Some big-time performances were turned in by a host of Bulldogs on the second day of the NAIA indoor meet. Jacob Cornelio won a national title and Allie Brooks and Addie Shaw were runners up.
Rachel Battershell and the women's 4x400 meter relay ran a near school record time and qualified for the finals of the event as part of day one of the NAIA indoor national meet in Brookings, S.D.
Thirty-two qualifying Bulldogs are making final preparations for the 2020 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. The Concordia field has combined for 24 past All-America awards.
After helping lead the Bulldogs to a GPAC title, Coach Matt Beisel and star athletes Rachel Battershell and Addie Shaw were honored with Midwest Region awards by the USTFCCCA.
Named GPAC Athlete of the Year as just a sophomore, Rachel Battershell became an elite athlete in short order. The Wyoming native sees no limits to what she can do with God at her side.
Concordia track and field will travel a group of 32 individuals to the 2020 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships in Brookings, S.D. Twenty-one Bulldogs have prior nationals experience.
Rachel Battershell (GPAC Athlete of the Year) and Matt Beisel (GPAC Coach of the Year) have been recognized as major award winners by the GPAC, which also announced track & field all-conference teams.
The reign atop the GPAC track and field world continues for the Concordia women's program. The Bulldogs won the conference meet behind Rachel Battershell while the men placed third.
Kennedy Mogul got the 2020 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championship started in thrilling fashion by winning the title in the pentathlon. The majority of the meet will take place on Saturday (Feb. 22).
Both Concordia squads expect a lot of themselves at this weekend's GPAC championship meet hosted by Dakota Wesleyan. Nationally, the women are ranked second and men are ranked fifth.
A returning national champion in the shot put, Samantha Liermann is one of the few holdovers from the past two years that saw Concordia throwers blow all reasonable expectations out of the water. She's back for more.
Stephanie Tietjen (maiden name Beberniss) blazed a trail for female pole vaulters at Concordia. She was utterly dominant in 2003, winning national and GPAC titles in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault.
It would be difficult to find an athlete with a more impressive résumé than senior Zach Lurz. Says Lurz, "I’m sure I’ll look back in five years and think that this was amazing." Lurz has four national titles to his credit.
An ACL tear as a senior in high school helped Allie Brooks realize just how much the pole vault means to her. Now as a sophomore at Concordia, Allie has taken flight and is living up to the Brooks name.
First-year head coach Matt Beisel finds himself in a unique situation in that he takes over programs that have raised a national championship trophy in back-to-back years. Bulldog track and field has created a climate of high expectation.
Three standout Seward High School seniors made it official on Tuesday (Oct. 25). Anna Baack, Mika Brees and Logan Craig will trade Bluejay blue for Bulldog blue next fall.
We take a look back at the incredible career of Kim Wood, a 2016 graduate and pride of Greeley, Nebraska. Wood won 12 GPAC titles on the track.
Several national qualifying members of the 2016 national championship women's outdoor track and field team provided reflections on just what the accomplishment in Gulf Shores meant to them.
Led by its powerful throwing program, Concordia University track and field has won both a men's and women's team national title over the past two seasons. Just how was the NAIA's top throwing program built?
The Concordia women won a track and field national title for the first time ever while the men finished as a national runner up at the 2016 outdoor championships. Individually, Zach Lurz won the shot put title.