WESTON, Mass. – April 28, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer men's outdoor track and field team won the 2019 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship held at Regis College this weekend.

Colby-Sawyer compiled 202 points to finish first. Saint Joseph's (Maine) was second with 149 points, while Regis finished third with 112 points. 

The meet featured three conference championships, including the GNAC, the North Atlantic Conference (NAC), and the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC).

Inter-Conference RESULTS

GNAC RESULTS

GNAC SCORES

The winners of each event were named to the GNAC All-Conference team in a ceremony following the meet.

Colby-Sawyer was voted the pre-championship favorite and delivered the title in its first season with the conference.

Junior Peter Bakker (Barkhamsted, Conn.) came away with a New England Championship qualifying mark in the 3000-meter steeplechase to highlight several impressive performances throughout the weekend from the Chargers. Bakker won the event with the lone sub-10 minute time as he crossed the finish line in 9:55.35.
 
The Chargers had nice pack of runners in the 5k to pile up important points in the GNAC standings. Junior Liam Fleming (Orford, N.H.) paced the group with a time of 15:55.19 and was followed by junior Ben Jones (Enfield, N.H.) at 15:57.34 and Bakker at 15:58.75. The three runners finished fourth, fifth and sixth overall, but were the top three finishers from the GNAC.
 
Fleming was also the top GNAC finisher, second overall, in the 10k with a time of 34:09.68. Jones was right behind Fleming in the GNAC results at 34:38.48 and placed fifth overall.
 
Sophomore Kyle Hajj (Methuen, Mass.) posted a long jump distance of 6.03 meters to lead the GNAC. Senior Michael Bullen (Franklin, Mass.) was close behind in third at 5.88 meters. Hajj also had a solid showing in the 800-meter run. He was fifth overall and second in the GNAC with a time of 2:03.39. Bullen turned in a second place effort in the javelin with a distance of 47.40 meters.
 
In the hurdle events, first-year Jacob Nichol (Concord, N.H.) came away with a victory in the 400 with the only sub-minute time at 59.09. He also was third overall and second in the GNAC with a finals time of 17.40 in the 110.  
 
Sophomore Bryce Carlson (Hampton Falls, N.H.) was the top GNAC competitor in the pole vault with a height of 3.05 meters. He was fourth overall.
 
Sophomore Shawn Spenard (Northwood, N.H.) was second in the GNAC and eighth overall in the triple jump with a distance of 12.32 meters.
 
In the discus throw, senior Chase Gendron (Raymond, Maine) placed second in conference and sixth overall with a mark of 34.63 meters. Senior Andrew Dalencourt (Nashua, N.H.) was right behind in third/seventh at 34.11 meters. Gendron also posted a mark of 11.67 meters to finish third in the GNAC in the shot put.

Nichol, Hajj, senior Eric Morin (North Sutton, N.H.) and first-year Troy Cappos (Peabody, Mass.) combined to take top GNAC honors in the 4x400 relay in a time of 3:40.04.
 
Members of the Colby-Sawyer track and field team will compete at the New England Championships held at Williams College next weekend. 

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