As the home stretch of the 2024 outdoor season beckons, Concordia Track & Field looks ahead to the Jim Dutcher Memorial Classic. The Bulldogs enter the meet carrying top 15 national rankings.
Another 17-foot vault has yielded another GPAC Athlete of the Week award for Zach Zohner. The conference recognized Zohner on April 17 following his performance at the USD Challenge.
Concordia won five event titles while the likes of Matthew Boyer and Zach Zohner improved upon impressive auto marks at the South Dakota Challenge. The Bulldogs went up against NCAA DI foes USD and SDSU.
The third full week of the outdoor season will take members of the Concordia Track & Field program to Vermillion, S.D., for the South Dakota Challenge. The Bulldogs will look to add to their 12 NAIA auto marks.
Courtesy of their performances at the Concordia Invite, Adrianna Rodencal and Chris Wren were named GPAC Athletes of the Week on April 10. Both athletes rank among the top four nationally in an event.
In taking advantage of a warm and sunny spring day, Concordia Track & Field hosted its first home meet of 2024 and treated the crowd to 10 automatic national qualifying standards and 13 event titles.
The first of two home meets this 2024 outdoor season will unfold Friday as the Bulldogs host the Concordia Invitational. Eleven institutions are slated to be represented at the meet that was revised to one day only.
Following two personal bests at the Central College Invite, Jenna Esch earned her second GPAC Athlete of the Week award of 2024. Esch won meet titles in the 200 and 400 meters.
There were two school records, 17 event championships and a series of other impressive performances on March 28 as the Bulldogs competed at the Central College Invite in Pella, Iowa.
For many Bulldog athletes, the 2024 outdoor season will get started on Thursday at the Central Invite. The meet will be held at Schipper Stadium in Pella, Iowa, home to NCAA Division III Central College.
Featured StoryShe'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.
Featured StoryThe 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.
Featured StoryWhile 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."
Featured StoryOn 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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With only a cinder track and no dedicated indoor facilities, Coach John Knight went to work building up the Concordia Cross Country and Track & Field programs. He succeeded in landing some of the top athletes in school history.
Featured StoryIn winding down a fifth year of a remarkable collegiate journey, the triple major Rachel Battershell has rediscovered the joy that made her a champion. Nearing the finish line, Battershell reflected on an experience she calls "really special."
Featured StoryOutdoor track season has nearly arrived for the Bulldogs, who are coming off indoor GPAC placements of first for the women and third for the men. The dynamics change with a different set of events on tap for outdoor track.
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