Track and Field

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.

Kim Wood raked in another major honor and a total of 39 Bulldogs were officially recognized as all-conference performances for Concordia track and field.

The Concordia track and field teams competed at the GPAC indoor meet on Saturday. The women’s team finished second with 140.83 points while the men finished third with 112.5 points.

Lucas Wiechman sits near the top of the heap in the heptathlon and Alayna Daberkow claimed all-conference laurels on day one of the 2016 GPAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Head coach Kregg Einspahr's top-five nationally-ranked track and field squads head to the GPAC indoor championships on Friday and Saturday.