Both Concordia Cross Country squads came away with Briar Cliff Invite championships on Saturday (Oct. 5) while led by the likes of Hannah Beintema and Vaughn Hendrickson in North Sioux City.
In meet No. 3 of the 2024 season, Concordia Cross Country will compete at the Briar Cliff Invitational, a meet that annually features a large field of GPAC squads. The meet will take place in North Sioux City, S.D.
The highest placing GPAC competitor at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite, Vaughn Hendrickson earned GPAC Runner of the Week accolades. Hendrickson ran the 8k race in 25:51.3.
In executing a strategic gameplan, the Bulldogs put together two solid races at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday (Sept. 21). The Bulldogs were paced by Vaughn Hendrickson and Hannah Beintema.
Meet No. 2 of the 2024 Concordia Cross Country season will have the Bulldogs headed to Mahoney Golf Course for the Greeno/Dirksen Invite. This will be the third-straight year the program has competed in this meet.
Thanks to a school record four-mile time of 19:22.17 at the Augustana Twilight, sophomore Trey Robertson has been named the GPAC Runner of the Week. Robertson placed first among GPAC/NAIA runners.
The season opening Augustana Twilight went about as well as Head Coach Matt Beisel could have hoped. Concordia teams laden with depth both placed in the top eight in a strong field in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The 2024 Concordia Cross Country seasons will get underway with a night meet at the Augustana Twilight in Sioux Falls. This will mark the sixth time in seven years that the Bulldogs have opened a season at this meet.
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The Concordia Cross Country teams returned to campus on Aug. 20 in preparation for the 2024 season. Head Coach Matt Beisel believes both squads will again be highly competitive within the GPAC.
Concordia Women's Cross Country will begin another season within the national rankings. The Bulldogs were placed at No. 20 in the 2024 NAIA preseason coaches' top 25 rating released on Aug. 22.
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The Concordia Cross Country teams returned to campus on Aug. 20 in preparation for the 2024 season. Head Coach Matt Beisel believes both squads will again be highly competitive within the GPAC.
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Momentum has been building within the Concordia Cross Country programs as evidenced by both squads placing inside the top three of the GPAC last season. The Bulldogs return the bulk of their key performers while bringing in a freshman class large on quantity and quality.
Featured StoryBoth Concordia Cross Country teams are preparing themselves to make runs at NAIA national championship berths. Coach Beisel's Bulldogs will be led by the likes of returning national qualifiers Rylee Haecker, Calvin Rohde and Camden Sesna.
Featured StoryConcordia taught Andrew Walquist many lessons on how to build relationships, how to overcome emotional hardship, how to praise Jesus and how to become one of the best competitors in Concordia cross country and track history.
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Healthy and mentally rejuvenated, Kearney, Neb., native Camden Sesna has thrived this fall while leading the way for the Bulldogs at every meet. A year after a tough finish to cross country, Sesna sees a positive outlook ahead of him.
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While focusing their mentality around the mottos of "step up" and "run as one," the Concordia Cross Country teams are putting behind last season. The Bulldogs have high hopes for 2021.
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The Concordia men's and women's cross country teams enter 2020 aspiring to "leave no doubt" as it pertains to their status on the conference and national levels.
Featured StoryAlum Dan Cloeter captured four-straight individual cross country conference championships and later won the first-ever Chicago Marathon. His remarkable career has also included 42 years as a pastor.
