Hunter Shanks
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- Hometown:
- Bennington, Neb.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Bennington High School
Bio
General: The Bennington, Neb., junior readies for his third season with the Tiger cross country program.
Sophomore (2021): Competed in all five meets ... season best in the 8K at Mount Marty Invite.
Freshman (2020): Raced in every meet for Dakota Wesleyan … registered a season-best in the 8K at the Briar Cliff Invite (28:31.8) … finished the season by placing 57th at the 2020 GPAC Championships.
High School: Participated in track and cross-country for four seasons … placed third in his conference with a mark of 2:01.7 minutes in the 800-meter run … was part of a 4x800-meter relay team that placed first in their district and third at state … earned cross-country Academic All-State and All-Conference honors for two consecutive years … a member of the honor roll for six semesters.
Personal: Born Dec. 27, 2001 … son of Rick and Marian Shanks … a biochemistry major.
News mentions
Orange City, Iowa – On a pleasantly warm fall morning, the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s and women’s cross country teams threw on the spikes and competed at the 2021 Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday morning from Landsmeer Golf Course in Orange City, Iowa. After the results were finalized and the scores tallied, the Dakota Wesleyan women’s squad notched an 11th-place team finish in the 5K while the men’s team registered a ninth-place finish in the 8K.
YANKTON, S.D. – Preparing for the Great Plains Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships just two weeks away, the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s cross country team battled GPAC competition on a crisp, windy day at the Mount Marty Invite on Saturday from the Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton, S.D.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – For the second-straight meet, and under rainy and humid conditions, the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s and women’s cross country teams traversed the course at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve as both squads competed at the Briar Cliff University Invite on Friday in Sioux City, Iowa. In the women’s 5K race, Annika Vermeulen (Mitchell, S.D.) kicked off the action while Caleb Sayler (Lennox, S.D.) and the DWU men’s team toed the line in the 8K race.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – In their second meet of the season, the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s and women’s cross country teams battled against stiff competition at the Morningside Invitational on Friday held at the Adams Nature Preserve in Sioux City, Iowa. In the women’s 5K race, it was once Morgan Oedekoven () and Annika Vermeulen (Mitchell, S.D.) stepping up to the start line while the men’s team came away with a sixth-place finish in the team standings.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In their first race of the 2021 season, the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s and women’s cross country teams toed the line at the Augustana Twilight Meet on Friday night at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, S.D. Two members of the Dakota Wesleyan women’s cross country team competed in the 5K race while the DWU men battled in the 4-mile race, coming away with a 28th-place finish in the team standings.
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