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Stars in the Classroom A record-breaking 153 student athletes were
named to the Spring 2010 Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll, having met or exceeded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for the semester. The Owls’ previous high of 148 student athletes was set during the fall 2009 semester. baseball
Class of 2010 Business Administration Major, concentration in finance
The Owls captured the Northeast-10 Conference regular season title, matching the program record with 38 wins
Recent Wins: At the Northeast-10 Outdoor Championship, won the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles, setting meet and facility records. Part of winning — and record-setting — 4 x 100-meter relay team.
for the season. Athletic Accomplishments: 2009 U.S. Track and Field and men’s track The men’s outdoor
women’s swimming and diving
track and field team claimed
The women’s swim-
its eighth-straight Northeast-
ming and diving team won
10 Conference Champi-
its seventh-straight
onship. The Owls have
Northeast-10 Conference
now won 16-consecutive
Championship.
indoor and outdoor titles. softball The team capped off its best season in history,
women’s track and field The outdoor track and field team took first
Cross Country Association Indoor Track Athlete of the Year; 2008 and 2009 All-American; 2008 New England Champion in 400 hurdles; 2007 and 2008 Northeast10 Conference Champion in 55 hurdles; 2007 and 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Champion in 100 and 400 hurdles; 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Champion in 400 hurdles (outdoors) Favorite event: 400 hurdles Key to Success: “I never sleep before the meets. I think it might have something to do with my success. Everyone sleeps on the bus, but I am always awake talking to my coaches or looking out the window.”
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victories and
the North-
capturing its
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track, but not for a Division-I school. It [track] wasn’t
first North-
Outdoor
my top priority.”
east-10 Con-
Champi-
ference Tour-
onship for
nament
the third
Champi-
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onship.
four years.
Balancing the student with the athlete: “I wanted to run
Favorite Athlete: (Lori) Lolo Jones, a hurdler. Other sports played: Cheerleading Sport she’d like to try: “Definitely football. I think I could handle it.” Most proud of: Her college education. She is the first person in her family to graduate college. Looking Forward: “An office job isn’t for me. I would
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rather be a high school (business) teacher.”
— By Sarah Houseknecht, ’10 Summer 2010 | 11