SEWARD, Neb.-- The 4x800 meter relay team of Corbin Cornelius, Micah Hoke, David Martin, and Landon Thompson finished sixth, and Connor Smith earned All-Conference honors with a seventh-place finish in the heptathlon as the GPAC Championships concluded Saturday evening.

The relay team ran a time of 8:18.43, finishing 15.25 seconds ahead of Morningside (Iowa), and just 2.29 seconds behind Dordt (Iowa).

Smith turned in a career performance in the heptathlon, finishing with 4216 points to beat his previous best of 3892 points. He set personal records in nine of the ten events, with his top places coming in the high jump (5th) and 1000m (5th).

New personal bests were set by Josef Cordero (pole vault), Kaden Jensen (long jump, triple jump), Jorden Morales (shot put), and Bryson Tripp (heptathlon)

GPAC CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL RESULTS

Sebastian Bear: 12.35m (shot put, 17th)
Cael Church: 3498 (heptathlon, 13th)|

Josef Cordero: 3.75m (pole vault, 13th)*
Tyler Dean: 13.78m (shot put, 11th)
Braedon Gumke: NH (pole vault)
Drew Hjelmstad: 16:22.38 (5000m, 12th)
Kaden Jensen: 6.50m (long jump, 13th)*; 12.92m (triple jump, 12th)*
Braeden Knutson: 52.62 (400m, 13th)
David Martin: 2:43.04 (1000m, 13th)
Jorden Morales: 14.35m (shot put, 9th)*; 15.98m (weight throw, 13th)
Dawson Sedivec: 15.90m (weight throw, 15th)
Connor Smith: 4216 (heptathlon, 7th)*

Landon Thompson: 2:48.30 (1000m, 16th)
Bryson Tripp: 3958 (heptathlon, 12th)*

Alex Walker: 1:26.33 (600m, 14th)
4x800 Relay: Corbin Cornelius, Micah Hoke, David Martin, Landon Thompson (8:18.43, 6th)
4x400 Relay: Braeden Knutson, Alex Walker, Bryson Tripp, Corbin Cornelius (3:33.17, 10th)