Sophomore Stephen Polito led Stonehill with a 62nd-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships today in Indiana. |
#11 Stonehill 21st at NCAA Championships
Polito leads Skyhawks with 62nd-place finish overall
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (November 21, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked 11th in the most recent U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II poll, turned in a 21st place finish at the 2009 NCAA Division II Championships, hosted by the University of Southern Indiana, this afternoon.
Stonehill turned in a team score of 474 to finish 21st out of 24 programs that qualified for the National Championships. Adams State College posted a team score of 23 points to capture its second-straight National Championship (seventh overall), while Western State University (86pts) was second and Colorado University of Mines (153) took third. Adams State senior Reuben Mwei led his team to the title with the men's individual championship as he completed the ten-kilometer course in 30:27.8.
Sophomore Stephen Polito (Worcester, Mass./Doherty Memorial) led Stonehill with a 62nd-place finish (out of 182 overall) as he completed the 10K in 33:00.5 - finishing 48 positions better than his NCAA Championships debut in 2008. Junior Pat Fullerton (Bradford, Mass./Haverhill) took 105th place in 33:56.2, while classmate Kevin Gill (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) posted a time of 34:03.4 for 111th overall.
Stonehill concludes its season after capturing its fifth Northeast-10 Conference championships and earning its seventh NCAA Championships appearance after placing second at the NCAA East Regional two weeks ago.
