
Thanks to her incredible efforts at the GPAC Championships, junior Adrianna Rodencal earned GPAC Athlete of the Year accolades for the fourth time in her career. A total of 39 Bulldogs earned All-GPAC awards.
Thanks to her incredible efforts at the GPAC Championships, junior Adrianna Rodencal earned GPAC Athlete of the Year accolades for the fourth time in her career. A total of 39 Bulldogs earned All-GPAC awards.
A pair of twilight meets make up this weekend’s schedule as athletes from Concordia Track & Field attempt to take advantage of final opportunities to compete prior to the national championships.
Adrianna Rodencal put together another meet to remember and the Bulldogs turned in GPAC team place finishes of second on the women's side and fourth on the men's side. Concordia combined for eight GPAC event titles.
Day one of the 2025 GPAC outdoor championships saw three Bulldogs win GPAC titles: Emery Gutz, Mayson Ostermeyer and Abi Wohlgemuth. Meanwhile, Adrianna Rodencal broke her own meet record in the 100 hurdles.
Five weeks of outdoor competition have let into the 2025 GPAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Hastings will do the honors of hosting the outdoor championship meet for the first time since 2016.
On the final day of competition prior to the GPAC outdoor championships, Bulldog athletes were spread across three meets. Among the highlights, the women's 4x4 clocked an NAIA auto time and Hayley Miles placed first in two jumps events.
A group of 12 Bulldogs represented Concordia Track & Field across nine events at the Drake Relays on Friday (April 25). Most notably, Adrianna Rodencal broke her own school record and qualified for the finals of the 100 hurdles.
Fifty-four Bulldogs from the Concordia Track & Field programs raked in 2024-25 NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards. The total was an increase from the previous year.
As part of the final week prior to the GPAC Championships, Bulldog athletes will be headed to the Prairie Wolf Invite, Drake Relays and Rock Chalk Classic. Concordia continues to rank in the NAIA top 25 for men and women.
A school record was earned on Friday (April 18) at the Dutcher Classic by the women's 4x100-meter relay. The Bulldogs concluded the meet with 13 event titles.
The slate is wiped clean as the Bulldogs look ahead to the 2025 outdoor season. The campaign will get started and late March and will move quickly to the GPAC championship meet in early May.
Saturday at the 2025 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships wasn't just another day in the life of Adrianna Rodencal. Using a refined meet day routine, Rodencal accomplished another mountaintop moment.
While plenty of All-Americans and GPAC champions have departed, Head Coach Matt Beisel and company are eager to see how the pieces fit together for 2024-25 track teams with the usual lofty aspirations.
She's one of a kind for so many reasons. In five years as a Concordia Bulldog, Josie Puelz not only won five NAIA national titles, she did so with class and that signature smile while living out her Christian faith.
The collegiate journey for Chris Wren culminated with a hammer throw national title. This mountaintop moment was meant to be for Wren, who looks back at his Concordia experience and how it transformed his life.
While feeling the best she ever has physically and mentally, Hastings native Jenna Esch has thrived in her third and final year as a Bulldog. Says Esch, "It’s been really special what I’ve been able to do, especially with this group of people."
On the heels of a fine indoor season, Concordia Track & Field sets its focus upon the 2024 outdoor campaign. The Bulldogs will attempt to build upon the All-America awards won by 15 individuals at the indoor national meet.
The ‘aha moment’ for Zach Zohner occurred during the middle of the 2023 indoor season when he decided he would no longer let the fear of injury monopolize his thoughts. The right mentality set him on a path to a national title.
Energetic and intensely competitive, Rylee Haecker has been described by coaches as "a gamer." Beyond athletics, Haecker is caring and outgoing, is a positive encourager of her teammates and is devout in her faith.
If the Bulldog Early Bird Meet is any indication, Concordia Track & Field is in for a phenomenal 2023-24 indoor season. The Bulldogs enter 2024 expecting to compete with the best of the GPAC and the NAIA once again.