Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Hendricks Named GNAC Athlete of the Week

Posted: Feb 11, 2020

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College sophomore Troy Hendricks (Hiram, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Athlete of the Week.

Hendricks placed second in the Mile (4:39) and 12th in the 800-Meter run (2:10.68) at Plymouth State University on Saturday. He was tops among GNAC runners in the mile and owns the second-best time in the conference this season.

For Hendricks, the weekly conference honor is the second of his track & field career. The sophomore standout was named as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on April 22nd, 2019. In cross country, Hendricks has been selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week twice and was chosen as the GNAC Runner of the Week on September 16th, 2019.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the 2020 GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championship this Sunday at Boston University.

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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.