Corinne Braun of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC women’s track athlete-of-the-week. Braun, a freshman from Canton, South Dakota, hit the ‘A’ standard and qualified for nationals in two events at the SDSU D2 / NAIA Invite held last weekend. On Friday night, Braun helped lead the Defenders to a first-place finish in the 4×800 relay with an auto qualifying time of 9:26.9, fourth fastest in the NAIA and No.1 in the GPAC. Braun returned the next day to run the 1000m where she placed second overall with a school record time of 2:54.35. The freshman’s time hit the ‘A’ standard and is No.1 in the GPAC, No.4 in the NAIA.
Dordt University’s Isaac Davelaar is this week’s GPAC Men’s track athlete-of-the-week. Davelaar, a sophomore, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reached the qualifying standard in three events at the SDSU D2 / NAIA Open last weekend. On Friday night, Davelaar was part of a Defenders 4×800 relay team that finished first and hit the ‘A’ standard with a time of 7:39.57. The time is No.1 in the NAIA and fifth best in program history. Davelaar came back the next day and finished third in the 400m with a ‘B’ standard and personal-best time of 48.45. The sophomore’s time is fourth best in program history and ranks 19th in the NAIA. Davelaar finished the weekend as part of the Defenders winning 4×400 relay that hit the ‘A’ standard again with a time of 7:39.57, third fastest in the NAIA second best in program history. Davelaar has now qualified in three individual events (400m, 600m and 800m) and is part of three relays that have also qualified for nationals.
