New Bedford, Mass., senior posted 13^th-fastest 110-meter hurdles time in Division II

EASTON, Mass. (April 10, 2014) – Stonehill College senior Xavier Dixon (New Bedford, Mass./New Bedford) has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week by the league office.

Dixon, who earns the weekly award for the first time in his career, provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., next month with his performance in the 110-meter high hurdles at the 49^th Colonial Relays, hosted by William & Mary University, on Friday and Saturday. He finished third in Saturday's final with a time of 14.68-seconds after qualifying second out of 38 entries in Friday's prelims with his provisional qualifying time of 14.47-seconds. The time ranks first in the Northeast-10 and 13^th nationally in Division II. Dixon also ran the third leg for Stonehill's 4x100-meter relay that finished 14^th in 42.99-seconds.

Dixon, who qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in his career last month, has earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-East Region honors seven times over his career, including three for the 110-meter hurdles. He placed 11^th in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C., in March after capturing his first NE-10 title for the event and earning All-New England honors for the fifth time with his fourth place finish at the New England Indoor Championships in February. Dixon has earned All-Northeast-10 honors seven times, winning a pair of hurdles championships as he added a 110-meter championship in 2012 to his 60-meter crown this winter.

Dixon posted a career-best 110-meter hurdle time of 14.42-seconds in finishing third at the 2013 New England Outdoor Championships to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships. His personal-best at the 60-meter hurdles is 8.00-seconds to win the NE-10 Championship this winter. Dixon has also posted a personal-best 200-meter time of 23.47-seconds at the 2013 Skyhawk Invitational.

Stonehill, which is ranked second in this week's USTFCCCA Division II East Regional computer rankings, is back in action on Saturday when it competes at the Minuteman Invitational, hosted by the University of Massachusetts, at the UMass Track & Athletic Complex in Amherst, Mass., on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Stonehill, which will host its annual home Skyhawk Invitational on Friday, April 25, is also the host of the 2013 Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium on Friday and Saturday, May 2-3.

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