2026-27 Concordia Track & Field Schedule
SEWARD, Neb. – The complete 2026-27 Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field schedule has been released to the public. Head Coach Matt Beisel’s Bulldogs have solidified indoor and outdoor slates with action set to begin with the annual Concordia Bulldog Early Bird Meet on Dec. 10-11. Over the course of the entire ’26-27 slate, Concordia will host a total of six home meets, including four for indoor and two for outdoor.
Head Coach Matt Beisel is in the process of wrapping up his 11th season leading the Bulldog Cross Country programs. Hope Beck and Vaughn Hendrickson will make appearances at the cross country national meet before full attention is shifted to indoor track. As a program, the Bulldogs will return 17 combined men’s and women’s national qualifiers from the 2026 indoor/outdoor seasons.
This coming indoor season, Concordia will host the following home meets: Concordia Bulldog Early Bird (Dec. 10-11), Concordia Polar Dog Invite (Jan. 23), the Concordia Classic (Jan. 29) and the Concordia Indoor Invitational (Feb. 12). Similar to previous years, the Bulldogs will remain close to home for their away meets with multiple trips to the University of Nebraska’s Devaney Center and Doane’s Fuhrer Field House on the docket.
The 2027 outdoor season will kick off at the Grand View Viking Invite on March 20. The outdoor home meets will include the Concordia Outdoor Invitational (April 2-3) and the Concordia Twilight (May 14). A major highlight of the outdoor regular season slate is the Drake Relays, which will take place April 22-24 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Bulldogs will also make visits to local rivals such as the University of Nebraska-Kearney, Hastings, Doane and Nebraska Wesleyan as part of the outdoor schedule.
The 2027 GPAC Championships will be staged at College of Saint Mary for indoor (Feb. 19-20) and Morningside for outdoor (May 26-28). The 2027 NAIA National Championships venues will remain the same as 2026: Gainesville, Fla., for indoor and Asheville, N.C., for outdoor.