For the third straight year the Dordt Defender men’s cross country team is the Great Plains Athletic Conference champion. Dordt claimed the 2020 title with a 34 point performance that placed all seven of its counting runners in the top-14 of the field.
Davis Tebben capped the fall 2020 season with a 26:09 to claim runner-up honors behind Doane’s Shawn Kiptoo who ran the 8,000 meter course in 25:44.
Dordt’s pack strength shined through with Franklin Reinders, Joe Anderson and Eric Steiger claiming sixth, seventh and eighth in times of 26:41, 26:49 and 26:51.
Nicolas Veldhorst and Jebadiah Merkle ran 11th and 12th in 26:57 and 26:59 and Brooks De Waard claimed all-GPAC honors with a 14th place time of 27:03.
Dordt’s 1-5 spread was 48 seconds and the 1-7 spread just 57 seconds. All 10 of Dordt’s entrants finished in the top-22 of the 86 runner field.
Northwestern was the team runner-up with 55 points and Doane finished third with 77 points.
