Women's Outdoor Track & Field

SJC Women Place Fourth in GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship

SJC Women Place Fourth in GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship
Posted: May 01, 2022

PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MASON '21

NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Saint Joseph's College men's and women's track & field teams competed in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Colby-Sawyer College on Sunday. The men finished second with 206 points, just seven behind Colby-Sawyer, while the women placed fourth with 92 points.

Emmanuel cruised to the women's title with 244 points, well ahead of runner-up Colby-Sawyer (183), while Regis placed third (99), Saint Joseph's was fourth (92), and Lasell finished fifth (26).

On the men's side, Colby-Sawyer paced the five-team field with 213 points while Saint Joseph's finished second (206), Regis College was third (113), Emmanuel College placed fourth (56), and Lasell University was fifth (49).

THE RUNDOWN:

  • Sophomore Brooklyn Goff (Biddeford, Maine) paced the Royal Blue with 26 points after winning the 100-Meter (16.72) and 400-Meter (1:10.42) hurdles and finishing third in the High Jump (1.42m)
  • Sophomore Lindy Hyndman (Auburn, Maine) placed second in the 100-Meter dash (13.20) and fourth in the 200-Meter dash (28.33) for 12 points
  • Senior Samantha VanDeMoere (Thornton, N.H.) placed second in the 800-Meter run (2:30.75) and sixth in the 3000-Meter Steeplechase (13:44.52) and totaled nine points
  • Junior Kimberly Moulton (Franklin, Mass.) placed second in the Hammer Throw (34.87m) to tack eight points on the team total
  • Senior Kaylee Todisco (Wilmington, Mass.) racked up six points after finishing fourth in the Pole Vault (2.15m) and fifth in the 100-Meter dash (13.52)
  • Sophomore Kelsey Kennedy (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) added fifth-place finishes in the 1500-Meter (5:09.54) and 5000-Meter (21:25.77) events for four total points
  • Sophomore Caitlin Kendrick (Richmond, Maine) contributed four points after placing fourth in the 10,000-Meter (45:21.45)
  • Sophomore Abby O'Brien (Gorham, Maine) finished fourth in the Discus Throw (29.07m) to add four points
  • Freshman Hannah Vacco (Pembroke, N.H.) also scored a point after placing sixth in the 10,000-Meter (49:52.78)
  • Todisco, Hyndman, Kate Luiz (Pittston, Maine), and Goff placed second in the 4x100-Meter relay (53.19)
  • VanDeMoere, Luiz, Todisco, and Goff posted a third-place finish in the 4x400-Meter relay (4:36.61)
  • Senior Carly Jordan (Turner, Maine), Kendrick, Kennedy, and VanDeMoere finished fourth in the 4x800-Meter relay (11:36.28)

 

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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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