Chilly and windy conditions limited Concordia's participation, but a large crew of distance runners and throwers got the 2022 outdoor season started with solid results at the Viking Relays and Doane Icebreaker Throws Meet.
Chilly and windy conditions limited Concordia's participation, but a large crew of distance runners and throwers got the 2022 outdoor season started with solid results at the Viking Relays and Doane Icebreaker Throws Meet.
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.
Courtesy of their performances at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, 18 Bulldogs have earned All-America honors. All-America plaques were handed out throughout the meet that took place March 3-5.
Yet another team trophy was claimed by the Concordia women, who placed third at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Meanwhile, the men placed 36th. Eighteen Bulldogs earned All-America awards in one or more events.
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.
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.
First-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.
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.
We 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.
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.
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?
The 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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