DWU's Wyatt Baldauf named GPAC track athlete of the week

The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D.
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Apr. 5—MITCHELL — After a record-breaking performance, Dakota Wesleyan's Wyatt Baldauf was tabbed as the Great Plains Athletic Conference's men's track athlete of the week for the week of March 27-April 2.

Baldauf, a junior from Seneca, Illinois, broke the school record in the steeplechase with a time of 9:22.84 during the Bobcat Classic in San Marcos, Texas.

That mark was good enough for third at the event and is the top time in the 3000-meter steeplechase in the GPAC and fourth-best in NAIA. It was the fifth school record Baldauf has broken this season. Baldauf was also an indoor national meet qualifier in March for the mile and 3,000-meter races.

The Tigers' next meet comes Friday, April 7-8 at the USD Early Bird in Vermillion.