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.
As announced on July 9 by College Sports Communicators, Kylahn Freiberg and Rylee Haecker have been chosen as NAIA First Team Academic All-Americans while Josie Puelz was honored as a Second Team Academic All-American.
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Even in the time apart, sophomore-to-be Kylahn Heritage can feel the close bond between her cross country teammates. Heritage is "fired up" for the 2020 season and ready to see her teammates again.
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