Josie Puelz won her third career national title while helping lead the Concordia women to the top of the NAIA national team standings after two days of championship action. Nine Bulldogs officially became All-Americans on Friday (March 4).
Josie Puelz won her third career national title while helping lead the Concordia women to the top of the NAIA national team standings after two days of championship action. Nine Bulldogs officially became All-Americans on Friday (March 4).
The Bulldogs could not have asked for a better first day at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Three relays reached the finals of their events and Amy Richert collected the third All-America honor of her career.
Concordia will take 34 qualifiers to the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. That list includes 19 Bulldogs with past All-America performances, such as national champions Rachel Battershell and Josie Puelz.
In conjunction with the NAIA's release of official national qualifiers, Concordia Track & Field has announced its national qualifying team of 34. The 2022 NAIA indoor national meet will take place in Brookings, S.D., March 3-5.
On the same day he was honored as the GPAC Coach of the Year, Matt Beisel has been selected by the USTFCCCA as the NAIA Midwest Region Women's Coach of the Year. Beisel led the Concordia women to a 2022 GPAC indoor title.
Forty-six athletes from Concordia Track & Field earned 2022 indoor all-conference honors in one or more events. In addition, Matt Beisel was recognized as the GPAC Women's Coach of the Year and Josie Puelz earned Women's Field Performance of the Meet.
The streak continues for Concordia women's track, which has now won each of the past six GPAC championship meets. Meanwhile, the Bulldog men placed fourth at the 2022 GPAC indoor meet. Concordia combined for six GPAC event titles.
In the highlight of the first day of the GPAC Championships, Amy Richert broke the school record in the pentathlon. Richert and two Bulldog teammates earned all-conference place finishes in the event, piling up 12 points.
After six weekends of regular season action, members of the Concordia Track & Field program are gearing up for the 2022 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. The women's program has won five-straight GPAC titles.
In perhaps the best across-the-board meet of the 2022 indoor season, Bulldog athletes combined for nine event titles and four fresh automatic national qualifying marks as the program hosted the annual Concordia Indoor Invite.
In 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.
You 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.
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.
Jacob 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.
With 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.
After nearly deciding to go elsewhere for college, Sarah Lewis felt something calling her to stay closer to home. Her presence at Concordia has been a blessing to a program that has taken off with the help of Lewis.
Roughly 30 years after John Puelz made his mark at Concordia, John's daughter Josie has brought the Puelz name back to the forefront in a big way. The family's legacy will always have a deep and special connection to Concordia.
Concordia Track & Field has reached meet week while readying to host the Bulldog Early Bird. The Bulldogs are coming off 2021 GPAC indoor placements of first on the women's side and third on the men's side.
It had to be God's plan that resulted in Carol Bailey-Moravec landing at Concordia College in 1986. The next four years saw Bailey-Moravec achieve unprecedented success.
The accomplished Addie Shaw earned 11 All-America awards and two national titles in an incredible collegiate career. Shaw provided a reflection on her time at Concordia.
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