Women's Outdoor Track & Field

Goff, Young, & Abbott Collect GNAC Weekly Honors

Posted: Mar 29, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly awards have been announced and three Saint Joseph's College outdoor track & field athletes have earned honors.

For their performances at Bridgewater State University on Saturday, senior Ashtyn Abbott (Farmingdale, Maine) has been named as the GNAC Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, junior Brooklyn Goff (Biddeford, Maine) is the March 27th GNAC Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, and freshman Alexia Young (Rochester, N.H.) has garnered GNAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week acclaim.

Goff placed fifth in the 100-Meter Hurdles (17.30), sixth in the Long Jump (4.72m), and eighth in the High Jump (1.45m) at Bridgewater State on Saturday.

Making her outdoor debut, Young placed 10th overall in the 400-meter dash (1:05.41) at Bridgewater State.

Abbott won the High Jump with a New England qualifying jump of 1.90m, placed fifth in the Triple Jump (11.59m), and 12th in the Long Jump (5.61m) in the Monks' first outdoor meet of the 2023 season.

Saint Joseph's returns to action on Saturday, April 8th when the team travels to Fitchburg State University to compete in the Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.