Sioux City, Iowa – For the second week in a row Payton Mauldin has earned Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track-and-Field Athlete-of-the-Week honors as announced by the GPAC Wednesday, January 29th.
Mauldin, a senior, from George, Iowa, hit the ‘A’ standard and won two events at the Jim Emmerich Invite last weekend in Brookings, South Dakota. Mauldin finished first in the 800m with a school-record time of 1:50.06, a time that ranks No.1 in the NAIA.
The senior followed by anchoring the Defenders winning 4×400 relay with a season-best time of 3:13.85, the No.4 time in the NAIA and second fastest in program history. Mauldin has hit the ‘A’ standard in four individual events (200, 400, 600, 800) and as part of two relays (4×400, DMR), all of which he is ranked in the top 10 nationally.