Sioux City, Iowa – Two Dordt University Defenders have been named as Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Track and Field Athletes-of-the-Week as announced by the GPAC Wednesday, February 18th.
Willem Den Hartog is this week’s field athlete-of-the-week. Den Hartog, a junior from Nampa, Idaho, won the pole vault at the Mount Marty Last Chance meet held in Yankton, South Dakota. He cleared 4.75 meters and hit the ‘B’ standard where he is ranked 12th in the current NAIA performance list.
Den Hartog’s mark is also a school record, breaking the old mark that he set earlier this season.
Isaac Davelaar is this week’s track athlete-of-the-week. Davelaar, a junior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had a part in multiple wins at the SDSU Indoor Classic, one of the largest meets of the season for the Defenders.
On Saturday, Davelaar won the 600 meters with a meet record and ‘A’ standard time of 1:18.29. His time ranks second on the current NAIA performance list.
Davelaar then anchored the Defenders 4×400-meter relay team in a field that also consisted of NCAA D-I and D-II teams. The Defenders hit the ‘A’ standard with a time of 3:13.31 which is also second in the NAIA and third-fastest in program history.
