Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Ashtyn Abbott Earns Second GNAC Athlete of the Week Award

Posted: Apr 19, 2022

STANDISH, Maine - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been announced and Saint Joseph's College junior Ashtyn Abbott (Farmingdale, Maine) has been tabbed as the GNAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for the second-consecutive reporting period.

Abbott smashed the Monks' High Jump record with a winning 1.94m performance in the Monks' first-ever home meet on Saturday. The mark breaks one of the oldest records - originally set in 2014 - in the SJC annals. He also placed seventh in the Triple Jump (11.74m) and 12th in the Long Jump with a 5.65m mark.

Saint Joseph's will compete at Regis College this 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.