A school record-breaking performance on Feb. 5 has led to sophomore Josie Puelz being named the GPAC Field Athlete of the Week. Puelz ranks No. 1 nationally in the pole vault.
Sophomore Josie Puelz elevated to a school record in one of 10 event championship performances at the Concordia Classic on Friday (Feb. 5). The meet included Doane and Hastings.
The third home meet of the 2020-21 indoor season will unfold Friday as the Bulldogs host the Concordia University Classic. The meet is slated to get underway with field events at 2 p.m. CT.
For the second time in three weeks, sophomore Kylahn Heritage has been named GPAC Track Athlete of the Week. Heritage helped lead the women's DMR to a No. 1 time in the NAIA.
Josie Puelz rose to new heights in the pole vault while Wyatt Loga, Cody Williams and the distance medley relay groups were among the standouts at the Beile Classic (Jan. 29-30) at Doane.
In the initial set of NAIA indoor national rankings released by the USTFCCCA, Concordia appeared at No. 2 on the women's side and at No. 4 on the men's side.
NAIA national pole vault leader Josie Puelz has been tabbed the GPAC Field Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Polar Dog Invite. Puelz is the defending GPAC pole vault champ.
While hosting for the second time this indoor season, the Bulldogs put 12 event titles on the board and got a starring performance from Zach Bennetts in the pole vault on Friday (Jan. 22).
On the same day she was named GPAC Field Athlete of the Week, senior Morgan De Jong has been chosen as the NAIA National Field Athlete of the Week (as announced on Jan. 20).
The Concordia women's track & field program swept GPAC weekly awards courtesy of the performances last week by senior Morgan De Jong and sophomore Kylahn Heritage.
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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.
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