SEWARD, Neb. – Just three meets into his collegiate career, freshman Vaughn Hendrickson has already been honored twice by the GPAC. On Wednesday (Oct. 9), the league office named Hendrickson the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. Hendrickson garnered the same recognition on Sept. 25 while teammate Trey Robertson was tabbed the conference’s weekly award winner on Sept. 11.
Hendrickson emerged as the champion of the Briar Clif Invite after finishing the 8k race in 25:26.64. Hendrickson’s efforts also helped lead the Bulldogs to a team championship in the meet held at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. The native of Fort Wayne, Ind., outkicked a field of 96 individual competitors at the Briar Cliff Invite. In previous outings, Hendrickson also ran times of 19:41.50 in the four mile at the Augustana Twilight and 25:51.3 in the 8k at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite.
Head Coach Matt Beisel’s cross country squads will be back in action this Saturday at the Holiday Inn Express Classic hosted by Dordt. The meet is scheduled to go off at 10 a.m. CT in Sioux Center, Iowa.