Women's Indoor Track and Field

Farr, Goff, & Abukar Claim GNAC Weekly Honors

Posted: Feb 06, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly awards have been released and three Saint Joseph's College indoor track & field athletes have earned accolades after posting impressive performances in the Maine State Championships at Bates College on Saturday.

Junior Ryan Farr (Gorham, Maine) is the GNAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week, junior Brooklyn Goff (Biddeford, Maine) has claimed GNAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors, and freshman Abdirizak Abukar (Lewiston, Maine) has been named as the GNAC Men's Track & Field Rookie of the Week.

Farr earns his second-consecutive GNAC weekly honor after placing fifth in the 200-Meter Dash (23.33) and running a leg of the Monks' 4x400-Meter Relay quartet, which placed fifth overall with a 3:40.65 time, at the Maine State Championships on Saturday.

Goff collects her third-straight weekly conference award – and fourth of the season – after scoring in all three of her events at the Maine State Championship. The junior standout placed fourth in the 60-Meter Hurdles (9.92) and High Jump (1.51m) events and was eighth in the Long Jump with a new team record 4.88m leap. Both her HJ and LJ marks are tops in the GNAC this season.

Abukar takes home his fourth GNAC Rookie of the Week accolade after breaking his own team record with a third-place finish, and 22.75 time, in the 200-Meter Dash at the Maine State Championships.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships at Boston University on Sunday, February 12th.

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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.