Both 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.
In preseason polls released this week, both the Concordia men's and women's teams were picked to place inside of the top four of the GPAC while also picking up votes in the NAIA coaches' poll.
Concordia 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.
Another Concordia Cross Country season will get started underneath the lights at the Augustana Twilight. That event will be one of five during the regular season for Head Coach Matt Beisel's squads in 2022.
While ranking in the top 10 nationally in terms of GPA among all NAIA men's and women's programs, Concordia Cross Country earned All-Academic Team awards from the USTFCCCA. Three individuals were also honored.
Both Rylee Haecker and Camden Sesna placed inside the top 120 nationally while Calvin Rohde finished just outside the top 200 while competing at the 2021 NAIA Cross Country National Championships on Friday (Nov. 19).
Rylee Haecker, Calvin Rohde and Camden Sesna are preparing to hit the course at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Friday for the 2021 NAIA Cross Country National Championships.
Three Bulldogs are set to represent Concordia Cross Country at the 2021 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. Rylee Haecker, Calvin Rohde and Camden Sesna have officially been named national qualifiers.
The highlight for the Bulldogs at the GPAC Championships on Saturday (Nov. 6) were top 10 individual finishes turned in by Rylee Haecker, Calvin Rohde and Camden Sesna. Concordia placed fourth on the men's side and fifth on the women's side.
The Concordia Cross Country teams enter the 2021 GPAC Championships still hopeful of attaining the goals that were set prior to the start of the season. The women's program seeks a second GPAC title in three seasons.
Both 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.
Concordia 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.
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.
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.
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.
Alum 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.
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.
The Concordia women's cross country team closed the gap in 2019 while winning a GPAC title and placing 12th at the NAIA National Championships. This piece details the journey from preseason all the way to nationals.
Cross country teams chock full of key returners are getting set to officially open up their 2018 seasons on Friday night. Head coach Matt Beisel's squads are led by seniors Taylor Grove and Thomas Taylor.
Led by Molly (Engel) Christensen, head coach Kregg Einspahr's 2004 women's cross country team dominated its conference competition, galloped to a national runner-up finish and into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame.
