The 2018 Concordia cross country season officially ended on Friday (Nov. 16) with senior Taylor Grove pacing the national championships course in under 19 minutes. The event was held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Concordia cross country earned representation from 10 of its team members on the list of NAIA Scholar-Athletes released on Thursday (Nov. 15) by the NAIA. The group includes six seniors.
Taylor Grove is headed to the NAIA Cross Country National Championships thanks to a fourth-place finish at the conference meet last week. Grove and three of her teammates earned all-conference recognition.
Taylor Grove paced Concordia at the GPAC championships with a fourth-place finish that has earned her a trip to the national championships. Both the men and women placed fourth from a team perspective.
Both Concordia cross country teams enter the GPAC championships with the expectation of earning top three finishes. Head coach Matt Beisel's programs have been led by Taylor Grove and Josiah McAllister.
In their final races before the GPAC championships, the Bulldogs held their own while up against some of the nation's best at the Seminole Valley Stampede on Saturday (Oct. 20). The women placed seventh and the men 12th.
Taylor Grove ran the best 5k race of her career while leading a women's squad that showed itself worthy of NAIA top 25 consideration at the Briar Cliff Invite on Saturday (Oct. 6). Josiah McAllister was the men's top finisher.
The Concordia cross country programs now have a good idea of where they stack up as compared to their conference rivals. The men placed third and the women fifth at Saturday (Sept. 22)'s Dean White Invite.
The Concordia men galloped to a Bronco Stamped title while the women placed second while running at Lake Hastings Park on Saturday (Sept. 15). Josiah McAllister and Taylor Grove paced the Bulldogs.
While competing in their first meet of the 2018 season, the Bulldog cross country teams competed favorably against their GPAC and NAIA opposition at the Augustana Twilight in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Aug. 31.
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