Van Eps Claims Weekly Honor
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Van Eps Claims Weekly Honor Posted Thursday, February 11, 2021
(Thursday, February 11; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced the men’s indoor track and field athletes-of-the-week for events held February 1-7. Dordt’s Matthew Van Eps (Senior; Prinsburg, Minnesota) has earned the track portion of the award for the first time this season.
Van Eps won a pair of events at the Mount Marty Lancer Invite on Saturday, February 6 with a winning time of 1:21.98 in the 600 meters and he anchored the 4x800 relay team to a win in 7:44.56. The relays time is the fastest in the NAIA so far this season while his time in the 600 meters, after conversion, ranks fifth in the NAIA. Van Eps also has the fastest recorded time in the 800 meter