SEWARD, Neb. – On the strength of a school record performance in the opening meet of the 2025 outdoor season, junior Adrianna Rodencal earned recognition on Wednesday (April 2) as the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. Rodencal has earned a GPAC weekly award for the third time during the 2024-25 academic year. Her honor represents the first for Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field this outdoor season and eighth of the year (including indoor season).
Rodencal competed in four events at the Central Nebraska Challenge on March 28. Most notably, she blazed to a 100-meter hurdle time of 13.45, breaking her previous program standard of 13.65. Rodencal placed first in a field of 25 hurdlers. In other events, Rodencal clocked personal bests in the 100 meters (11.95; fifth place) and 200 meters (24.35; third place) and ran the anchor leg for the 4x100-meter relay that crossed the finish line in 48.01. On the program’s all-time lists, Rodencal moved up to No. 3 in the 100 meters and to No. 2 in the 200 meters.
The Lincoln Lutheran High School alum enjoyed a memorable 2025 indoor season that saw her earn GPAC Athlete of the Year accolades and the first NAIA All-America award of her career. Rodencal is the indoor school record holder in the 60 hurdles (8.44).
Due to the reconfiguration of this weekend’s Concordia Invite, only select Bulldog athletes will be in action. The revised meet schedule can be found HERE.
2024-25 GPAC Athletes of the Week
April 2 – Adrianna Rodencal (Track)
Feb. 12 – Trinity Tuls (Track) / Abi Wohlgemuth (Field)
Feb. 5 – *Mayson Ostermeyer (Field)
Jan. 29 – Abigail Gerber (Field) / Adrianna Rodencal (Track)
Jan. 22 – Abi Wohlgemuth (Field)
Dec. 18 – Adrianna Rodencal (Track)
*NAIA National Athlete of the Week