Keene State College

Dedicated runner who made tremendous progress in his first two years with the Keene State running program and should blossom during his junior season…not a natural track runner but making strides in distance races.

Cross Country: 2009: top freshman times included a 27:58 at the UMass-Dartmouth (JV) Invitational and a 28:38 at the LEC championships…Track: 2009-10: Indoors, finished seventh (9:02.89) in the 3K at the LEC championships…and ran a 9:00.71 3k at the Boston University Terrier Classic…Outdoors, finished fifth in the 5,000 (16:07.49) at the LEC Championships.

2010-11 Cross Country:  Injured midway through season which was a setback for him and the team…ran a 25:46 at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational and was the Owls’ fourth man (27:11) at the Williams Invitational…Track:  Indoors, qualified for the New England Division III championships, placing 11th in the 3K (8:47.88)…place fifth in the 3K at the LEC meet (8:53.23)...also qualified for the All-Division New England meet, posting a time of 15:16 in the 5K...….Outdoors, earned All-LEC honors with his third place finish in the 5K (15:53.27).

Before KSC: joined Owls after competing for four years at Bolton (Conn.) High....a three-time All-Conference performer on the trails who also earned All-State (Class S) honors as a senior...senior team captured State (Class S) championship....place eight at state championship meet with a time of 17:38....will run 800-meters and relay events on the track....am honor roll and a National Honor Society member who was named 2009 Bolton High''s male athlete of the year....

Personal:  A member of the LEC All-Academic team, Thomas is a health science major.