The Concordia track and field programs will take 38 athletes to the NAIA outdoor national championships next week (May 23-25) in Gulf Shores, Ala. The Bulldogs lead the field with 23 women's competitors.
For their work in leading the Concordia women's track and field program to a GPAC outdoor title, coaches Matt Beisel Ed McLaughlin were both honored on Thursday (May 16) by the USTFCCCA.
The small town boy from Imperial, Neb., has big time game. Cody Williams first came on Concordia's radar after a chance encounter. It hasn't taken long for Williams to become one of Concordia's brightest stars.
Samantha Liermann, Sarah Ragland and Sam Sisco made the most of final opportunities to produce automatic national qualifying marks. In addition, Addie Shaw popped a big mark in the discus in Twilight Meet action on Friday (May 10).
Jacob Cornelio and Cody Williams picked up major GPAC awards for their performances last week while Matt Beisel was named the GPAC Women's Coach of the Year, as announced on Thursday (May 9).
The Twilight Meet will mark the third home meet of the 2019 outdoor season for Concordia. It will also be the final meet prior to the NAIA national championships coming up May 23-25.
The Concordia women completed a sweep of 2019 GPAC indoor/outdoor titles on Saturday (May 4) in Yankton, S.D. On the men's side, Cody Williams earned Athlete of the Meet honors while leading the Bulldogs to a third-place finish.
Jacob Cornelio and Erin Mapson emerged as Bulldogs with GPAC titles on day one of the outdoor conference championships. The Concordia women will enter the second day sitting atop the GPAC.
After a GPAC title and a conference runner up claim during the indoor season, the Bulldogs enter the conference outdoor meet with high expectations. Concordia owns national rankings of third for women and 18th for men.
The highlight of the Blizzard Buster meet on Saturday (April 27) was a new 'A' standard turned in by Leah Larson in the triple jump. Athletes battled strong wind gusts during the latest Concordia home meet.