Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Hendricks Named GNAC Rookie of the Week

Posted: Apr 23, 2019

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman Troy Hendricks (Hiram, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week.

Hendricks broke the Monks' 1500-Meter run record by six seconds with a 4:16.30 time in the Maine State Championship at Bowdoin College on Saturday. The weekly honor is the third of Hendricks' career, as he was twice selected as the GNAC Cross Country Rookie of the Week last fall.

Including the 1500-Meter mark, the first-year standout has broken three team records this spring. Hendricks broke the team's 3000-Meter steeplechase record with a 10:23.96 time at Fitchburg State on April 6th and bested the Monks' 5000-Meter run record with a 16:19.45 performance at the Thomas College Invitational on April 14th.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the GNAC Championship at Regis College this Sunday.

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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.