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.
For the first time this outdoor season, Concordia ran its 'A' team in the women's 4x400 meter relay, which clocked an automatic national qualifying time at the Drake Relays on Friday (April 26).
One new 'A' and one new 'B' standard qualifying mark got put on the board for the Bulldogs at the Prairie Wolf Invite on Thursday (April 25). A number of other nationals marks improved in the field events.
Three separate meets, including the Drake Relays, are part of this week's schedule for the Bulldogs. This is the final week before the GPAC Championships take place in Yankton, S.D.
The weekend included a new school record, six new automatic national qualifying marks and some advancements up the national leaderboard. The Bulldogs also won 10 event titles at the Dutcher Memorial Classic.
Jazzy Eickhoff recorded a new 'A' standard in the javelin and the Bulldogs claimed event titles in the men's 5,000 meters (Jordan Lorenz) and in the men's 4x8 on day one of the Dutcher Memorial Classic.
The biggest breakthrough on Thursday (April 18) at the Kansas Relays was achieved by junior Liam Hennessy, who eclipsed the 'A' standard in the hammer throw. Eight Bulldogs competed in the hammer competitions.
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.