Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following indoor track & field athletes-of-the-week for January 25 - January 31, 2010. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2009-2010 GPAC players-of-the-week and players and coaches-of-the-year awards program.

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes-of-the-Week
Field Events - Charista Zehnder, Concordia
  Concordia's Charista Zehnder is the field athlete-of-the-week. Zehnder, a senior from Omaha, Nebraska, won the triple jump with a leap of 37-5 at the Doane Scott Nisely Memorial Classic. The jump is an NAIA qualifying mark and GPAC leading measurement. She also placed second in the women's long jump with a mark of 18-7.25. That measurement also qualifies her for nationals and leads the GPAC. On the track she clocked a 7.22 time in the 55 meters which is the fastest in the league this year and qualifies her for nationals as well. All three marks rank in the top five in the NAIA.

Track Events - Deejay Silcott, Doane
  Doane's Deejay Silcott is the track athlete-of-the-week. Silcott, a senior from El Paso, Texas, won the 55 and 200 meters on Saturday at the Doane Scott Nisely Memorial Classic. Her time of 7.25 in the 55 is an automatic qualifying mark and ranks her 8^th in the NAIA.

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes-of-the-Week
Track Events - Sam Acheampong, Briar Cliff
  Briar Cliff's Sam Acheampong is the track athlete-of-the-week. Acheampong, a sophomore from Las Vegas, Nevada, won the 55 and 200 meters on Saturday at the Buena Vista Graphic Edge Invite in Storm Lake, Iowa. In the 55 he clocked a time of 6.36 and in the 200 his time was 22.44. Both set Briar Cliff school records. The 55 meter time automatically qualifies him for NAIA nationals.

Field Events - Scott Fritz, Hastings
  Hastings' Scott Fritz is the field athlete-of-the-week. Fritz, a senior from Cozad, Nebraska, won the weight throw and placed third in the shot put at the Doane Scott Nisely Memorial Classic. He measured 60-10.5 in the weight throw which ranks second in the NAIA. In the shot he had a toss of 53-4.5 which ranks third in the NAIA.

The 2010 GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships are Friday and Saturday,
February 19-20. Multi-Events will begin at 1PM on Friday, February 19, at Doane College and the GPAC Championships will begin at 9AM (Multi's) and NOON (General Championships) on Saturday, February 20 at the Devaney Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska