GPAC Track & Field All-Conference
SEWARD, Neb. – A total of 49 Concordia University men’s and women’s track and field athletes have officially been recognized as All-GPAC honorees courtesy of their performances at the 2019 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 15-16). On Thursday (Feb. 21), the conference also released its special awards for the 2019 indoor season.
After guiding the women’s team to the fifth conference title in program history, Matt Beisel has been named the 2019 Jim McMahon Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women’s Coach of the Year. Meanwhile, sophomore Cody Williams was voted the recipient of the Men’s Field Performance of the Meet for his work in the heptathlon. Beisel is the first Bulldog leader to earn the women’s indoor conference coach of the year award since Kregg Einspahr did so in 2010 when he also presided over a GPAC championship squad. Concordia has taken the Men’s Field Performance of the Meet award for indoor in two of the past three years with Lucas Wiechman also raking in that honor in 2017.
The list of Concordia all-conference honorees includes 27 women and 22 men. While the women placed first at the GPAC championships with 173.5 points, the men finished as the runner up with 116.5 points. For the championship women’s team, freshman Jacee Pfeifer led the way by placing in four events (18.5 team points). She helped the women’s 4x400 meter relay break a school record by finishing in a first-place time of 3:57.55. Junior Jessica Deterding also broke a program record in the pentathlon (3,410 points). Allie Brooks (pole vault) and Taylor Grove (3,000 meters) joined the 4x4 as conference event champions.
On the men’s side, the Bulldogs seized four GPAC event titles: Jacob Cornelio in the weight throw, Josiah McAllister in the 1,000 meters, Thomas Taylor in the 800 meters and Williams in the heptathlon. McAllister racked up 18 team points via his win in the 1,000 and runner-up claim in the mile. Gavin Davis and Williams were both place finishers in three different events. In the process of winning the heptathlon, Williams moved to No. 1 on the NAIA national list in the event.
For national qualifiers, the 2019 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships are up next. The event will be held at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D., Feb. 28 – March 2.
2019 GPAC Indoor All-Conference
MEN
- Brayden Adams – 4x800 meter relay (4th)
- Taylor Beck – triple jump (5th)
- Dalton Berry – pole vault (7th)
- Jacob Cornelio – weight throw (1st)
- Gavin Davis – 400 meters (2nd); 200 meters (3rd); 4x400 meter relay (3rd)
- Gavin DeHaai – pole vault (4th)
- Samuel Ferguson – 4x800 meter relay (4th)
- Liam Hennessy – shot put (5th)
- Angelo Hurtado – 60 meter hurdles (7th)
- Michael Leapley – 4x800 meter relay (4th)
- Jordan Lorenz – 5,000 meters (6th)
- Rees Lyon – heptathlon (7th)
- Nathan Matters – 600 meters (3rd); 4x400 meter relay (3rd)
- Josiah McAllister – 1,000 meters (1st); mile (2nd)
- Tucker Platt – pole vault (8th)
- Ben Pratt – high jump (3rd)
- Henry Reimer – 4x400 meter relay (3rd)
- JP Reynolds – 4x800 meter relay (4th)
- Xavier Ross – 4x400 meter relay (3rd); 400 meters (7th)
- Thomas Taylor – 800 meters (1st)
- Christian Van Cleave – 800 meters (4th)
- Cody Williams – heptathlon (1st); 60 meter hurdles (8th); long jump (8th)
WOMEN
- Rachel Battershell – 4x400 meter relay (1st); 400 meters (2nd); 200 meters (3rd)
- Tori Beran – 600 meters (6th)
- Alia Brand – 4x800 meter relay (5th)
- Jamey Broman – long jump (8th)
- Allie Brooks – pole vault (1st)
- Lydia Cook – 4x800 meter relay (5th)
- Morgan De Jong – weight throw (8th)
- Jessica Deterding – pentathlon (2nd); long jump (3rd); triple jump (6th)
- Jodi Fry – shot put (7th)
- Alyssa Fye – mile (6th)
- Taylor Grove – 3,000 meters (1st); 5,000 meters (3rd)
- Rebekah Hinrichs – mile (2nd); 1,000 meters (4th)
- Leah Larson – triple jump (5th)
- Sarah Lewis – 4x400 meter relay (1st); 400 meters (5th); 60 meter hurdles (6th)
- Sam Liermann – shot put (4th); weight throw (5th)
- Erin Mapson – pole vault (2nd)
- Tristen Mosier – pole vault (6th)
- Hannah Mulligan – 60 meters (8th)
- Jamie Nikodym – 4x400 meter relay (1st); 400 meters (7th)
- Cora Olson – 60 meters (7th)
- Jacee Pfeifer – 4x400 meter relay (1st); 400 meters (3rd); pole vault (3rd); 200 meters (5th)
- Johanna Ragland – weight throw (4th)
- Miranda Rathjen – 4x800 meter relay (5th); 600 meters (8th)
- Hannah Rebmann – 3,000 meters (6th); 5,000 meters (6th)
- Addie Shaw – shot put (2nd); weight throw (3rd)
- Kailey Weichel – 4x800 meter relay (5th)
- Carley Weisser – weight throw (7th)