Caleb Sayler
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 135
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- Hometown:
- Lennox, S.D.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Lennox High School
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- Events:
- Distance
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- Major:
- Elementary Education/Special Education
Bio
Awards & Honors
- NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Qualifier (2022-23)
- Outdoor Track & Field GPAC All-Conference (2023)
- 2x Indoor Track & Field GPAC All-Conference (2022-23)
- XC NAIA Qualifier (2022)
- XC GPAC All-Conference (2022)
- Daktronic/NAIA Scholar-Athlete Track & Field (2023)
CALEB SAYLER STATS
TRACK & FIELD-
Sophomore Outdoor (2023): Competed in five meets...had a career-best time of 2:02.56 in the 800m at the Mount Marty Twilight (4/26/23)...recorded fifth fastest all-time mark in the 1500m at the USD Early Bird (4/7-8/23)...had outdoor career-best and third all-time finish of 15:09.57 in the 5000m at the Bobcat Invite (3/30-4/1/23).
Sophomore Indoor (2022-23): Competed in eight meets...qualified for nationals in the 5000m and ran a 15:37.24 (3/2-4/23)...earned All-Conference honors in both the 1000m and mile at the GPAC Indoor Championships (2/17-18/23)...had a second all-time finish of 4:22.94 in the mile at the Dordt Open (1/14/23)...finished with a career-best and fourth all-time time of 8:52.21 in the 3000m at the SDSU Holiday Open & Multi (12/2-3/22)...earned a second all-time finish of 2:32.65 in the 1000m at the DWU Alumni Meet (2/4/23).
Freshman Outdoor (2022): Competed in five meets...had a first place finish in the 5000m with a time of 16:06.99 at the Rittgers Invite (4/15/22)...earned a first place finish in the 5000m with a time of 16:43.41 at the BVU Early Bird Invite (3/26/22).
Freshman Indoor (2021-22): Competed in five meets...had a sixth place finish in the 3000m with a time of 9:35.47 at the Dordt Open (1/15/22)...was on the DMR team that broke the school record with a time of 10:51.38 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/11-12/22).
CROSS COUNTRY-
Sophomore (2022): Competed in seven meets...had a career-best finish in the 8k with a time of 25:47.3 which was fifth all-time at DWU at the NAIA XC Championships (11/18/22)...earned a second place finish in the 8k at the DSU Herb Blakely Invite (9/10/22)...recorded a career-best time of 20:43.0 in the 4M at the Augustana Twilight XC Meet (9/2/22).
Freshman (2021): Competed in five meets...recorded a season-best finish of 27:40.0 in the 8k at the Briar Cliff Charger XC Invite (10/1/21).
High School: Ran track and field and cross country at Lennox High School … earned a sixth-place finish at the regional meet … tallied a 35th-place finish at the state meet in the 5,000 meters … best placing in the 800-meter dash was a third-place finish at the regional meet … also competed on the basketball team … honored as a Champion of Character … a member of the National Honor Society ... personal bests in the 5K (17:11), 1600-meter (4:58), 800-meter (2:06), 400-meter (58).
Parents: Ethan and Christine Sayler
News mentions
The Tiger track team wrapped up their 2022-23 Indoor season with their three athletes competing in the NAIA Indoor National Championships. Wyatt Baldauf competed in the mile and 3K, just missing a chance at the finals in the mile by .04 seconds. Caleb Sayler competed in the 5K. Rounding up the final day was Lila Gronseth competing in the shot put. All three athletes posted strong seasons and marks with multiple school records and top-10 performances, but it didn’t quite end the way they wanted to at Nationals but will look to learn and build from it heading into the outdoor season.
The Tiger track teams had strong showings and results at the GPAC Championships with nine All-Conference marks/finishes at the GPAC Championships meet and three athletes qualified for Nationals in Brookings, S.D. The four competing in Brookings will be Wyatt Baldauf, Caleb Sayler and Lila Gronseth.
The Dakota Wesleyan track teams had a very strong showing across the board at the home DWU Alumni Meet. The Tigers set multiple PR’s, had nine finishes or marks that cracked the top-10 all-time record books and again Wyatt Baldauf set a school record in an indoor distance event. This time Baldauf and Caleb Sayler both broke the record for the 1000m indoor event that was set by Jeremiah Panec in 2017. Baldauf now owns the mile, 1000m, 3000m and 5000m record at DWU. Sayler is right behind cracking top-5 all-time in those events as well. Darby Deffenbaugh had a very strong showing in the weight throw reaching a mark of 14.95 which is now 3rd all-time in DWU history. Cale Strong cracked the top-10 all-time list in two events today with his 6.75m mark in the long jump (7th) and 4.05 in the pole vault (3rd).
The Dakota Wesleyan men and women’s track team faced tough competition in the SDSU D2 invite with a lot of the schools being D2 programs. Wyatt Baldauf was the headliner breaking yet another school record in the 5000m. Baldauf ran a 14:55.97 which shattered the 15:05.02 record. Wyatt now owns the mile, 3000m and 5000m record at DWU. Caleb Sayler was right behind Wyatt coming in at 15:14.11 and claiming the 3rd fastest all-time finish in DWU history. The Tigers as a whole earned 43 points with Lila Gronseth being the top for the women with eight and Cale Strong on top for the men with 11 total points. DWU had seven personal records in the meet as well.
The Dakota Wesleyan Men and Women’s track team posted multiple personal records as well as breaking an almost 50-year-old record. Wyatt Baldauf ran a 4:18.84 which is now the top mark in the mile run beating Gerry Boyle’s 4:24.14 time. Caleb Sayler also broke the record with his 4:22.94 finish and is now second all-time just behind Wyatt’s time today. Barrett Nielsen beat his previous finish of 9.72 with his 9.71 time today to keep him at 10th all-time in DWU history in the 60 hurdles.
