Sioux City, Iowa – A male athlete from Dordt University has earnd Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Track-and-Field Athlete-of-the-Week honors as announced by the GPAC Wednesday, Feburary 5th.
The athlete named was Isaac Davelaar. Davelaar, a sophomore, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reached the qualifying standard in three events at the SDSU D2 / NAIA Open last weekend. On Friday night, Davelaar was part of a Defenders 4×800 relay team that finished first and hit the ‘A’ standard with a time of 7:39.57. The time is No.1 in the NAIA and fifth best in program history.
Davelaar came back the next day and finished third in the 400m with a ‘B’ standard and personal-best time of 48.45 seconds. The sophomore’s time is fourth best in program history and ranks 19th in the NAIA.
Davelaar finished the weekend as part of the Defenders winning 4×400 relay that hit the ‘A’ standard again with a time of 7:39.57, third fastest in the NAIA second best in program history. Davelaar has now qualified in three individual events (400m, 600m and 800m) and is part of three relays that have also qualified for nationals.
