Men's Indoor Track & Field

Doe Earns Second GNAC Top Rookie Honor

Posted: Feb 05, 2024

PHOTO CREDIT: Laurel Clace '25

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been announced and Saint Joseph's College freshman Younton Diamond Doe has been selected as the GNAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week for the second time this winter.

Doe claims the weekly honor after placing third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.28 at the Maine State Championships on Saturday at the University of Southern Maine. With this time, Doe punched his ticket to the New England Championships. He also ran the lead leg in the third-place 4x800-meter relay team, which set a program record 8:23.71 time.

Saint Joseph's will take a week off as the Monks prepare for the GNAC Championships at Boston University on Sunday, February 18th.

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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.