Honors for the 2017 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track and Field Season have been announced.
The top Track and Field Performances-of-the-Meet and the Coach-of-the-Year honors were voted on by the league coaches. GPAC Athlete-of-the-Year honors went to the highest individual point scorers in the meet. Also, the top eight individuals in each event are considered GPAC All-Conference performers.
The Outstanding Performances -of-the-Meet were voted on by the league coaches and are as follows:
Women’s Track Performance – Michelle Mumm, Morningside – One Mile (5:05.12)
Women’s Field Performance – Sara Olsen, Hastings – Weight Throw (60-10)
Men’s Track Performance – Sam Wensink, Dordt – 800 Meters (1:53.91)
Men’s Field Performance – Lucas Wiechman, Concordia – Heptathlon (4891 Points)
Shantinique Cunningham from Hastings and Lucas Wiechman from Concordia were named the Hauff Mid-America Sports GPAC Indoor Track and Field Outstanding Athletes-of-the-Year. Cunningham scored 32 points for Hastings, while Wiechman scored 37.5 points for Concordia.
Ed Fye from Doane has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women’s and Men’s Coach-of-the-Year. The Tigers won the women’s and men’s titles on Saturday. Doane’s women tallied 183 points while the men scored 162.
