Patrick Fullerton

#9 Stonehill Takes Fifth at New England Championships

Fullerton leads Skyhawks with 17^th-place finish overall

Varsity Results

Sub-Varsity Results 

BOSTON, Mass. (October 10, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked ninth in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II poll, posted a fifth place finish at the New England Championships, hosted by the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association, at Franklin Park today.

Stonehill posted a team score of 235 for fifth place out of 47 programs from NCAA Divisions I, II and III. The University of Massachusetts Lowell, ranked

Kevin Gill

12^th nationally in Division II, won the team title with a score of 93, followed by the University of Massachusetts (116), Providence College (171), the University of New Hampshire (181) and Stonehill.

American International's Glaruis Rop (Eldoret, Kenya) won for the third time this season, taking the individual crown by completing the 8-kilometer course in 24:22.

Junior Patrick Fullerton (Bradford, Mass./Haverhill) led Stonehill with a time of 25:12 to finish 17^th out of 320 competitors. Classmate Kevin Gill (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) took 33^rd in 25:27, followed by sophomore Stephen Polito (Worcester, Mass./Doherty Memorial) in 34^th with a time of 25:29. All seven Skyhawk runners finished within a span of 1:15.

Stonehill returns to action in two weeks when it takes part in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, hosted by Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vt., on Sunday, October 25.