Men's Cross Country

Pelletier Nabs GNAC Runner & Rookie of the Week Accolades

Posted: Sep 18, 2023

PHOTO CREDIT: Mike Burleson

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been announced and Saint Joseph's College sophomore Jacob Pelletier (Augusta, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Cross Country Runner & Rookie of the Week.

Pelletier toured the 8K UMass.-Dartmouth Invitational course in 26:23, the 10th fastest time by an NCAA DIII runner and good for 69th overall in a field of more than 300 runners. The time also is the best by an SJC runner since 2008 when Ryan Prescott '09 recorded the same time at the Pop Crowell Invitational.

Through three weeks the sophomore standout has claimed a total of five GNAC weekly accolades with three Runner of the Week honors and a pair of GNAC top rookie awards.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the Maine State Championship in Bangor on Saturday, September 30th.

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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.