GPAC announces indoor track and field honors

GPAC announces indoor track and field honors

GPAC Release | 2013 GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships results

The Great Plains Athletic Conference wrapped up the 2013 GPAC indoor track and field honors by announcing award winners for Coach of the Year and Performances of the Meet on Wednesday. All-conference honors were bestowed upon individuals who placed in the top eight of his/her respective events at the GPAC Championships on Feb. 15-16. For relays, the top three earned all-conference honors.

In total, Concordia had 40 all-conference performances – 22 for the men and 18 for the women. The Bulldogs also notched first-place finishes in six events.

On the men’s side senior Colin Morrissey, junior Jonathon Becker and sophomore Ben Sievert each posted three individual all-conference performances, while Becker and Hinckfoot both took part in Concordia’s first-place 4x400 meter relay team.

On the women’s side, four Bulldogs produced all-conference marks in two individual events: sophomore Brittany Erdmann, senior Jena Schwalenberg, junior Jenean Williams and freshman Kim Wood. Wood and Williams also combined on a second-place finish in the 4x800 meter relay.

The following individuals received all-conference recognition for Concordia:

MEN (22):

  • 4x400 meter relay – first – (Pleasant, Hinckfoot, Becker, Cartier)
  • Jonathon Becker (second in 60 meter hurdles; seventh in 200 meter dash; eighth in 400 meter dash)
  • Garrett Blomstedt (seventh in long jump)
  • Cody Boellstorff (eighth in weight throw)
  • John Cartier (first in 400 meter dash; eighth in 200 meter dash)
  • Carson Farr (first in pole vault)
  • Benjamin Hinckfoot (fifth in 60 meter hurdles; fifth in 600 meter run)
  • Jared Hoffman (second in 800 meter run)
  • Colin Morrissey (first in 3,000 meter run; second in 5,000 meter run; fifth in one mile run)
  • Taiheem Pleasant (sixth in 400 meter dash)
  • Adam Prahlow (eighth in one mile run)
  • Jose Rojas (fourth in shot put)
  • Ben Sievert (third in 5,000 meter run; sixth in one mile run; sixth in 3,000 meter run)
  • Noah Smith (eighth in 60 meter dash)

WOMEN (18):

  • 4x800 meter relay – second – (Wood, J. Williams, Schroeder, Letts)
  • Ashlee Brown (sixth in pole vault)
  • Stephanie Coley (fourth in shot put)
  • Jamie Crouse (first in weight throw)
  • Brittany Erdmann (third in shot put; seventh in weight throw)
  • Jessica Klaustermeier (seventh in 400 meter dash)
  • Megan Letts (eighth in 800 meter run)
  • Cynthia Mick (third in pole vault)
  • Lydia Pomerenke (seventh in pentathlon)
  • Jena Schwalenberg (first in 3,000 meter run; third in one mile run)
  • Jenean Williams (sixth in 800 meter run; seventh in 600 meter run)
  • Renee Williams (seventh in one mile run)
  • Kim Wood (second in 600 meter run; seventh in 1,000 meter run)
  • Shelby Yelden (fourth in pole vault)

20 February 2013