In the third outing of the inaugural season for Concordia Powerlifting, four Bulldogs placed first and all 10 of the team's competitors improved their scores from the previous meet. The next event on the schedule will be the national championships.
In the third outing of the inaugural season for Concordia Powerlifting, four Bulldogs placed first and all 10 of the team's competitors improved their scores from the previous meet. The next event on the schedule will be the national championships.
In a return to action for the Concordia Weightlifters, five Bulldogs emerged with first-place claims at the Heartland Open in Omaha. Titles were taken by Mary Berris, Rylee Kara, Sydney Wadsworth, Evan Fukuhara and Mitch Myers.
Four Bulldogs came away with medals via top three placements at the Midwest Regionals hosted by William Jewell on Nov. 19. Rylee Ladd claimed first place in the 52 kg class and nearly every Concordia athlete improved their totals.
The improvements were obvious in the results as four Bulldogs qualified for nationals and all six Concordia competitors earned medals at the 2022 Midwest Regionals hosted by the University of Iowa on Nov. 5.
Eleven Bulldogs represented Concordia Lifting Sports in the program's first-ever powerlifting event. The team competed alongside mostly Midland athletes as part of the Warrior Open in Fremont, Neb., on Oct. 8.
All seven Bulldogs who competed in the first-ever competition for Concordia Lifting Sports earned medals with four placing first among college athletes. Five Bulldogs also exceeded national qualifying standards with their performances.
The inaugural season of Concordia Lifting Sports is set to get started on Sept. 10-11 with the MidAmerica Nazarene Open. That competition will be one of eight throughout the 2022-23 campaign for Head Coach Freddie Myles squad.
Since his hiring as the first ever Concordia Head Powerlifting Coach, Freddie Myles has gone to work recruiting and beginning the process of putting a team together for the fall of 2022. He discussed that opportunity in this Q&A.
The first head coach in the history of Concordia University Men’s and Women’s Powerlifting is Freddie Myles, who will lead the Bulldogs into competition in 2022-23. The native Californian has spent the past 16 years developing elite powerlifters at his own gym.
Concordia University Athletics has announced the launch of powerlifting as the athletic department’s 23rd and 24th varsity intercollegiate sports. The programs will offer athletic aid and begin competition in 2022-23.
