A mix of veterans and rookies helped spur both Concordia teams to top 10 place finishes at a hot and muggy Augustana Twilight. The top Dawgs were senior Trey Robertson and freshman Hope Beck.
The 2026 edition of the Augustana Twilight will get started after dark from Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, S.D. Race times have been moved back to 9:15 p.m. (men) and 9:45 p.m. (women) due to heat.
Featured StoryThere are high hopes for both Concordia Cross Country squads, which were placed third in the GPAC preseason polls. The Bulldogs are dreaming of a trip to Vancouver, Wash., in November.
The Concordia Cross Country teams will open the 2026 seasons ranked third in the GPAC preseason polls. The season opener is coming up Sept. 4 at the Augustana Twilight.
The 2026 season for Concordia University, Nebraska Cross Country programs hope to come to a rising finish in Vancouver, Wash., kicking off with the Augustana Twilight come this fall.
Six Bulldogs from Concordia Men's Track & Field/Cross Country have been honored with 2025-26 Academic All-District awards. The list includes repeat award winners Emry Gutz and Luke Hammang.
Six Bulldogs from Concordia Women's Track & Field/Cross Country have been honored with 2025-26 Academic All-District awards. The list includes repeat award winners Kayla Kirchner and Adrianna Rodencal.
Featured StoryTwo decades after her graduation, Molly (Engel) Christensen continues to stand out as one of the top runners in Concordia history. Through multiple interviews over the years, Molly described her experiences as a Bulldog.
Featured StoryIn many ways, Dr. Kregg Einspahr can relate to Forrest Gump. The Concordia icon has been a lot of places and seen a lot of things during a wildly successful career as an athlete, coach and academic.
Both Concordia Cross Country programs earned 2025 All-Academic Team distinction while Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson garnered All-Academic Athlete honors from the USTFCCCA.
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.
Featured StoryHealthy 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.
Featured StoryWhile 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.
Featured StoryThe 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.
Featured StoryEven 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.
Featured StoryThe 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.
Featured StoryCross 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.
Featured StoryLed 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.
Featured StoryLed by Emily Deschaine and Pat Wortmann, head coach Matt Beisel's cross country squads are on the upswing. A large class of freshmen has brought a new energy to preseason training.
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