Height: | 5-5 |
Year: | Jr |
Hometown: | Worcester, Mass. |
High School: | Doherty Memorial |
Major: | Graphic Design |
2009:
NE-10 All-Conference Second Team
NE-10 Academic All-Conference
Fourth overall at Bryant Invitational. Placed 21st at
UMass-Dartmouth Invitational. Tenth at USI Pre-National
Invitational. Placed 8th at NE-10 Championship to earn a selection
to the All-Conference Second Team. Finished 34th overall at New
England Championship. Placed 18th at NCAA Division II East Regional
meet. Top Stonehill finisher at NCAA Championship, placing 62nd
overall.
2008:
All-East Region Team
NE-10 Freshman of the Week (9/15)
NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/15, 11/24)
Placed 6th in the 8k at the Tufts Invite (27:26). Placed 96th in
the 8k at the Iona Meet of Champions (26:37). Placed 139th in the
8k at the New England Championships (26:38). Placed 16th overall in
the 8k at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships (25:58),
earning Third Team All-Conference accolades. Placed 12th in the 10k
at the East Regional Championships (32:10), earning All-Regional
accolades. Finished 110th in the 10k at the NCAA Championships
(33:25).
High School:
2008 graduate of Doherty Memorial High School. Three-year
letterwinner. Captained the team as a senior. Telegram and Gazette
All-Star. Two-time Inter-high champion in cross country. Four-year
letterwinner in indoor and outdoor track. Captained both teams as a
junior and senior. National Honor Society member.
Personal:
Born December 31, 1989, Worcester, Mass. Son of Karen and Martin
Polito of Worcester, Mass. Has one sister, Stephanie (16). Lists
greatest sports moment as beating teammate Zach Lankow in the mile
during his junior year of high school, when Zach was a senior.
Supports the Worcester Tornados baseball team.