The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following outdoor track & field athletes-of-the-week for April 19 - April 26, 2009. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2008-2009 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.

Track Events
Bethany Sutton, Concordia University
Concordia's Bethany Sutton is the track athlete-of-the-week. Sutton, a sophomore from Lincoln, Nebraska, anchored both the Concordia 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 meter relays to third place finishes in the college division at the Drake Relays. The 4 x 400 meter relay time of 3:51.51 is a GPAC leading mark by over five seconds and the fifth fastest in the NAIA this season. It also breaks a Concordia school. The 4 x 800 meter relay time of 9:15.81 is a GPAC leading mark by over ten seconds and is also the fifth fastest in the NAIA this season. Beth's splits were 57.4 and 2:16.4.

  Dana's Roger Goff is the field athlete-of-the-week. Goff, a senior from Missouri Valley, Iowa, won the javelin at the Kip Janvrin Invite with a distance of 191 feet. His toss set a new Dana College school record and leads the GPAC. Goffs' distance currently ranks him atop the GPAC and 13^th nationally.

 

  Concordia's Michael Saalfeld is the track athlete-of-the-week. Saalfeld, a senior from David City, Nebraska, placed fourth in the 800 meter race at the Drake Relays with a time of 1:51.61. He also has a time of 1:51.17 on the season which is the fastest in the GPAC and seventh in the NAIA. That time was run at the Kansas Relays.