Sioux City, Iowa - Honors for the 2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track and Field Season have been announced.
Concordia's Charista Zehnder was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Indoor Track and Field Women's Athlete-of-the-Year. She scored 27.5 points in the GPAC Championships for the Bulldogs.
Morningside's Dave Nash and Concordia's Kregg Einspahr have been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Co Women's Coaches-of-the-Year, while former Concordia athlete and coach Gene Brooks from Sioux Falls earned the Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach-of-the-Year honor.
The top 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 GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships were held on Saturday, February 21, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.