STANDISH, ME – The Saint Joseph's College men's and women's indoor track & field program participated in the NCAA DIII New England Championship on Saturday. The women competed at Williams College while the men ran at MIT in Boston.

On the men's side, senior Faisal Abdillahi (Lewiston, Maine), sophomore Connor Dufour (Augusta, Maine), sophomore Taidghe Hagan (Reading, Mass.) and junior Joe DiSalvo (Derry, N.H.) posted an 11:20.55 time and finished 12th overall in the distance medley relay. Running the event for the first time in the program's short history, the quartet established a team record with the effort.

Abdillahi also ran in the 400-meter dash and placed 13th with a 51.49 performance in the event.

For the women, sophomore Lauren Rabideau (Ballston Spa, N.Y.), freshman Marisa Lundy (Merrimac, Mass.), junior Heather Eaton (Lincolnville, Maine) and junior Amber Dostie (Standish, Maine) raced to an 11th-place finish in the distance medley relay with a 13:06.90 effort, a time that counts as a new program record.

The regional championship concludes the indoor season for Saint Joseph's, which kicks off the outdoor campaign at the Westfield State University Invitational on March 22nd.

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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.