Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Benson Earns GNAC Athlete of the Week Honor

Posted: Apr 05, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College senior James Benson (Gorham, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week.

Competing in the UNH Invitational on Saturday, Benson placed third in the Long Jump with a team-record 6.35m mark and took fifth in the 100 Meter Dash with an NCAA qualifying 11.16W time.

For Benson, the GNAC weekly accolade is the second of his career as he was previously named as the GNAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week on December 13th.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the Jim Sheehan Invitational at Fitchburg State 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.