Named GPAC Athlete of the Year as just a sophomore, Rachel Battershell became an elite athlete in short order. The Wyoming native sees no limits to what she can do with God at her side.
Concordia track and field will travel a group of 32 individuals to the 2020 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships in Brookings, S.D. Twenty-one Bulldogs have prior nationals experience.
Rachel Battershell (GPAC Athlete of the Year) and Matt Beisel (GPAC Coach of the Year) have been recognized as major award winners by the GPAC, which also announced track & field all-conference teams.
The reign atop the GPAC track and field world continues for the Concordia women's program. The Bulldogs won the conference meet behind Rachel Battershell while the men placed third.
Kennedy Mogul got the 2020 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championship started in thrilling fashion by winning the title in the pentathlon. The majority of the meet will take place on Saturday (Feb. 22).
Both Concordia squads expect a lot of themselves at this weekend's GPAC championship meet hosted by Dakota Wesleyan. Nationally, the women are ranked second and men are ranked fifth.
Senior Addie Shaw set two new personal bests and beat out a loaded field of competitors at the Concordia Invite. As a result, the native of Bassett, Neb., earned GPAC weekly honors.
Senior Addie Shaw dominated in the final indoor home meet of her career and the Bulldogs added three fresh automatic national qualifying marks while hosting the Concordia Invite.
A combined 10 nationally-ranked men's and women's squads will be on hand on Friday (Feb. 14) when the Bulldogs host the Concordia Invite. It will mark the final indoor home meet of 2020.
While continuing to perform at elite levels, Rachel Battershell and Allie Brooks keep raking in honors. The duo has combined for six GPAC Athlete of the Week awards this indoor season.
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.