Both Concordia track and field teams garnered national rankings with the release of the first NAIA computer rankings by the USTFCCCA. The Bulldog women are ranked fourth and the men are ranked 13th.
The nationally-ranked Bulldogs are getting set to host the Concordia Outdoor Invitational on Friday and Saturday (April 7-8) in what will be their first home appearance of the 2017 outdoor season.
For the second week in a row, Concordia track and field swept GPAC field weekly awards. This week's winners, Zach Lurz and Kali Robb, also were upgraded to NAIA national field athletes of the week, as announced Wednesday (April 5).
Athletes representing Concordia track and field combined for five new automatic national qualifying marks and six event titles at the Reiver Open hosted by Iowa Western Community College.
Due to expected inclement weather on Saturday (April 1), the Hastings Bronco Open has been called off. The Bulldogs are scheduled to host the Concordia Invite April 7-8.
Concordia track and field has garnered both GPAC field athlete of the week awards. Cody Boellstorff and Allie Brooks are winners this week after producing NAIA leading marks at last week's Wildcat Classic.
Cody Boellstorff unleashed another hammer throw of greater than 200 feet while starring at the Wildcat Classic on Sunday. Sydney Meyer also turned in an automatic national qualifying mark in the hammer throw.
Allie Brooks etched her name atop another all-time school list while breaking the meet pole vault record at the Wildcat Classic. Brooks and four other Bulldog women recorded automatic national qualifying marks.
Coming off two top-10 national finishes, one being a runner-up claim, the Bulldogs hope to carry their momentum into the outdoor season. The Bulldogs are in the midst of an impressive run of national success.
By the time the dust settled, the weekend haul for Concordia included one three individual national titles, 14 total All-America performances and team finishes of second on the men’s side and seventh on the women’s side
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