Seventeen Bulldogs are making final preparations for this week's NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. The event will run Thursday through Saturday in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Concordia's national qualifying field stands at 17 as the track and field programs look forward to next week's indoor national championship meet. Six Bulldogs were also 2017 indoor national qualifiers.
GPAC champions Scott Johnson and Samantha Liermann headline the 36 Bulldogs who officially earned all-conference accolades on Wednesday (Feb. 21). Eight individuals were all-conference in multiple events.
Scott Johnson and Samantha Liermann emerged from the weekend as individual GPAC champions. Their efforts helped the Bulldogs to top-five team finishes at the conference indoor meet.
The 2018 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships will unfold on Friday and Saturday at Doane. The nationally-ranked Bulldog squads have totaled 11 automatic national qualifying marks to date.
Many of the Bulldogs' high profile performers improved their marks while Scott Johnson produced a new 'A' standard in the triple jump during Saturday's (Feb. 10) action at the Concordia Indoor Invitational.
For the third time this indoor season, the Concordia track and field programs will serve as meet host. The Bulldogs are set to welcome athletes from nine competing institutions on Saturday (Feb. 8).
Event titles by McKenzie Gravo and Samantha Liermann and a personal best effort by Ben Hulett in the 60-meter hurdles were among the highlights for the Bulldogs at the Fred Beile Classic on Saturday (Feb. 3).
Both Concordia track and field programs found themselves inside the top 15 of the NAIA national rankings released on Wednesday (Jan. 31) by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
One of the top shot put marks in the nation and a personal best in the weight throw helped Adrianna Shaw reel in GPAC field athlete of the week accolades on Wednesday (Jan. 31). Shaw is a former shot put national runner up.
Out of the shadows of fellow national championship teammates, Josh Slechta has made himself into a standout even amongst a loaded group of Bulldog throwers.
Matt Beisel is set to return to his alma mater. The 1992 Concordia grad has been named head coach of Bulldog cross country and track and field.
Described as a "free spirit," the confident McKenzie Gravo is just scratching the surface of her vast potential - and she's already a two-time GPAC champion and an All-American.
Head coach of Concordia cross country and track and field since 1992, Dr. Kregg Einspahr has announced he has accepted a full-time teaching position within the science department.
The Concordia track and field programs return to action on Saturday at the Hastings Invite. They are both fresh off top-five national finishes at the indoor national championships.
Junior Cody Boellstorff proved his dominance in the weight throw over the 2016 indoor season. The thrower's improved technical ability and confidence has helped him reach new lengths as a Bulldog.
Kim Wood put together an are-you-for-real-right-now sort of moment at the GPAC championships as an example of what makes sports great. Here's how it happened.
Four Concordia track and field athletes top the NAIA leaderboard as part of an impressive 2016 indoor season. These Top Dawgs have again made the Bulldogs a national player.
After a banner 2015 season, the Concordia University track and field teams are poised for more thrills in 2016.
A new season is approaching for Concordia University Track & Field following a 2015 men's outdoor national title. The Bulldogs are ready to get back to action and turn the page, but it's hard not to reminisce about the events that unfolded back in May.