Men's Indoor Track & Field

Abdirizak and Monday Earn GNAC Weekly Accolades

Posted: Jan 23, 2024

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly awards have been released and a pair of Saint Joseph's College men's indoor track & field athletes have earned accolades.

For their performance in the Panther Invitational at Plymouth State University on Saturday, sophomore Abdirizak Abukar (Lewiston, Maine) has claimed GNAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors and freshman Tudum Monday (Lewiston, Maine) has been named as the GNAC Men's Track & Field Rookie of the Week.

Abukar takes home his first honor of the season after winning the 200-Meter (22.72) and fourth in the 60-Meter (7.29) at Plymouth State on Saturday. The sophomore standout also ran a leg for the Monks' winning 4x400 Meter relay team, which posted a time (3:26.52) that ranks in the top 50 on the NCAA DIII Indoor Qualifying List.

Monday secures his third GNAC weekly honor of the season after winning the 60-Meter hurdles with a new program record 8.79 effort and placing third in the Triple Jump (12.65m). The freshman phenom also set a personal best in the High Jump (1.60m) at the Panther Invitational.

Saint Joseph's will compete at University of Southern Maine – and also send individuals to Boston University - 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.