SEWARD, Neb. – Following a season best performance at the Fred Beile Classic, Concordia University senior Sarah Ragland has been named the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women’s Field Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference on Wednesday (Feb. 2). This marks the first career GPAC weekly award for Ragland. She is the third member of the NAIA second-ranked Bulldog Women’s Track & Field team to garner such an honor this indoor season, joining Morgan De Jong (Jan. 19) and Sarah Lewis (Dec. 15).
A native of Rocky River, Ohio, Ragland won the weight throw competition at last week’s Beile Classic with her toss of 57 feet. That mark ranks No. 1 in the GPAC and No. 2 in the NAIA this season. Ragland’s personal best of 57’ 9” in the weight throw ranks ninth on the program’s all-time list. She is a two-time NAIA All-American having earned one plaque apiece in the weight and hammer throws.
Ragland and company will return to action this weekend with the Concordia Classic (Feb. 4) and the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (Feb. 4-5).
2021-22 GPAC Athletes of the Week
Feb. 2 – Sarah Ragland (field)
Jan. 19 – Morgan De Jong (field)
Dec. 15 – Sarah Lewis (track)