After breaking the school record in the hammer throw yet again, Cody Boellstorff has picked up his second national weekly award of 2017. A senior from Waverly, Neb., Boellstorff is a three-time national champion.
Concordia's highly-rated track and field squads swept team titles at the NAIA Midwest Quad hosted by Grand View University on Friday (April 14). Bulldog athletes accounted for 11 event titles and Cody Boellstorff broke his own school hammer throw record.
The awards keep piling up for Concordia's nationally-ranked track and field programs. On Wednesday (April 12), Cody Boellstorff, Kali Robb and Lucas Wiechman all picked up weekly awards.
Bulldog athletes combined for nine event titles, four runner-up finishes and a total of 22 automatic national qualifying marks at this weekend's Concordia Outdoor Invitational.
Concordia throwers put on a clinic in the hammer throw with school records either broken or equaled by Cody Boellstorff and Kali Robb. Zach Lurz also recorded a personal best in the event.
Both Concordia track and field teams garnered national rankings with the release of the first NAIA computer rankings by the USTFCCCA. The Bulldog women are ranked fourth and the men are ranked 13th.
The nationally-ranked Bulldogs are getting set to host the Concordia Outdoor Invitational on Friday and Saturday (April 7-8) in what will be their first home appearance of the 2017 outdoor season.
For the second week in a row, Concordia track and field swept GPAC field weekly awards. This week's winners, Zach Lurz and Kali Robb, also were upgraded to NAIA national field athletes of the week, as announced Wednesday (April 5).
Athletes representing Concordia track and field combined for five new automatic national qualifying marks and six event titles at the Reiver Open hosted by Iowa Western Community College.
Due to expected inclement weather on Saturday (April 1), the Hastings Bronco Open has been called off. The Bulldogs are scheduled to host the Concordia Invite April 7-8.