BRUNSWICK, ME – The Saint Joseph's College men's track and field team opened the 2013-14 indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the Bowdoin College Invitational on Saturday.

Senior Faisal Abdillahi (Lewiston, Maine) notched a runner-up effort in the 400-meter dash (51.19) and sophomore Sam Dunay (Groton, Conn.) placed second with a 9.71 time in the 60-meter hurdles event.

The quartet of Connor Dufour (Augusta, Maine), Joe DiSalvo (Derry, N.H.), Nick Shuckrow (Winslow, Maine) and Taidghe Hagan (Reading, Mass.) also posted a team-record 8:47.02 time in the 4x800 meter relay, an effort that was good for third-place in the event.

Bowdoin won the invitational with 143 team points while University of Southern Maine (113 points), Colby College (41), Saint Joseph's (23) and Maine-Farmington (10) rounded out the field of participating teams.

Saint Joseph's returns to action on January 11th with an appearance in the University of Southern Maine Invitational.

Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 430-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.