March 13, 2008

Sacred Heart senior Arman Dixon (Beacon, NY) was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Northeast Region Athlete of the Year for the indoor track season. Assistant Coach Kenny Franklin took home the USTFCCCA Regional Assistant Coach award as well.

Dixon won three events - the long jump, 60 meters and 400 meters - in leading the Pioneers to their first-ever Northeast Conference men's championship. Dixon, a senior from Beacon, N.Y., was named the NEC's outstanding indoor performer for the third time. He also finished second in the 200 and third in the triple jump.

Franklin's work with the sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers was rewarded when Sacred Heart won the first Northeast Conference men's indoor title in program history. Arman Dixon won three events and was named the meet's outstanding male performer on both the track and field. Franklin is in his fifth year at Sacred Heart.