GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Report: Week 4

Emmanuel's AJ Godios set a pair of Emmanuel program records at the Silfen Invitation on Saturday afternoon in New London, Conn.

April 18, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 11 - 17

	MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Ben Abely, Lasell (Jr., Stonington, Conn.) - Abely took his talents to the 100 meters (11.58) and finished 10th out of 33 in the preliminaries of the event Saturday at the Penmen Relays. He grabbed 12th-place honors during the 200-meter dash (23.70)
	WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Ashley Keleher, Colby-Sawyer (So., Mashpee, Mass.) - Keleher flashed her speed, collecting two outdoor school records, one in the 100m (12.83) and another in the 200 (26.48). Keleher was the second highest placing Charger on the women's team, coming in fifth during the 200 meter run.
	MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Ashtyn Abbott, Saint Joseph's (Me.) (Jr., Farmingdale, Maine) - Abbott smashed the Monks' High Jump record with a winning 1.94m performance in the Monks' first-ever home meet on Saturday. The mark breaks one of the oldest records - originally set in 2014 - in the SJC annals
	WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Sinclair Samuels, Lasell (So., Springfield, Mass.) - Samuels placed ninth out of 26 and was the team's top-performer in the shot put with a mark of 9.65 meters Saturday at the Penmen Relays
	MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Chase Adams, Colby-Sawyer (Fr., Brookline, N.H.) - Adams (Brookline, N.H.) found himself on the podium once again in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing with a New England Regionals qualifying time of 57.39 and placing second in the event.
	WOMEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK A.J. Godios, Emmanuel (Fr., Hamburg, N.Y.) - Godios set a pair of Emmanuel program records at the Silfen Invitation on Saturday afternoon in New London, Conn. The first year finished sixth in the 200m event, clocking in at an Emmanuel record-time of 25.81 seconds. Later in the day, Godios placed eighth in the long jump with a school-record leap of 5.16 meters (16'11.25'') which is also good enough to qualify for the NCAA D-III Regional meet later this spring. Godios also ran the anchor leg in the 4x100m relay squad that clocked in at 52.95 seconds for a 12th place finish

GNAC WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Erin Kelley, Regis (Sr., Stoneham, Mass.) - Kelley smashed the school record in the 10,000 meter run Friday night as part of the elite distance races at the Silfen Invitational in New London, Conn. Kelley finished ninth overall in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 39:44.42, over three minutes faster than the previous standard established exactly 22 years beforehand by Colleen Boddy (April 15, 2000). Kelley also became the first Regis competitor to qualify for this year's Division III New England Championships with the time.

Brett Kiesel, Regis (Jr., Rocky Hill, Conn.) - Kiesel established three school records as he completed the two-day decathlon at the Silfen Invitational in New London, Conn., Friday and Saturday. He set school records in the long jump with a mark of 5.83 meters (19' 1.5") and the pole vault after clearing 3.05 meters (10'). Kiesel was also the top decathlete at the meet in the shot put at 11.51 meters (37' 9.25") and the discus throw at 33.75 meters (110' 9") as well as second in the javelin throw at 42.85 meters (140' 7"). Those performances helped him accumulate a school-record 4,970 points, placing him eighth in the overall event

Troy Hendricks, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Sr., Hiram, Maine) - Hendricks placed first in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase with a team-record 10:18.21 mark and topped the day off with an eighth-place finish in the 800 Meter Run (2:05.18) at the Monks' first-ever home meet on Saturday.

Julie Unczur, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Sr., Danvers, Mass.) - Unczur became the first GNAC athlete to compete in the Heptathlon this spring as she ran, jumped, hurdled, and threw for a fourth-place finish with 1813 points in the Monks' first-ever home meet on Saturday

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