NEW LONDON — Colby-Sawyer first-year runner Shannon O’Connell (Peabody, Mass.) has earned the first Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week award.
O’Connell highlighted the day for the Chargers at the season opening indoor meet held at Plymouth State on Saturday. She posted a record run in the 3k. O’Connell earned the victory in the race with a time of 10:40.66 to break the previous record of 10:52.94 set by Kylee Parker ’17 on Feb. 4, 2017.
The Chargers will resume competition on Jan. 11 at Bowdoin.
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