Gomolinski Named to Academic All-District Team

Jake Gomolinski has been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division men's track & field/cross country team, announced on Thursday.

Gomolinski was named to the first team and advances to the national ballot for Academic All-America honors. To be nominated for the ESPN The Magazine All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 or higher cumulative grade-point average and be a starter or a significant reserve.

A senior sprinter for the Franklin & Marshall's men's track & field team, he turned in outstanding performances during the 2007-08 season. Gomolinski won two individual medals and anchored the record-setting 4x100 relay team at the Centennial Conference (CC) Outdoor Championships to earn Most Outstanding Track Performer of the meet. He captured the 100m and 200m, while helping the relay team break the conference record by three hundredths of a second for the gold medal.

Academically, Gomolinski was a three-time CC Academic Honor Roll selection and Tom Floyd Track award winner. He was president of the Black Pyramid Senior Honor Society and founding member of the John Marshall Pre-Law Honor Society, while being a member of the Delphic Society and the John Marshall Leadership Institute. Gomolinski also served as the Student-Athletic Advisory Committee President from 2006-07.

The members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) select the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team. The 11 first-team selections move onto the national ballot for 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American honors.

The District II College Division consists of all non-NCAA Division I colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.