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Hunter Shanks
Hunter Shanks
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Bennington, Neb.
  • High School:
    Bennington High School
  • Events:
    Middle Distance
  • Major:
    Biochemistry

Bio

Awards & Honors

HUNTER SHANKS STATS

TRACK & FIELD-

Senior Indoor (2023-24):  Ran in eight meets for the Tigers … qualified for the National Championship meet in the 600m, 800m, and 1000m when he hit three NAIA “A” standards … ran the 800m at Nationals and crossed the finish line in 10th with a time of 1:54.72 … broke three school records in the 600m, 800m, and 1000m with times of 1:20.09, 1:54.24, and 2:29.85 … won the 800m at the DWU Alumni Meet, placed 2nd in the 400m at the Myrle Hanson Open, and placed 3rd in the 1000m at the USD Alumni Meet … ran personal bests in the 400m (53.12) and mile (4:40.07) as well and was a leg of the 4x400m relay. Named All-Conference in the 800m.

Junior Outdoor (2023): Competed in six meets...earned All-Conference honors in both the 800m with a career-best and fourth all-time finish of 1:56.33 and the 4x800 relay team that crossed with the second fastest all-time mark of 7:50.66 at the GPAC Outdoor Championships (5/5-6/23)...credited with a third place finish behind a career-best finish of 53.45 in the 400m at the Red Raider open (4/21-22/23).

Junior Indoor (2022-23): Competed in six meets...broke a school record in the 800m with his time of 1:57.88 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11/23)...earned All-Conference honors in the 800m with his time of 1:58.06 that got him a fourth place finish at the GPAC Indoor Championships (2/17-18/23)...recorded the sixth fastest all-time finish in the 1000m with a time of 2:37.95 at the DWU Alumni Meet (2/4/23)...had the seventh fastest all-time mark in the 600m with a time of 1:27.31 at the Dordt Open (1/14/23).

Sophomore Outdoor (2022): Competed in four meets...had a sixth place finish in the 1500m at the NSU Dewey Donat Classic (4/22-23/22) & BVU Early Bird Invite (3/26/22).

Sophomore Indoor (2021-22): Competed in six meets...had a career-best finish in the mile with a time of 4:44.04 at the SDSU D2 Open (1/21/22)...recorded a career-best time of 1:27.12 in the 600m with a third place finish at the Lancer Last Chance (2/12/22).

Freshman Outdoor (2021): Raced in seven meets for DWU … competed in the 800-meter and 4x800-meter relay at the 2021 GPAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships … career-best and ninth-place finish in the 800-meter at the Northern State University Spring Open (2:00.18) … season best in the 1500-meter at the South Dakota Challenge Invite (4:25.95).

Freshman Indoor (2020-21): Raced in six meets … competed in the 800-meter and 4x800-meter relay at the 2021 GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships … placed ninth in the 800-meter at the championship event (2:03.71) … All-GPAC (7th) performance in the 4x800-meter relay at the indoor championships (8:42.17) … season best in the 600-meter at the Dordt Open (1:28.71).

CROSS COUNTRY-

Junior (2022): Competed in six meets...had a career-best finish of 27:10.1 in the 8k at the Defender Holiday Inn Express Classic (10/8/22)...recorded a career-best in the 4M at the Augustana Twilight XC Meet with a time of 23:34.7 (9/2/22).

Sophomore (2021): Competed in five meets...recorded a season-best time of 29:21.3 in the 8k at the Mount Marty Invite (10/23/21).

Freshman (2020): Competed in six meets...had season-best finish of 28:31.8 in the 8k at the Briar Cliff Invite (10/3/20).

High School: Participated in track and field and cross-country for four seasons … placed third in his conference with a mark of 2:01.7 minutes in the 800-meter run … was part of a 4x800-meter relay team that placed first in their district and third at state … earned cross-country Academic All-State and All-Conference honors in consecutive seasons … a member of the honor roll for six semesters.

Parents: Rick and Marian Shanks