Dordt University’s Payton Mauldin is this week’s GPAC Men’s track athlete-of-the-week. Mauldin, a senior, from George, Iowa, won two events last weekend at the Defenders home meet, the Dordt Indoor Open. Mauldin’s first win came in the 400m where the senior ran the fastest time in the NAIA and hit the ‘A’ standard (46.45). Mauldin followed by running the anchor leg, a 46.5 split, in the Defenders winning 4×400 relay that hit the ‘A’ standard and ran the NAIA’s fastest time to date.
Corinne Braun of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC women’s track athlete-of-the-week. Braun, a freshman from Canton, South Dakota, won two events in her collegiate track debut at the Defenders home meet, the Dordt Indoor Open. Braun led from start to finish in winning the 1000m with a time of 2:59.23, meeting the B standard with the fourth fastest time in the NAIA. Later, Braun won the 600m with a time of 1:39.47, currently third fastest in the GPAC.
