Austin Hughes
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- Hometown:
- Box Elder, S.D.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Douglas High School
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- Events:
- Sprints
Bio
General: The Box Elder, S.D., native returns for his senior with the Tiger sprinters.
Junior Outdoor (2020-21): Competed in five meets for Dakota Wesleyan … qualified in the 100-meter at the 2021 GPAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (11.36) … season best and eighth-place performance in the same event at the Northern State University Spring Open (11.32) … fourth-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay at the Sioux City Relays (44.33).
Junior Indoor (2020-21): Competed in five meets … collegiate best and sixth-place finish in the 60-meter at the DWU Open (7.25) … season best in the 200-meter at the DWU Invite (23.74).
Sophomore (2019-20): Redshirted due to injury.
Freshman Outdoor (2018-19): Saw action in four meets … qualified in four events at the 2019 GPAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships … All-GPAC (8th) performance in the 4x400-meter relay (3:30.80) … career best and sixth-place finish in the 200-meter at the Mount Marty Invite (23.41) … season best and seventh-place finish in the 100-meter at the same meet (11.52) … collegiate best and ninth-place finish in the 400-meter at the Hastings Bronco Invite (53.78).
Freshman Indoor (2018-19): Raced in six meets … qualified for the 4x400-meter relay at the 2019 GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships … placed ninth in the event (3:32.02) … season best in the 200-meter at the SDSU Holiday Invite (23.64).
High School: Clocked his fastest time in the 100-meter (11.5), personal best in the 300-meter hurdles (40.27) … honor roll member in the classroom.
Personal: Born Aug. 31, 1999 … son of Shauna and John Hughes … a criminal justice major.
News mentions
YANKTON, S.D. – Just one week away from the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) indoor track and field championships, the Dakota Wesleyan University track and field program leaped into action this weekend at the SDSU Indoor Classic as well as the Mount Marty Last Chance Invite. The men's distance medley relay, comprised of Caleb Sayler, Justin Sorensen, Hunter Shanks and Wyatt Baldauf, clocked a new program record on Friday while eight different Tigers secured top-3 finishes in their respective events on Saturday.
VERMILLION, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University track and field program, just two weeks out from the Great Plains Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, faced stiff competition including NCAA DI, DII, and NAIA challengers at the University of South Dakota Alumni Meet in Vermillion, S.D. Highlighting the day, senior throws specialist Caden Milmine captured a third-place finish in the men's shot put field while several other Tigers registered impressive performances on Saturday afternoon from Mildred J. Hillenbrand Memorial Track.
YANKTON, S.D. – Two members of the Dakota Wesleyan University track and field program came away with first-place finishes as the Tigers competed at the Mount Marty Invite on Saturday from the Ruth Donohoe First Dakota Fieldhouse in Yankton, S.D. Sophomore thrower Katlyn Briggs continued her dominance with a victory in the women's weight throw while senior Lia Guigui captured the event title in the women's high jump.
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field program circumvented the winter weather by heating up the track as both squads came away with several first-place finishes along with a pair of NAIA National 'A' standards at the DWU Early Bird Invite on Saturday from the DWU/Avera Sports and Wellness Complex in Mitchell, S.D. Morgan Taft, who claimed the women's weight throw title, hit an NAIA National Standard in the event while fellow Tiger senior Caden Milmine also earned a provisional mark in the men's shot put after a first-place finish.
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field team commenced the 2021-22 campaign versus stiff competition on Friday and Saturday competing against other NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA teams at the South Dakota State University Holiday Open from Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D. In spite of the heap of talent, sophomore DWU thrower Katlyn Briggs made a splash setting a new program record in the women's weight throw while hitting the NAIA National 'A' Standard in the event.
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