Honors for the 2010 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track and Field Season have been announced.
Concordia's Charista Zehnder was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Indoor Track and Field Women's Athlete-of-the-Year. She scored 24.25 points in the GPAC Championships for the Bulldogs. Doane's Virgil Mitchell was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Indoor Track and Field Men's Athlete-of-the-Year. He scored 40.5 points in the GPAC Championships for the Tigers.
Doane's DeeJay Silcott earned the Most Outstanding Performance-of-the-Meet for the Women, while Concordia's Zach Meineke earned Most Outstanding Performance-of-the-Meet for the Men. Silcott earned the honor for her conference record performance in the 200 meters with a time of 25.26. Meineke clocked a record time of 4:14.36 in the men's mile on Saturday.
Concordia's Kregg Einspahr has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women's Coach-of-the-Year, while Ed Fye from Doane earned the Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach-of-the-Year honor.
The top Performances-of-the-Meet and the Coach-of-the-Year honors were voted on by the league coaches. GPAC Athlete-of-the-Year honors went to the highest individual point scorers in the meet. Also, the top eight individuals in each event are considered GPAC All-Conference performers.
The GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships were held on Saturday, February 20, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.