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South Easton, Mass. – Stonehill College freshman
track & field athlete Corey Thomas (Brookline,
Mass.) and the University of New Haven junior athlete
Shannon Gagne (Meriden, Conn.) were named
the 2009-2010 Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the
year in a vote by the conference’s head coaches.
In addition, American International College’s
Noel James (Whitman, Mass.) and
Stonehill’s Erin Carmone (Riverside,
R.I.) were selected the 2009-2010 Freshmen of the
Year. The awards were announced Thursday night at the Northeast-10
Indoor Track & Field Championship at the Reggie Lewis Center in
Boston, Mass.
Coach of the Year accolades went out to American
International’s Leo Mayo as the
men’s track & field Coach o the Year, while the
University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Gary
Gardner was honored as the women’s indoor track
& field Coach of the Year.
Thomas was named the most valuable athlete at the Northeast-10
Championships Thursday night after breaking the conference meet
record in the 55-meter hurdles (7.51) and finished second in the
high jump with a leap of 7’ 0.25”. Thomas has already
qualified for the NCAA Championship with a leap of
7’1.00” he made earlier in the season. He also
automatically qualified in the 55-meter hurdles.
Gagne was named the NE-10 championship’s most valuable
athlete after collecting four first-place finishes including the
55-meter dash (7.22), 400-meters (56.56), 200-meters (25.36) and
the long jump (18’ 4.25”). Gagne currently ranks number
one in the Northeast-10 this season in all four events as well as
the top 20 in all of Division II. She has also either provisionally
or automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in all four
events.
James automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship after
clearing 7’ 1.50” in the high jump at the Northeast-10
Championship. His winning jump bettered his previous mark of
7’ 0.25 which he has cleared twice this season. James has
also recorded a jump of 44’ 10.75” in the triple jump
this season which is the top mark by a freshman in the Northeast-10
this season.
Carmone, the NE-10 Cross Country Freshman of the Year, continues
to add to her freshman resume as she won the 3000 meters event at
the Northeast-10 Championships with a winning time of 10:34.46. At
the Boston Indoor Games she recorded the second-best time in the
NE-10 this season in the 3,000-meters with a time of 10:12.95. She
was also part of the winning 4x800 relay team that finished with a
time of 9:48.43 at the NE-10 Championship.
With 16 member institutions the Northeast-10 shares the
distinction of being the largest Division II conference in the
country along with the PSAC and WVIAC. Its 23 championship sports
provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the
largest such program of any Division II conference.
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