
Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson represented Concordia Cross Country at the 2025 NAIA National Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. Green emerged as an NAIA All-American.

Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson represented Concordia Cross Country at the 2025 NAIA National Championships in Tallahassee, Fla. Green emerged as an NAIA All-American.

The Concordia men's and women's cross country teams combined for 23 NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards for 2025. The list includes NAIA national qualifier Vaughn Hendrickson.

Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson are set to make return appearances to the national meet. The two standouts will take to the trails in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday, Nov. 21.

As officially announced on Tuesday (Nov. 11), Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson will represent Concordia at the 2025 NAIA National Championships. The Bulldog men were left out of the field.

A haul of five individual GPAC All-Conference awards were earned by Bulldogs at the 2025 GPAC Cross Country Championships. As a team, Concordia placed third on the men's side and fifth on the women's side.

It's GPAC week for Concordia Cross Country. The Bulldogs are gearing up to a return to Mahoney State Park in Ashland. In addition to conference bragging rights, trips to the NAIA National Championships will be on the line.

Third place finishes from both Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson at the Blazing Tiger Classic led to GPAC weekly awards. Green has been named GPAC Runner of the Week for the third time this season.

Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson pushed for individual titles and the Bulldogs ran their best team races of the 2025 season while in action at the Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic on Saturday (Oct. 25).

One final meet remains in the regular season for the Bulldogs, who will put themselves up against top notch NAIA competition on Saturday. The Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic will take place at Mahoney State Park.

Trey Robertson and Annaka Schlachter emerged as the top Dawgs at the Holiday Inn Express Classic in Sioux Center, Iowa, where Bulldogs racked up personal bests.
After 24 years under Kregg Einspahr, Concordia cross country is in the midst of a transition with first-year head coach Matt Beisel at the helm.
Concordia women’s cross country has again become a mainstay among the NAIA’s top-ranked squads. The 2015 Bulldogs have made six appearances in the national poll.
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