For the second time this indoor season, the Concordia Track & Field program is gearing up to host a home meet. The Concordia Polar Dog Invite will unfold on Friday inside the Fieldhouse.
In its second meet of the indoor season and first of 2021, Concordia produced 12 event titles. The Bulldogs were one of five Nebraska GPAC schools to compete at Doane on Saturday (Jan. 16).
After waiting for nearly a month to get back to action, the Concordia track and field teams will compete on Saturday (Jan. 16) at the Scott Nisely Invite hosted by Doane.
There have been moments of frustration and self-doubt, but senior Anna Baack overcame those struggles to return to a national qualifying level. Her story is one of perseverance with the help of a strong support system.
Alum Benjamin Hinckfoot will make his return to Concordia University, Nebraska after previously serving as an assistant coach at Concordia University, Irvine. Hinckfoot is the newest member of the track staff.
It was a long time coming for a meet the Bulldogs waited 272 days to arrive. Concordia athletes combined to produce a total of 23 marks that landed on the NAIA national list.
Track and field season has returned to Concordia. The Bulldogs will host the Early Bird meet inside the Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday (Dec. 4-5). Athletes from nine teams will be on hand.
Xavier Ross enjoyed a breakthrough 2020 indoor season and now hopes for even better in 2021. The Chicago area native has his sights set on the school's 400 meter record.
Concordia's storied track and field programs enter a new season thankful for the opportunity to compete. The Bulldogs will kick things off with the Early Bird Meet on Dec. 4-5.
The Concordia track and field programs combined for 31 All-Academic Athletes (most in the nation) and were recognized as All-Academic Teams by the USTFCCCA.
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.