Sioux City, Iowa – A women’s track-and-field athlete from Dordt University has been named a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track-and-Field Athlete of the week as announced by the GPAC Wednesday, February 5th.
The athlete named was Corinne Braun. 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.
