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Members of Concordia's national championship and national runner-up teams are set to appear at the Seward Memorial Library on Thursday (June 2).
Members of Concordia's national championship and national runner-up teams are set to appear at the Seward Memorial Library on Thursday (June 2).
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field All-Americans. Concordia placed 13 on the list. Seven of the Bulldogs were named All-Americans in more than one event.
Stephanie Coley, CJ Muller and Kim Wood each earned Academic All-District recognition from CoSIDA. Eight Bulldog athletes have received the award in 2015-16.
A combined total of 29 (20 women, nine men) Concordia University track and field athletes have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, more than any other school's total.
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.
The All-America count has risen to 16 as the Concordia track and field programs make another push for team national titles in Gulf Shores.
Senior Liz King closed out her tremendous career in style as one of nine Bulldogs to claim All-America honors on the first day of the 2016 outdoor national championships. Concordia leads both national team races.
Coaches Kregg Einspahr and Ed McLaughlin and senior Liz King each received NAIA Midwest Region outdoor awards from the USTFCCCA on Monday (May 23).
In a return to the scene of the 2015 men's team national title, 23 Bulldogs will compete in Gulf Shores, Ala., as part of the 2016 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships.
The Concordia University track and field program has announced its national qualifying roster of 23 athletes. The group includes national event leaders in Stephanie Coley, Zach Lurz and Kali Robb.
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.