Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Vinci Named GNAC Co-Rookie of the Week

Posted: Dec 16, 2019

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman Simon Vinci (Peabody, Mass.) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Co-Rookie of the Week.

Vinci shattered his SJC program shotput record, which he had just set the week prior, with a 14.50-meter toss to win the event at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday. His performance currently ranks as the top distance in the New England Region and is 20th nationally through two weeks of competition.

Vinci shares his first collegiate weekly accolade with Suffolk University freshman Connor Baston (Bristol, Conn.), who ran conference-best times in the 60-Meter dash (7.32) and 200-Meter dash (23.40) at Northeastern's Joe Donahue Games on Saturday.

The Monks are off until January 10th when the teams compete in the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, N.H.

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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.