Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Vinci Named GNAC Athlete & Rookie of the Week

Posted: Jan 22, 2020

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 named as the GNAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete and Rookie of the Week.

In a meet featuring athletes from all three NCAA divisions, Vinci placed third in the shot put with a 13.67m toss at the Bates College Invitational on Saturday. He has now been honored by the conference with a weekly award for three-consecutive reporting periods.

His 14.50m Shot Put distance at Southern Maine on December 14th ranks as the third-longest in the New England region and 34th in all of NCAA DIII Men's Track & Field.

Saint Joseph's will compete at Southern Maine on Saturday.

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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.