WINTHROP, Mass. – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been announced, and Saint Joseph's College graduate student Jacob Pelletier (Augusta, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week. At the same time, freshman Sam Tooley (Camden, Maine) has been named the GNAC Men's Cross Country Rookie of the Week.

On Friday, Saint Joseph's competed in the Hopkinton Cross Country Festival hosted by Franklin Pierce University, where the Monks placed third among the 11 teams, finishing first among all Division III schools, led by Pelletier and Tooley. Both would finish in the top 10; Pelletier finished fifth overall with a time of 26:37, and Tooley finished with a time of 27:09. 

For Pelletier, the honor marks his ninth GNAC runner of the week award of his career and his second of the season. Tooley earns his third GNAC weekly accolade of his career at Saint Joseph's. 

Saint Joseph's will continue its season this Saturday, October 17th, with the Coach Dann Runnin' Monks Classic scheduled to start at 11:15 AM.