Concordia Women's Track & Field swept GPAC weekly awards as Rachel Battershell and Addie Shaw took the honors. Both Bulldog standouts starred at the Concordia Invite.
Concordia Women's Track & Field swept GPAC weekly awards as Rachel Battershell and Addie Shaw took the honors. Both Bulldog standouts starred at the Concordia Invite.
Rachel Battershell starred in three different events in highlighting the Concordia Invite (April 9-10). Bulldog athletes combined for 10 auto marks and 11 event titles.
Following a monster performance at the Bronco Invite, Addie Shaw has been named both GPAC and NAIA National Field Athlete of the Week for the top-ranked Bulldogs.
Concordia Track & Field is getting set to host a meet for the first time this outdoor season. The Bulldogs will be one of seven teams on hand for the Concordia Outdoor Invite (April 9-10).
In an impressive showing, Bulldog athletes combined for 15 automatic national qualifying standards, 15 event titles and two school records at the Bronco Invite.
In the initial set of 2021 NAIA national outdoor rankings, the Concordia women have landed at No. 1 while the men checked in at sixth. The Bulldogs have produced 12 marks that appear on the national list.
National best marks in separate throwing events have led to Jacob Cornelio and Addie Shaw being named GPAC Athletes of the Week. Both Cornelio and Shaw are past national champions.
Four throwers represented Concordia at the Baker Relays on Saturday (March 27) and combined to produce three automatic national qualifying marks. It was the Bulldog debut for Elizabeth Stottlemyre.
In the first outdoor meet of 2021, Bulldog athletes combined for four automatic national qualifying marks, five ‘B’ standards and nine event titles while in action at the Viking Relays.
Fresh off a thrilling 2021 indoor season, the Bulldogs have high hopes for the spring. The roster has been beefed up for outdoor track & field, which is back after a year hiatus in 2020.
Led by stars such as Samantha Liermann and Cody Williams, the Concordia University track and field programs again have expectations of remaining a threat on the GPAC and national levels in 2019.
A state champion pole vaulter, Chase Berry will stay home and compete as a Bulldog. Along with Chase come lofty expectations. Because of circumstances he's faced, Chase is uniquely equipped to handle the expectations.
Dr. Brandon Seifert is a prime example of what happens when a standout athlete combines focus and determination. In a defining moment, the now surgeon overcame significant injury and triumphed in impressive fashion.
Adrianna Shaw hasn't always loved throwing the discus, but it's safe to say it's grown on her. The idea of being a national champion is still sinking in for the latest Bulldog to climb to the top of the podium.
Nearly three weeks after completing the indoor season, the Bulldog track and field teams are ready for outdoor competition. Most of the team's athletes will get started next week at the Fort Hays State Invite.
The 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.
A 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.
Stephanie 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.
It 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.
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.
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