Justin Sorensen
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- Hometown:
- Vermillion, S.D.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Vermillion High School
Bio
General: Prepares for his senior season on the Dakota Wesleyan University cross country team in 2022.
Junior (2021): Raced in all five meets ... top-30 performance at the Morningside Invitational ... concluded the season at the 2021 GPAC Cross Country Championships.
Sophomore (2020): Competed in every meet for the Tigers … clocked a season best in the 8K at the Briar Cliff Invite (27:30.8) … ended the season with a 48th place finish at the 2020 GPAC Championships.
Freshman (2019): Competed in five races … finished in 65th place at the Briar Cliff Invite (28:17.0) … highlighted the season by placing 38th at the 2019 GPAC Championships (27:27.5).
High School: Clocked in his best times in the 800-meter dash with 2:02 minutes … 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:38 … 3,200-meter run in 10:17 … clocked a time of 15:55 in the 5,000-meter run … awarded MVP and The Hardest Worker in his senior season … also a Region Champion and a member of the State Runner-Up Team … inductee of the National Honor Society and awarded Scholar of the Week.
Personal: Born June 12, 2001 … son of Tim and Amy Sorensen … 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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