Women's Outdoor Track & Field

Two SJC Women Qualified for the New England Regional Meet

Two SJC Women Qualified for the New England Regional Meet
Posted: Feb 22, 2020

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Saint Joseph's College indoor track and field teams brought a small group of "last chance" qualifiers to Bowdoin College on Saturday in hopes to get individuals qualified to compete next weekend at the New England Indoor Regional Championships. The SJC Men finished the day with one new qualifier and the women with two new individual New England qualifiers.

On the women's side, sophomore Samantha VanDeMoere (Thornton, N.H.) and freshman  Kelsey Kennedy (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) both finished well under the 2:28.5 qualifying time. VanDeMoere placing second in the meet ran a 2:24.86 to break her previous set team record from GNACs last week. Kennedy coming in just behind VanDeMoere cruised in at 2:25.05 to place third overall. Dori LeMoine (Swan's Island, Maine)  also competed setting a new personal best and school record in the weight throw (11.90m) placing ninth overall. She also threw the shot put to place seventh overall (10.22m). Kaylee Todisco (Wilmington, Mass.) also came back to run the women's 60-Meter dash representing the Monks nicely with a third overall finish (8.21). 

For the men, sophomore Troy Hendricks (Hiram, Maine) also placed third overall to run just under the qualifying time, 2:27.00,  for the men's mile. Hendricks broke his previously held school record, 4:30.85 finishing in 4:26.88 to buy his ticket to New Englands. Veteran Senior Alex Fitzgerald (Lebanon, Maine) won the men's Triple jump (11.96m) and also placed sixth in the long jump (5.75m). Lance Santeusanio III (North Berwick, Maine) came back after his stellar GNAC performance and placed third in the triple jump (11.57m) and fifth in the high jump (1.80m). Standout sophomore-rookie Tyler Nadeau finished first in the 60-Meter Dash with a 7.49. Ricky Reyes (Worcester, Mass.) also gave the 800 another shot placing 12th (2:09.12). 

The Monks now have four individuals going to New Englands. Simon Vinci (Peabody, Mass.) qualified earlier this season in the shot put. This will be the most individual athletes SJC has brought (discluding automatic qualifying relay teams) to the New England Regional Meet. Each individual is the first Monk to compete at New Englands in their qualifying events.

NEXT! 

Saint Joseph's will compete at the DIII Indoor New England Regional Championships next Friday and 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.

 

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