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Senior Angus MacDonald (Methuen, Mass.) and sophomore Scott Boiko (Chelmsford, Mass.) were named to the Capital One 2012 District 1 All-Academic Track & Field/Cross Country Team, released Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Both MacDonald and Boiko are eligible for Capital One Academic All-America Team honors, to be announced in mid-June.

The Capital One Academic All-District Teams are selected by members of CoSIDA. To be eligible, student-athletes (sophomores and above) must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and be a significant contributor on his/her team.

MacDonald maintained a 3.47 in mathematics as an undergraduate and a 3.78 in the Curriculum and Instruction master's program. A biology major, Boiko has maintained a 3.48 average.

The honor is the latest of many academic plaudits for MacDonald, who was recently named the recipient of the Northeast-10 Conference Scholar Athlete Sport Excellence Award for indoor track and field. He was also cited to the NE-10 Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Team for the third straight year.

Both MacDonald and Boiko enjoyed stellar seasons, indoor and outdoor. MacDonald recently capped his career by earning All-American honors for the 10^th time when he placed sixth in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championship in 4:15.59. He also qualified for the NCAAs in the 5,000 meters (placing 13^th) and won the NE-10 championship in the 1,500 meters in a Conference-record 3:47.29.

MacDonald enjoyed arguably his best indoor season, earning All-American honors in both the distance medley relay, in which the River Hawks placed fifth at the NCAA Championship in 9:50.08 (he ran the mile in 4:08); and the open mile, in which he placed sixth in 4:12.62. Earlier, he shattered the school record in the indoor mile with a time of 4:04.98 at the Boston University Valentine Invitational.

Boiko was also a member of the DMR team as he ran the 800 meters in 1:57.8. Together, Boiko and MacDonald led the River Hawk men to ninth place at the NCAA indoor championship – their best finish ever.

Both MacDonald and Boiko also led the River Hawks to the DMR title at the New England Championship with a school-record time of 9:50.08, resulting in a fifth-place finish in the team standings among 31 Division I, II and III colleges.

The two also ran splits on UMass Lowell's 4X800 meter relay team that placed second (7:45.47) and earned All-Conference honors at the NE-10 outdoor championship.

MacDonald is the son of Angus and Janice MacDonald of Methuen, Mass. Boiko is the son of Gary and Lisa Boiko of Chelmsford, Mass.