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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Bennington, Neb.
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- High School:
- Bennington High School
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- Major:
- Biochemistry
Bio
HUNTER SHANKS STATS
Awards & Honors
- GPAC Indoor All-Conference (2023)
- 800m School Record Holder (2023)
- 2x GPAC Outdoor All-Conference (2023)
- Daktronic/NAIA Scholar-Athlete Track & Field (2023)
TRACK & FIELD-
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 (2023): Competed in six races this season … beat his personal best with his time of 26:33.73, just missing the DWU top 10 list in the 8k … Shanks finished five spots better in this year conference race than the season before … recorded a new personal best in the 4-mile race at the Augustana Twilight with a time of 22:46.79.
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: Rich and Marian Shanks
Sponsored By:
Advance Services, Inc.
12702 Westport Pkway, Ste 201 Lavista, Neb. 68138
Contact: Marian Shanks
(402) 384-2850
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