GORHAM, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College men's and women's indoor track & field teams were back at Southern Maine this week for the USM Open II. Seven colligate teams attended this contest. Southern Maine took home the team win for the Men (135pts) while SNHU came out on top for the Women (134pts). The Monks placed third overall for the Men (100pts) and eighth overall for the Women (19pts)

The meet was highlighted by multiple season bests and a new school record in the men's 4x400-meter relay. "Really proud of how our athletes have responded early in the season" adds Coach Burleson. "We have a mix of seasoned athletes and rookies who are looking to make an impact and rewrite the school record books this season. It's a fun group for our coaching staff and we are excited to get on some faster tracks in the next few weeks."

FOR THE RECORD:

One program record fell for the Monks today.

• Abukar, Farr, Ricker, and Schmader broke the previous Men's 4x400-meter Relay record (3:31.87, Monday, Doe, Corriveau, and Schmader) with their 3:30.64 finish. This mark took first overall at today's contest and places them fourth in the DIII East Region Indoor Rankings.

THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN: 

• Senior Brooklyn Goff was fourth place in the 55-meter Hurdles with a time of 9.47 and sixth in the High Jump with a 1.42m mark
• Senior Abby O'Brien finished fourth place in the Weight Throw with a distance of 12.20m and threw the Shot Put for an 8.26m mark
• Freshman Alexis Cowan came in fifth in the Triple Jump with a distance of 8.84m and eleventh in the Long Jump with a distance of 4.25m. Cowan also was the second leg in the third place 4x200m relay squad
• Sophomore Alexia Young came in fifth in the 200-meter dash (29.54)
• Freshman Breya Whitman was eighth in the High Jump (1.42m), eleventh in the 55-meter dash, and jumped 4.23 in the Long Jump (13^th place) for a season-best
• Cowan, Schmitz, Smart, and Young placed third in the 4x200-meter Relay (2:01.51)

THE RUNDOWN – MEN:

• Senior Ryan Farr placed first in the 200-meter dash (6.86) and kicked off the winning 4x400 Meter Relay Team
• Freshman Younton Diamond Doe won the 400-meter Dash with a 53.64 mark. Doe also contributed to the third-place 4x800-meter Relay (8:48.32)
• Sophomore Abdirizak Abukar made his season debut placing second in the 200 Meter Dash (22.91) and ran the second leg of the record-setting 4x400 4x400-meter relay
• Sophomore Jacob Pelletier placed second in the 3000-meter Run with a 9:20.21 mark
• Freshman Tudum Monday placed second in the 55 Hurdles (8.30) and seventh in the Long Jump (6.21m)
• Freshman Jacob Schmader placed third in the 200 Meter Run (23.61) and anchored the 4x400-meter Relay
• Junior Griffin Cooney placed third overall in his 800-meter run debut for a 2:10.26 mark. Cooney anchored the 4x800-relay to help the squad place third
• Junior Ryan Graham cruised in for a 2:46.89 finish in the 1000-meter Run for third place and kicked off the third-place 4x800-meter Relay
• Freshman Andrew James placed third in the Shot Put (11.84m)
• Freshman Matthew Corriveau placed fifth overall in the Long Jump (6.32m)
• Senior Nick Carmosino placed fourth in the 1000-meter run with a personal best mark (2:54.16). Carmosino also ran in the 4x800-meter relay for third place
• Sophomore Brayden Grant ran the 800-meter Run in 2:21.36 for a sixth-place finish
• Freshman Kyle Benson clocked a 3:32.94 1000-meter mark for sixth-place
• Freshman Christopher Godefroy placed fifth in the Triple Jump (10.46m)
• Abukar, Farr, Ricker, and Schmader won the 4x400-meter Relay with their 3:30.64 finish
• Graham, Carmosino, Doe, and Cooney placed third in the 4x800-meter Relay (8:48.32) for third 

UP NEXT!

The Monks are off to THE TRACK by New Balance for the Suffolk Invitational next week on Saturday, January 13th!