, 12/12, 2/6, 2/20, 2/27). Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). Competed in the high jump eight times throughout the season for Stonehill. Placed 1st overall and posted an NCAA Provisional Qualifying height of 6-09.75 in his first-ever collegiate meet at the Jay Carisella Invitational (12/3/11). Finished 1st overall at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11) clearing a height of 6-08.00. Placed 3rd overall at the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) Championships (2/18/12) with a height of 6-08.25. Ranked 4th overall out of 16 competitors at the New England Championships (2/24/12) with an identical height of six-feet and 8.25-inches. Placed second overall at the Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12) with a personal best height (indoors) of six-feet and 10.25-inches. Ranked second overall at the University of New Hampshire Tri-Meet (1/21/12) by clearing 6-08.75. Finished 6th overall at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (1/27/12) with a height of 6-04.00.

Outdoor Season

2013: NCAA Provisional Qualifier (High Jump). New England Champion (High Jump). All-New England (High Jump). All-Northeast-10 (High Jump). Competed in every meet for the Skyhawks in the high jump event. Started the season off with a victory at Bridgewater State Bears Invitational (3/23), clearing 6-07.50. Finished 2nd at Duke Invitational (4/6) with a jump of 6-08.25. Was victorious at UMass Invitational (4/13), clearing a height of 6-07.00. Placed 2nd at Holy Cross Invitational (4/20) with a height of 6-08. Was victorious at Skyhawk Invitational (4/26) by clearing 6-09.75. Finished 2nd at Northeast-10 Championships (5/4) with a mark of 6-09.75, good for an All-Conference bid. Won the high jump event at New England Championships (5/11) with a jump of 6-10.75. Finished 10th at NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in the high jump with a mark of 6-10.75.

2012: Competed in six meets for the Skyhawks during the spring season. Took 4th at the UConn Spring Invitational in the high jump (6-06.34). Placed 21st/34 in the long jump (19-03.50) and 1st/7 in the high jump (6-08.70) at the George Davidson Invitational. Jumped to a 2nd place finish at both the Skyhawk Invitational (6-10.75) and The Holy Cross Crusades (6-06.75) in the high jump. Finished 1st/18 at the Brown Springtime Invitational in the high jump (6-11.00).

High School: 2011 graduate of BC High School. Four-year letterwinner in outdoor track and three-year letterwinner in indoor track. Captured the Division 1 state championship in the high jump his junior year. Two-time Division 1 state champion in the high jump. Catholic Conference Most Valuable Player in 2011 outdoor season.

Personal: Born on September 08, 1992 in York, Pa. Son of Maureen and Kim Staley of Medway, Mass. Has one sister, Erica (16). Lists greatest sports moment as winning the Division 1 Indoor Track state championship in the jump his junior year clearing 6'10. Lists favorite team as the Boston Celtics.