In the first NAIA national rankings of 2016 released by the USTFCCCA on Wednesday, both Bulldog programs made top-five appearances.
The Concordia track & field team will host the Concordia Classic this Friday and Saturday. Events are tentatively set to begin at 3 p.m. on Friday and 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
Cody Boellstorff, Zach Lurz and Kim Wood each broke school records and six event titles were claimed by Concordia at Friday's Prairie Wolf Invite.
After turning in two NAIA national qualifying marks last week, including the nation's best one-mile time, Kim Wood has been named the NAIA's National Track Athlete of the Week.
The Concordia women’s track and field program has swept GPAC weekly honors. Kali Robb and Kim Wood were rewarded by the conference on Jan. 20.
The GPAC announced the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC track and field athletes of the week Wednesday. Making a clean sweep was Concordia’s men’s team.
Ten Bulldogs combined to record 12 automatic national qualifying marks at the season-opening Nisely Classic hosted by Doane.
Kim Wood, Jordyn Sturms and Emily Sievert opened Concordia's track and field indoor season at the Holiday Inn Invitational at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Friday.
Featured StoryAfter a banner 2015 season, the Concordia University track and field teams are poised for more thrills in 2016.
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A 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 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?
Featured StoryThe Concordia women won a track and field national title for the first time ever while the men finished as a national runner up at the 2016 outdoor championships. Individually, Zach Lurz won the shot put title.
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