Demetrios Pagonis

Height:
6-2
Weight:
150
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Westminster, Md.
High School:
McDonogh School

Cross Country
2012: Second team All-Southern Conference … placed second on the team, 18th overall, in 25:00 in season debut at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational … led Davidson at the Louisville Pre-National Meet in 24:37 … led team with eighth place finish in 24:57 to earn second team All-SoCon honors at the SoCon Championship … led team at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a Davidson 10K top-10 all-time best performance of 31:10 to place 42nd.

2011: Led Davidson to victory at the USC Upstate Eye Opener Invitational with a fifth-place finish in 25:58 to earn SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week honors ... placed fifth in a personal best and Davidson top-10 time of 24:19 at the Clemson Invitational ... finished 13th in 24:20 at the Greater Louisville XC Classic ... placed 16th in 24:59 at the SoCon Cross Country Championship ... placed 97th at the NCAA?Southeast Regional in 32:30 on the 10K course.

2010: Named second-team All-SoCon after placing 10th in 25:06 at the SoCon Championships … placed 70th in a Davidson 10K top-10 all-time 32:31 at the NCAA Southeast Regionals … Davidson’s second finisher in four of six meets … placed 14th in 20:14 at the season-opening 6400m ASU Covered Bridge Open … helped Davidson win the Clemson Invitational running a career-best 25:29 to place fourth and break onto Davidson’s top-10 performers list … improved on time at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic (25:26) … broke 25-minute barrier at the Royal Cross Country Challenge, finishing in a Davidson all-time top-10 best 24:59 (13th place).

2009: Named to Southern Conference All-Freshman team … Made debut in Davidson’s winning effort at the Winthrop Invitational, finishing as Davidson’s third-finisher in 13th overall (26:28) … Finished in 26:24 at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic … Was Davidson’s seventh-finisher (26:40) at the Blue Ridge Mountain Open, aiding the team to a second-place finish … Rounded-out top-five scoring group with 30th-place finish in 26:32 as Davidson finished a program-best second at the SoCon Championships … Fourth Davidson finisher at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with 10K time of 32:51.

Track & Field
2012: Indoor 5000-meter run SoCon Champion … won the 5000m at the Niswonger Invitational in 14:34.84 … won the 3000m at the Kent Taylor Invitational in a school-record 8:19.80 … took fifth place in the 5000m at the BU Valentine Invitational in 14:25.02, breaking the previous Davidson record, but finishing behind teammate Ryan Hopkins (14:22.35) … took first place in the 5000m in a personal-best 14:22.47 and claimed third place in the 3000m in a school-record 8:16.27 at the SoCon Indoor Championships … bested previous Davidson outdoor 5000m record in 14:17.27, but again finished behind Hopkins (14:12.79), to finish eighth at the Raleigh Relays … took third place in the 5000m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships in 14:54.87 to earn all-conference honors … placed 10^th in the 10,000m at the Penn Relays, running the second-fastest time in Davidson history (30:12.90) … took 13^th place in the 5000m in a Davidson top-10 14:26.42 at the Virginia Challenge.

2011: Scored points in both the 3000m and 5000m at the indoor SoCon Championships with Davidson all-time top-10 performances in both events … placed eighth in the 3000m in 8:31.08 and 7th in the 5000m in 14:52.49 … opened indoor season in the 5000m at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational in 15:31.82 … finished second to Davidson’s Charlie Schmitt at the UNC Invitational in the 3000m running Davidson top-10 time of 8:33.85 … opened outdoor season with a Davidson top-10 best time of 8:37.60 in the 3000m to place third at the Charlotte 49er Classic … ran a Davidson top-10 best 14:40.79 in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays … member of 4x800m relay team that placed third at the Terrier Relays in a Davidson top-10 best 7:59.08 and the 4x1600m relay team that won in a Davidson top-10 best 17:56 … completed the 5000m in a Davidson top-10 best 14:49.25 at the Duke Invitational … placed fifth in the 10,000m in a Davidson top-10 best 30:58.43 and seventh in the 5000m (15:10.72) at the outdoor SoCon Championships.

2010: Ran a personal best and Davidson all-time top-10 15:02.15 in the 5000m at the indoor SoCon Championships … first broke onto top-10 performer lists in the 3000m (8:41.96) and the 5000m (15:19.58) at the Liberty Open … placed sixth in the 3000m (8:49.48) at the UNC Invitational … named to the Freshman All-Southern Conference team in the 10,000m with a sixth place finish in 32:20.96 at the outdoor SoCon Championships … ran the fifth fastest 3000m in Davidson history to place second in 8:35.19 to place second at the Carolina’s Cup (Winthrop) … qualified for the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships after placing ninth with a Davidson top-10 all-time performance in the 5000m in 14:58.42 at the Charlotte 49er Classic.

Prior to Davidson: Nine-year letter winner in both track and cross country at the McDonogh School ... 2008 All-Metro Cross Country Team member ... Named to the 2009 All-Metro Track Second Team ... Honorable Mention All-State Cross Country following junior season ... All-Conference Cross Country performer as a junior, and All-Conference in Outdoor Track as a senior ... Three-time Coach’s Award winner ... Was given the Eagle Award in a vote of his peers for cross country in 2008, indoor track in 2009 and outdoor track in 2009 ... Ran a personal-best 5K time of 16:48 ... Holds the school record in the 3,200-meters (9:36.90).

Personal: Son of Vasilis Pagonis and Mary Jo Boylan ... Has a sister, Zoe, who runs track at Amherst College ... Graduated Cum Laude ... Was the winner of the Sophomore Chemistry Award and Senior Physics Award.