Sayen receives GLIAC Commissioner's Award
HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech's Clayton Sayen has been named a recipient of the 2022 Spring GLIAC Commissioner's Award the conference office announced on Friday. The awards are presented after the fall, winter, and spring athletic seasons to six female and six male student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and in competition.
Sayen (Houghton, Mich.) was honored for the first time in his career after completing an outstanding junior season for the Huskies in outdoor track and field (spring) and cross country (fall). On May 31, Sayen was named a USTFCCCA Division II All-American for track and field after placing 11th in the men's 1500 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Allendale, Michigan. Sayen made the finals in the event by placing seventh in the 1500 meter prelims. He recorded a time of 3:51.64 in the finals.
Sayen became the 12th Michigan Tech men's track and field athlete to make an NCAA appearance and was the first to make the final 12 in the 1500 meters.
Earlier this spring, Sayen won the 1500 meter GLIAC Championship in Allendale, Michigan, setting a conference record time along the way. He also surpassed the MTU 1500 meter school record multiple times during the course of the spring.
Sayen's impressive season began in fall cross country, where he won the Roy Griak Invitational 8K in St. Paul, Minnesota in September. He set his first 1500 meter provisional mark at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 3:45.84 and continued to improve leading into the NCAA Championships, also setting a provisional time in the 800 meters.
He is the sixth Michigan Tech men's student-athlete to garner All-America outdoor track & field honors. He holds a 3.77 grade-point average majoring in Engineering Management.