Saint Joseph’s (Maine) Repeats As GNAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Champions

GNAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
RESULTS

WESTON, Mass. – Saint Joseph’s (Maine) defended its Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field title over the weekend, scoring 283 points at the 2024 GNAC Championship meet at Regis.

The Monks won the league title in convincing fashion, outscoring the GNAC runner-up by 100 points. This year’s host, Regis, scored 183 points to take second at the meet. Meanwhile, Emmanuel placed third with 74 points and Colby-Sawyer ranked fourth with 56. Lasell scored 48 points to finish fifth.

Saint Joe’s not only claimed the team championship, it also claimed titles in 15 of 21 events conducted as this year’s championship. Haytham Ramadan earned three of them on his own as he was the 2024 GNAC Champion in the 800m, 1500m, and 5K, recording respective times of 1:58.91, 4:10.68, and 16:35.99. Thrower Dylan Dickey also earned a pair of gold medals, winning the discus with throw of 32.21m (115’6”) and the dominating the javelin with a 57.82m (189’8”) mark. Andrew James’ shot put victory and Wesley Hundley’s win in the hammer throw gave the Monks a clean sweep of the throwing events. James mark was 13.14m (43’1.25”), while Hundley recorded a distance of 37.43m (122’10”).

It didn’t matter whether it was sprints or distance races as the Monks continued to dominate on the track. Younton Diamond Doe won the 100m dash with a time of 11.17, while Abdirizak Abukar took the 200m dash, clocking in at 21.91. Jacob Schmader took gold in the 400m dash with a time of 50.71. In the longer races, Nick Carmosino was the steeplechase champion with a time of 10:47.07 and Ryan Graham crossed the 10K finish line in 36:00.21 to take gold. The Monks also won all three relays at the meet. In the 4x100 they clocked in at 42.79, in the 4x400 they registered a time of 3:28.61, and in the 4x800 they finished in 8:25.01.

The GNAC runner-up Pride claimed three individual titles with all three going to Justin Thuotte. Thuotte showed out in the horizontal jumps, winning both the long jump and triple jump. In the long jump, he recorded a mark of 6.32m (20’8.75”) and in the triple jump he landed 13.39m (43’11.25”) on his final attempt to take first. Thuotte’s final gold-medal performance came in the pole vault as he cleared 3.80m (12’5.5”).

Emmanuel did not have any individual champions, but did have several medal-caliber performances. Pierre Paul Labossiere earned 19 individual points for the Saints, including a silver-medal showing in the triple jump and bronze-medal marks in both the high jump and long jump.

Colby-Sawyer’s Chase Adams was the top performer in both hurdle events, winning the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.73 and the 400m hurdles by finishing in 55.27.

Nathaniel Gonzalez was the last remaining individual champion, representing Lasell. He won the high jump, clearing a height of 1.82m (5’11.75”).

All the individual champions, along with the other medalists will be named to the GNAC All-Conference Team with the major awards voted on at a later time by the league's head coaches.

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