The Concordia cheer team has placed seven team members on the list of 2019 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The group features seniors Kennedy Garner and Chelsea Willard.
The Concordia cheer team has placed seven team members on the list of 2019 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The group features seniors Kennedy Garner and Chelsea Willard.
In its final competition of the 2018-19 season, the Bulldog cheer team placed 13th at the NAIA Northwest Qualifier in Fremont, Neb., on Friday (Feb. 23). Concordia posted a score of 48.69.
While competing at the 2019 GPAC Cheer and Dance Championships, the Bulldogs placed sixth in dance and seven in cheer. The event took place at Hastings on Saturday (Feb. 9).
In a warm up for the GPAC championships on Saturday, the Concordia cheer team came up short in a dual at Morningside on Wednesday (Feb. 7). It marked the second dual this season for the Bulldogs.
While hosting the largest cheer and dance competition in program history, the Bulldogs placed sixth in both cheer and dance at the Concordia Invite on Saturday (Feb. 2). The Bulldogs were joined by six GPAC schools.
In conjunction with the annual CIT, the Bulldog cheer team tested itself against three other Concordias and placed third in the competition in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Bulldog cheer and dance teams both placed third in their first competitions of 2019, which took place at the Doane Invite on Jan. 19. The meet included GPAC opposition in Doane and Hastings.
Head coach Mandi Maser's cheer and dance programs both landed four student-athletes on the NAIA's list of 2018 Scholar-Athletes. The Bulldog honorees include two seniors and six juniors.
The competition season ended on Friday (Feb. 23) for the Concordia cheer and dance squads, which both placed ninth at the NAIA Competitive Cheer & Dance Northwest Qualifier hosted by Morningside.
A cheer team captained by Kennedy Garner and Kathie Nguyen placed fourth out of seven teams at Saturday's (Feb. 10) GPAC Championships hosted by Hastings inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
The Concordia University cheer and dance teams were in action on Feb. 3 in conjunction with the Bulldog basketball games. In dual action, Bulldog cheer got the best of the Northwestern, 72.75 to 66.
The first-ever Concordia Invitational Tournament cheer and dance competitions took place during the annual basketball event on Jan. 27. With a score of 56.75, the CUNE cheer squad placed second.
While opening up the 2018 competition season, the Concordia cheer team hosted a quadrangular inside the PE Center Gym. The Bulldogs placed second among the four GPAC schools at the event on Jan. 20.
The Concordia University cheer team garnered a score of 51.38 and placed 10th among the 11 squads that competed at the NAIA Northwest Cheer Regional held at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan.
The Concordia University cheer team took the floor at the first ever Great Plains Athletic Conference Cheer and Dance Championships and came away with a fifth-place finish. The event was held at Hastings College on Feb. 11.
Fresh off a win over Hastings in its season-opening dual, the Concordia University cheer team fell by a score of 69.55 – 67.55 in Wednesday’s matchup inside the PE Center Gym with Doane.
It was a historic night for the Concordia University cheer program, which competed in a dual that included stunting for the first time in school history. The Bulldogs defeated Hastings, 74.4 – 71.85.
Veteran choreographer Mandi Maser has been appointed to lead Concordia's growing dance and cheer programs.
A trio of junior elementary education majors represented Concordia cheer and dance on the list of NAIA Scholar-Athletes released on Friday.
The Concordia cheer team competed at the GPAC Invite Saturday morning. The squad finished third in the non-stunt cheer category with a 72.93 score.
On Wednesday night, the Concordia cheer team held its first competition. The Broncos topped the Bulldogs, 81.45-75.7.
Head coach Daneen Kovar Theye will hold dance and cheer auditions on April 26 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the PE Building gym.
Starting with the fall of 2014, Concordia University cheer will become an officially-sponsored sport, bringing the number of Bulldog varsity athletic teams to 21.
In another big step for the NAIA emerging sport of cheer and dance, the GPAC held the first ever conference invite on Saturday. At the event hosted in Fremont, Neb., by Midland University, head coach Daneen Kovar Theye’s Bulldog cheer squad finished runner up in the “non stunt” category, while the dance team placed seventh.
Concordia cheer captain Jessica Olson is used to being referred to as “Miss Iowa,” as dance and cheer coach Daneen Kovar Theye often calls the Carlisle, Iowa, native. So naturally the two-year member of the Bulldog cheer team has been selected as one of roughly 25 candidates who will vie for the official title of Miss Iowa.
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