Men's Cross Country

Pelletier Named GNAC Runner & Rookie of the Week

Posted: Sep 05, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The first Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors of the 2023-24 academic year have been released and Saint Josephs' College sophomore Jacob Pelletier (Augusta, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Cross Country Runner and Rookie of the Week.

Pelletier claims double accolades after leading the Monks to a team victory with a top finish, and 16:06 time, in the 5K Charger Invitational on Friday. His time was 21 seconds faster than the runner-up finisher in a race that featured five GNAC programs.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the UNE Invitational at Rotary Park in Biddeford 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.