The Concordia men's and women's track and field squads combined for 29 NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards, as announced on Friday (May 24). The list includes NAIA shot put national champ Samantha Liermann.
Five Bulldogs earned All-America honors on the first day of the 2019 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. The haul was delivered by Concordia throwers and vaulters for nationally-ranked squads.
Claire Cornell and Mackenzie Koepke have taken advantage of a historic point in time for Concordia athletics. After contributing to a national title in basketball, the two freshmen will take to the national stage in outdoor track.
Thirty-eight beachgoers have begun the journey to the 2019 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Concordia will take 17 past All-Americans and 10 first-time national qualifiers to the event.
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.
Twenty Bulldogs return who experienced the 2022 NAIA indoor national meet. The group includes past national champions Rachel Battershell and Josie Puelz. The program again has high hopes as the 2023 season has arrived.
In a different era of Bulldog Athletics, Bob Schulze left a legacy as a four-sport athlete. Schulze may not have known exactly what he was getting into, but 58 years after his graduation from Concordia, he knows that God led him to the perfect place.
You couldn't have been around Concordia and not have known Liz King. The native of Billings, Mont., became the first throws national champion under Ed McLaughlin and endeared people to her with her personality.
The Ragland-Concordia connection dates back to 1986 when John Ragland enrolled at Concordia. John and his daughters Johanna and Sarah boast 10 combined All-America awards, but Concordia's meaning to them isn't about the accolades.
Jacob Jennings hasn't been afraid to reverse course and take a chance. He did so when he chose Concordia at the last minute and he did it again when he traded in basketball for track and became an All-American while living out a college career rich in rewarding experiences.
With a bevy of past All-Americans back in the fold, the Bulldogs are looking to remain a player on the conference and national scenes. The 2022 outdoor season gets started on Saturday with the Viking Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
After nearly deciding to go elsewhere for college, Sarah Lewis felt something calling her to stay closer to home. Her presence at Concordia has been a blessing to a program that has taken off with the help of Lewis.
Roughly 30 years after John Puelz made his mark at Concordia, John's daughter Josie has brought the Puelz name back to the forefront in a big way. The family's legacy will always have a deep and special connection to Concordia.
Concordia Track & Field has reached meet week while readying to host the Bulldog Early Bird. The Bulldogs are coming off 2021 GPAC indoor placements of first on the women's side and third on the men's side.
It had to be God's plan that resulted in Carol Bailey-Moravec landing at Concordia College in 1986. The next four years saw Bailey-Moravec achieve unprecedented success.