On the heels of his second career shot put national title, junior Zach Lurz raked in another prestigious honor. Lurz has been tabbed a national award winner by the USTFCCCA.
Following a dominant performance by Concordia throwers at the 2016 indoor national championships, assistant Ed McLaughlin garnered a national coaching award.
The Concordia track and field teams finished the NAIA Indoor Championships in the top five after a three day event. The men placed third with 58 points while the women finished fifth with 43 points.
A total of 10 Concordia men’s and women’s track and field athletes were named All-Americans after the second day of the NAIA Indoor Championships, including Cody Boellstorff who won the title in the men’s weight throw.
The fourth-ranked Concordia men’s and women’s track and field teams finished day one of the NAIA Indoor Championships Thursday afternoon. The Bulldogs competed in five different events over they day.
The Concordia men’s and women’s track teams, both ranked fourth in the country, will be traveling to Johnson City, Tenn. for the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships this week.
Concordia track and field has announced its group of 31 athletes who will travel to next week's NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships. The event will run March 3-5 in Johnson City, Tenn.
Assistant coach Ed McLaughlin has guided four Concordia throwers to national titles in recent seasons. On Thursday he received due recognition as the Midwest regional assistant coach of the year.
Chalk up more honors for Zach Lurz and Kim Wood, who on Thursday collected regional honors from the USTFCCCA. Both broke GPAC records last week at the conference indoor championships.
For the second time this season, senior Kim Wood has been named the NAIA National Indoor Track Athlete of the Week. Wood is fresh off four GPAC titles at last week's conference meet.
Featured StoryThe 2018 Concordia track and field roster has a different look with the loss of an accomplished senior class and the arrival of the program's largest ever recruiting class. Expectations remain high.
Featured StoryA returning national champion in the shot put, Samantha Liermann is one of the few holdovers from the past two years that saw Concordia throwers blow all reasonable expectations out of the water. She's back for more.
Featured StoryStephanie Tietjen (maiden name Beberniss) blazed a trail for female pole vaulters at Concordia. She was utterly dominant in 2003, winning national and GPAC titles in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault.
Featured StoryIt would be difficult to find an athlete with a more impressive résumé than senior Zach Lurz. Says Lurz, "I’m sure I’ll look back in five years and think that this was amazing." Lurz has four national titles to his credit.
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An ACL tear as a senior in high school helped Allie Brooks realize just how much the pole vault means to her. Now as a sophomore at Concordia, Allie has taken flight and is living up to the Brooks name.
Featured StoryFirst-year head coach Matt Beisel finds himself in a unique situation in that he takes over programs that have raised a national championship trophy in back-to-back years. Bulldog track and field has created a climate of high expectation.
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Three standout Seward High School seniors made it official on Tuesday (Oct. 25). Anna Baack, Mika Brees and Logan Craig will trade Bluejay blue for Bulldog blue next fall.
Featured StoryWe take a look back at the incredible career of Kim Wood, a 2016 graduate and pride of Greeley, Nebraska. Wood won 12 GPAC titles on the track.
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Several national qualifying members of the 2016 national championship women's outdoor track and field team provided reflections on just what the accomplishment in Gulf Shores meant to them.
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Led by its powerful throwing program, Concordia University track and field has won both a men's and women's team national title over the past two seasons. Just how was the NAIA's top throwing program built?
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