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After a banner 2015 season, the Concordia University track and field teams are poised for more thrills in 2016.
Featured StoryA new season is approaching for Concordia University Track & Field following a 2015 men's outdoor national title. The Bulldogs are ready to get back to action and turn the page, but it's hard not to reminisce about the events that unfolded back in May.
Featured StoryWhen Kregg Einspahr returned to his alma mater as head coach in 1992, members of the Concordia University track and field programs kicked up rocks while pacing an on-campus gravel track.
Concordia 23-year coaching veteran Kregg Einspahr has garnered his fourth major coaching honor of the 2015 campaign. On Tuesday the Omaha World-Herald named Einspahr its Midlands College Men’s Coach of the Year.
According to a formula designed to rank all collegiate throwing programs, assistant coach Ed McLaughlin’s group trumped every NAIA group of throwers in 2015.
Concordia head track and field coach Kregg Einspahr has raked in another coaching honor after guiding the men’s program to the first national title for any sport in school history. The 23-year veteran garnered Lincoln Journal Star State College Coach of the Year recognition along with Bulldog head women’s basketball coach Drew Olson, as announced on Monday.
This week a letter from the Nebraska State Legislature arrived in the inbox of head coach Kregg Einspahr. Nebraska State Legislative Resolution 371 introduced by Senator Mark Kolterman of District 24, congratulated Einspahr and the Concordia men’s track and field team on winning the 2015 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field national title.
School record holder and GPAC pole vault champion Cassie Starks has received the Inspiration Award from the Nebraska Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation.
On May 23 Concordia University men’s track and field celebrated the first team national title in school history. An underdog in the national title race, the Bulldogs led the meet from start to finish and hung onto the No. 1 spot as part of a tightly-bunched topped four.
Back in Seward after winning the first team national title in the history of Concordia University athletics, Bulldog men’s track and field is soaking up media attention.
Featured StoryIf the Bulldog Early Bird Meet is any indication, Concordia Track & Field is in for a phenomenal 2023-24 indoor season. The Bulldogs enter 2024 expecting to compete with the best of the GPAC and the NAIA once again.
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With only a cinder track and no dedicated indoor facilities, Coach John Knight went to work building up the Concordia Cross Country and Track & Field programs. He succeeded in landing some of the top athletes in school history.
Featured StoryIn winding down a fifth year of a remarkable collegiate journey, the triple major Rachel Battershell has rediscovered the joy that made her a champion. Nearing the finish line, Battershell reflected on an experience she calls "really special."
Featured StoryOutdoor track season has nearly arrived for the Bulldogs, who are coming off indoor GPAC placements of first for the women and third for the men. The dynamics change with a different set of events on tap for outdoor track.
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Twenty Bulldogs return who experienced the 2022 NAIA indoor national meet. The group includes past national champions Rachel Battershell and Josie Puelz. The program again has high hopes as the 2023 season has arrived.
Featured StoryIn a different era of Bulldog Athletics, Bob Schulze left a legacy as a four-sport athlete. Schulze may not have known exactly what he was getting into, but 58 years after his graduation from Concordia, he knows that God led him to the perfect place.
Featured StoryYou couldn't have been around Concordia and not have known Liz King. The native of Billings, Mont., became the first throws national champion under Ed McLaughlin and endeared people to her with her personality.
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The Ragland-Concordia connection dates back to 1986 when John Ragland enrolled at Concordia. John and his daughters Johanna and Sarah boast 10 combined All-America awards, but Concordia's meaning to them isn't about the accolades.
Featured StoryJacob Jennings hasn't been afraid to reverse course and take a chance. He did so when he chose Concordia at the last minute and he did it again when he traded in basketball for track and became an All-American while living out a college career rich in rewarding experiences.
Featured StoryWith a bevy of past All-Americans back in the fold, the Bulldogs are looking to remain a player on the conference and national scenes. The 2022 outdoor season gets started on Saturday with the Viking Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
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