In the final meet prior to the outdoor national meet, the Bulldogs will host the Concordia Twilight. Action is set to begin at 2 p.m. CT on Friday (May 14).
Matt Beisel (women's coach of the year) and Josie Puelz (field performance of the meet) earned major awards while 54 Bulldogs were named 2021 outdoor All-GPAC honorees.
Bulldog athletes competed at two separate meets on Friday (May 7) with breakthroughs coming from the women's 4x1 and from Jerod Peters in the shot put.
Elite performances from the likes of Battershell, Puelz and Shaw propelled Concordia Women's Track & Field to another GPAC title. Meanwhile, the men placed fourth.
On a successful first day of the GPAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the Bulldogs combined for four GPAC titles and 23 all-conference performances. Josie Puelz broke a meet record.
Thanks to her performance at the Drake Relays that put her atop the NAIA national list, Rachel Battershell has been named the GPAC Track Athlete of the Week once again.
For the first time since 2013, Concordia will have the honor of hosting the GPAC outdoor championship meet. The meet will take place Friday and Saturday. Fans are welcome.
The consistent excellence of Jacob Cornelio was on display again on Saturday (April 24) as he won the hammer competition at the Drake Relay. He was one of 12 Bulldogs to compete on the day.
Rachel Battershell added a national qualifying time in the 400 while highlighting Friday (April 23) at the Drake Relays. Thirteen Bulldogs were in action in Des Moines.
In action at the Prairie Wolf Invite, Bethany Shaw notched a new automatic national qualifying mark, Dagne' Buck produced a big PR and five Bulldogs won event titles.
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.