Brookings, S.D. –
The Dakota Wesleyan indoor track & field team saw a lot of new personal bests and new school records broken as well as Hunter Shanks hitting his third national qualifying mark, this time in the 600m race. That time also broke the DWU school record, Shanks has broken three school records this indoor track season. Caley Murphy moved up in the record books as well with her time in the women's 600m race as she grabbed the 6th place spot.
Individual Standouts (School/Personal Records/Top finishes) –
Women –
Caley Murphy 600m 1:47.83 (New Indoor PR & 6th in DWU History)
Adaya Plastow 60H 10.53 (New Indoor PR)
Dani Deffenbaugh 400m 1:04.33 (New Indoor PR)
Hailey Oswald 400m 1:04.87 (New Indoor PR)
Tanley Goebel 400m (New Indoor PR)
Women 4x4 Relay 4:19.36 (New Indoor PR) Ran by Deffenbaugh, Goebel, Murphy, & Oswald
Men –
Hunter Shanks 600m 8th place 1:20.90 ("B" Standard, New Indoor PR, DWU SCHOOL RECORD)
Caleb Sayler 1000m 2:31.02 (New Indoor PR)
Kurt Dringman Weight Throw 10.94 (New Indoor PR) Shot Put 9.67m (New Indoor PR)
Kris Brekel Shot Put 10.7m (New Indoor PR)
Jared Harris 400m 58.01 (New Indoor PR)
The Tigers saw a grand total of 16 new personal bests and two athletes move up in the school records. Hunter Shanks continues his impressive run as he qualifies for his third event for nationals in less than three weeks.
Head Coach Rosado's Thoughts –
"With this being the last meet before conference, we talked about challenging ourselves. The team didn't disappoint as almost every runner hit a new personal best with their efforts. I'm super proud of how our relays performed today running times we haven't hit since I started coaching here. We are trending in the right direction at the right time and that we are excited for what conference has for us."
Up Next for the Tigers –
The Tigers will be competing in the GPAC Championships next Friday and Saturday when they travel to Yankton S.D. Mount Marty will be the host school for the meet.