Sioux City, Iowa – A former George-Little Rock track-and-field standout has been named as a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track-and-Field Athlete-of-the-Week as announced by the GPAC Wednesday, January 22nd.
The former Mustang is Dordt University’s Payton Mauldin. Mauldin, a senior, from George, Iowa, qualified for nationals in three events last weekend at the Mount Marty Invite held in Yankton, S.D. On Friday night, Mauldin ran a 1:53 split on his 800-meter carry of the Defenders winning distance medley relay.
Dordt hit the ‘B’ standard and has the No.1 time in NAIA. Mauldin came back on Saturday and won two more events, taking the title in both the 200m and 600m. Mauldin’s time in the 200m (21.79) hit the ‘A’ standard and is No.6 in the NAIA. The senior’s time in the 600m (1:17.35) also hit the ‘A’ standard and is the No.1 time in the NAIA.
