A total of 12 institutions will be represented at the Concordia Indoor Invitational, which will take place inside the Fieldhouse on Friday. The Bulldogs bring 17 automatic national qualifying marks into the meet.
Record breaking performances in the pole vault and high jump allowed sophomore Allie Brooks to rake in NAIA National Field Athlete of the Week honors. Brooks currently leads the nation in the pole vault.
The Concordia University track and field program took three of four GPAC weekly awards. Allie Brooks, CJ Muller and Lucas Wiechman all garnered conference accolades on Wednesday (Feb. 8).
Allie Brooks broke two school records in another big day for the sophomore from Seward. Additionally, Lucas Wiechman rose to the top of the national leaderboard in the heptathlon and five event titles were won by Bulldogs.
Allie Brooks joined her father Gene as a school record holder in the pole vault in a highlight performance at the Concordia Classic on Sunday. Brooks was one of five event titlists for the Bulldogs.
Athletes from 12 institutions will be on hand for Sunday's Concordia Indoor Classic hosted by the Bulldog track and field program. It will be the first home appearance of 2017 for first-year head coach Matt Beisel's squads.
Tabbed the GPAC men’s field athlete of the week earlier in the day, defending weight throw national champion Cody Boellstorff received an upgrade later on Wednesday. Boellstorff is the national leader in the weigh throw.
In the first 2017 national ratings released by the USTFCCCA, the Bulldogs checked in at No. 4 on the men's side and at No. 12 on the women's side. Both programs claimed top-five finishes at the 2016 indoor national championships.
The Concordia men's track and field program has swept GPAC weekly honors. Cody Boellstorff won another weight throw competition and Wiechman turned in stellar marks in three different events in last week's action.
The likes of Allie Brooks, Scott Johnson and Lucas Wiechman were among the highlight performers for Concordia track and field at the Prairie Wolf Invite on Friday (Jan. 20). The Bulldogs won six event titles.
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