In conjunction with the NAIA's release of official national qualifiers, Concordia Track & Field has announced its national qualifying team of 34. The 2022 NAIA indoor national meet will take place in Brookings, S.D., March 3-5.
On the same day he was honored as the GPAC Coach of the Year, Matt Beisel has been selected by the USTFCCCA as the NAIA Midwest Region Women's Coach of the Year. Beisel led the Concordia women to a 2022 GPAC indoor title.
Forty-six athletes from Concordia Track & Field earned 2022 indoor all-conference honors in one or more events. In addition, Matt Beisel was recognized as the GPAC Women's Coach of the Year and Josie Puelz earned Women's Field Performance of the Meet.
The streak continues for Concordia women's track, which has now won each of the past six GPAC championship meets. Meanwhile, the Bulldog men placed fourth at the 2022 GPAC indoor meet. Concordia combined for six GPAC event titles.
In the highlight of the first day of the GPAC Championships, Amy Richert broke the school record in the pentathlon. Richert and two Bulldog teammates earned all-conference place finishes in the event, piling up 12 points.
After six weekends of regular season action, members of the Concordia Track & Field program are gearing up for the 2022 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. The women's program has won five-straight GPAC titles.
In perhaps the best across-the-board meet of the 2022 indoor season, Bulldog athletes combined for nine event titles and four fresh automatic national qualifying marks as the program hosted the annual Concordia Indoor Invite.
A personal best performance in the pole vault paved the way for Erin Mapson to be named the GPAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week. Mapson moved up to No. 3 on the program's all-time indoor women's pole vault list.
The final home meet of the 2022 indoor season will run off on Saturday as the Bulldogs host the annual Concordia Invite. The meet will feature athletes from 13 different colleges and universities.
The men's 4x4 blazed to a 'B' standard time and three individuals clocked new personal bests as the Bulldogs wrapped up the weekend on day two of the Husker Invite. Sixteen Concordia athletes were in action on Saturday (Feb. 5).
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.