Thomas	Zawalich
Hanlon	Blaszczyk
Patrick Cooney	Kincade
Polito	Byrnes
McCann	Georgaklis
Harris-Dixon	Perkins
Saintil	Capezzuto
Staley

Junior All-American named East Region Field Athlete of the Year for third-straight season, leads list of 15 All-East Region selections for Skyhawks

It marks the third-straight year Thomas has earned East Region Field Athlete of the Year for the indoor season, to go with an outdoor award in 2010, sharing the honors this winter with University of New Haven sophomore Matthew Jeune. Stonehill's 15 All-East Region performers nearly double last year's list of eight honorees named to the USTFCCCA's inaugural All-Region squad.

Thomas and freshman Daniel Zawalich (Paxton, Mass./St. John's) both have earned All-East Region honors in two events for their efforts over the winters. Also collecting All-Region plaudits are Stonehill's 4000-meter distance medley relay team consisting of Zawalich, junior All-American Sean Hanlon (Georgetown, Mass./St. John's Prep), sophomore Justin Blaszczyk (Saint James, N.Y./Smithtown) and freshman Patrick Cooney (Douglaston, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) as well as seniors Daniel Kincade (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield) and Stephen Polito (Worcester, Mass./Doherty Memorial), juniors Luke Byrnes (Glen Head, N.Y./Chaminade) and Kevin McCann (Monroe, Conn./Masuk), sophomores George Georgaklis (Westwood, Mass./Westwood), Xavier Harris-Dixon (New Bedford, Mass./New Bedford), Ryan Perkins (Shrewsbury, Conn./St. John's) and Herby Saintil (Roslindale, Mass./BC High) as well as freshmen Nicholas Capezzuto (North Reading, Mass./North Reading) and Nicholas Staley (Medway, Mass./BC High).

Thomas, the defending indoor high jump national champion, earns All-East Region honors in two events for the second-straight year for the indoor high jump and 60-meter high hurdles, to go with outdoor All-East honors in the high jump and 110-meter high hurdles last season. He captured his second indoor high jump New England Championship by clearing a program-record matching 7-feet, 2.25-inches, marking the second-highest leap in the East Region and fifth highest overall in Division II this winter. He also earned a runner up finish at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship (7-0.25) to go with event wins the University Tri-Meet (6-10.75), Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (7-0.25) and a second place showing at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (6-10.25).

Thomas posted the fastest 60-meter hurdles time in the East Region with his school-record effort of 8.07-seconds in the preliminary round of the New England Championships. The three-time NE-10 55-meter hurdle champion also earned All-New England honors during the indoor season for the third-straight year with his fourth place finish this winter (8.20) to go with event wins at the UNH Tri-Meet (7.58/55m) and Joe Donahue Boston Indoor Games (7.48/55m).

Thomas has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for both events for the third straight year, ranking fifth nationally as he looks to defend his high jump national championship and 14^th in the 60-meter hurdles. He is a five time NCAA Division II All-American, collecting four in the high jump (two indoor, two outdoor) and another in the 60-meter high hurdles. He has also earned ten All-New England and All-Northeast-10 Conference honors, six U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region and four USTFCCCA East Region Field Athlete of the Year awards.

Thomas has won seven Northeast-10 titles (five hurdles and two high jump) and four New England championships, with two indoor and one outdoor high jump championship to go with a 60-meter hurdles title when he became the first double New England champion in program history during the indoor championships as a freshman. He holds the school record in all five events he competes in at Stonehill. He cleared an indoor school record 7-feet, 2.25-inches at the 2010 New England Championships that he matched on Saturday and an outdoor record 7-1.5 at the U.S. Junior Nationals at Drake University during the summer following his freshman year. Thomas ran the 110-meter hurdles in a record time of 14.31-seconds at the 2011 New England Outdoor. He also holds the 55-meter hurdles record of 7.45-seconds set at the 2010 New England Championships.

Zawalich collects All-Region honors for the first time in two events to cap his first collegiate indoor season. He earns individual honors for the mile as his time of 4:10.30 is the fifth-best time in the East Region this winter and ranks 21^st nationally in Division II. Zawalich clocked the time with his 13^th place finish at the New England Championships, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships.

Zawalich earned NE-10 Track Rookie of the Week honors once in his first collegiate season. He posted a pair of second place finishes at the Reggie Poyau Invitational at Brandeis in the 1000-meter run (2:31.47) as well as the 4x800-meter relay (8:07.70) and also placed third in the 800-meter run (1:57.07) at the NE-10 Championships.

Zawalich also runs the mile anchor leg for Stonehill's 4000-meter distance medley relay team that has qualified for this weekend's NCAA Championships with its school-record time of 9:50.33 to place third at the New England Championships and earn All-New England honors. It marks the third-fastest time in the region this winter and ranks sixth nationally. Also collecting All-Region honors for the DMR is Hanlon for the second-straight year and the only returning member of last year's All-America performing team as he runs the 800-meter third leg, while Blaszczyk (1200-meter lead leg) and Cooney (400-meter second leg) earn All-Region honors for the first time for their efforts with the relay team.

The Stonehill DMR captured the Northeast-10 Championship with a time of 10:16.90, while also finishing eighth at the BU Valentine Invitational (10:04.38) and third at the Joe Donahue Boston Collegiate Games (10:18.80).

Polito earns indoor All-Region honors for the first time with his 5000-meter time of 14:47.81 to win the event at the Joe Donahue Boston Collegiate Games. This winter, he has also posted a pair of third place finishes in the 3000-meters at the NE-10 Championships (8:35.61) as well as part of the Skyhawks 4x800-meter relay that finished third at the UNH Tri-Meet (8:10.57).

Polito has now collected six All-Region awards over his career, including two last spring for outdoor track and field (5000m & 10,000m) as well as three for cross country. He earned All-New England honors for those outdoor events last spring and led the Skyhawks to the NCAA Cross Country Championships and an NE-10 Cross Country Championship during the fall. He earned the NE-10's Sport Excellence Award for cross country for the second-straight year.

Kincade earns indoor All-Region honors in the weight throw for the second-straight year, marking his third All-East honor overall as he collected the honors for the hammer throw during the outdoor season last spring. His school-record distance of 55-feet, 2.00-inches, placed sixth overall at the BU Valentine Invitational. Kincade placed second at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (50-2.00) and third at the NE-10 Championships (53-10.50)

Kincade earned All-East Region honors in the hammer throw with his school-record distance of 167-feet, five-inches, at the Northeast-10 Championships last spring to place third overall.

McCann earns his first indoor All-East Region award for the pole vault after collecting the honors for outdoor pole vault last spring. He cleared a season-best 14-feet, 0.5-inches, to place fifth overall at the URI Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational. McCann turned in a third place showing at the NE-10 Championships with a height of 13-7.25, and was eighth at the Joe Donahue Boston Collegiate Games (14-feet, even).

McCann cleared a program record 14-feet, 3.25-inches to pick up All-East Region honors for the pole vault during the outdoor season last spring. He later matched that height with a tenth place finish at the New England Outdoor Championships.

Byrnes earns All-East Region honors for the first time with his performance in the pole vault. He cleared a school-record 14-feet, 7.25-inches, with an eighth place finish at the BU Valentine Invitational, a height he later matched in an 18^th place showing at the New England Championships. Byrnes posted event wins at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (13-7.25) and UNH Tri-Meet (13-9.25) and was also third at the NE-10 Championships (13-7.25) and Charley Torpey Memorial (14-6.25).

Perkins caps a trio of Stonehill pole vaulters to earn All-Region honors with the first selection of his career. He cleared a personal-best 13-feet, 9.25-inches with his second place finish at the UNH Tri-Meet. Perkins also placed second at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (13-7.25) and was fifth at the NE-10 Championships (13-7.25).

Harris-Dixon earns All-Region honors for the 60-meter hurdles for the second-straight year, while also collecting outdoor All-Region honors in the 110-meter hurdles. He clocked his personal best time this winter with his converted time off a second place finish to Thomas at the NE-10 Championships in 7.72-seconds, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the first time. Harris-Dixon earned a first place finish at the Reggie Poyau Invitational in 7.90-seconds, while also placing third at the UNH Tri-Meet (7.81) and fourth at the Joe Donahue Boston Collegiate Games (7.77). He also collected indoor All-New England honors for the first time with his eighth place finish in 8.27-seconds in the 60-meter hurdles.

The three time All-Region honoree collected All-New England honors in the 110-meter high hurdles (14.68-seconds) at the New England Outdoor Championships last spring. Harris-Dixon is also a three-time All-Northeast-10 selection, with a pair of indoor honors as well as an outdoor performance during his freshman season.

Saintil earns All-East Region honors for the first time in the triple jump after clearing 44-feet, 10.25-inches during a third place finish at the Northeast-10 Championships. He was also second at the Reggie Poyau Invitational with a distance of 42-1.25, to go with a third place finish as part of Stonehill's 4x400-meter relay (3:35.92). Saintil placed fourth in the triple jump at the UNH Tri-Meet (42-2.75).

Georgaklis earns All-East Region honors for the first time with his performance in the triple jump. He cleared 44-feet, 0.75-inches in his fourth place finish at the Northeast-10 Championships. He also turned in a seventh place finish at the UNH Tri-Meet (41-1.75) and an eighth place effort at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (39-0.25).

Georgaklis recorded a pair of strong performances in the long jump as well, placing sixth at the Poyau Invite (19-6.25) and UNH (20-3.50).

Capezzuto earns All-East Region honors following his first collegiate indoor season with his time of 1:52.81 in the 800-meter run to place 15^th overall at the New England Championships and provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships. It marks the fifth fastest time in the region this season and the 22^nd fastest in all of Division II. He earned All-New England honors this winter as part of Stonehill's 4x800-meter relay team that placed fifth at the New England Championships in 7:41.53, while also collecting All-NE-10 honors for that event with a second place showing at the Championships in 8:01.69.

Capezzuto won the 800-meter run at the season-opening Jay Carisella Invitational (1:57.65), while taking third with the 4x400-meter relay at the UNH Tri-Meet (3:36.35) and fourth in the 500-meter run (1:09.95).

Staley also earns All-East Region honors in the high jump for the first time to close out his first collegiate season. His height of 6-feet, 10.25-inches in his second place finish behind Thomas at the Charley Torpey Memorial marks the third-best performance in the region this winter and ranks 17^th nationally. Staley, who earned NE-10 Rookie of the Week honors five times this season, placed first in the event in his first two collegiate meets at both the Jay Carisella Invitational (6-9.75) and Reggie Poyau Invitational (6-08).

Staley earned All-New England honors with his fourth place showing at the New England Championships (6-8.25) to go with a third place showing at the NE -10 Championships (6-8.25). He also picked up a second place finish at the UNH Tri-Meet (6-8.75).

Thomas and the 4000-meter distance medley relay will compete at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, hosted by Minnesota State University Mankato, on Friday and Saturday.