Now presenting the second half of The Concordian’s guide to track and field events. Featured this week: pole vaulting, high jump, shot put and relay. Shot put The shot put event involves throwing a weighted ball, or “shot,” in a pushing motion as far as the thrower can forward into a fanned area. The thrower…
Track and field is a sport made up of numerous events. Pole-vault, javelin, hammer throw, 200-meter dash… Confused? The Concordian is here to help! Brush up on your track and field know-how with this guide to some of the events. This week: Sprinting, long jump, triple jump and weight/hammer throw. See next week’s paper for…
As the snow begins to melt and temperatures begin to rise, spring is upon us. That means longer days, greener trees, and 5K races popping up all over the Fargo-Moorhead area. Ever done one? 3.125 miles (or five kilometers) sounds like a feasible distance, until you’re actually trudging along the black pavement, listening to the…
The Cobber wrestling team is proposing to expand their facilities for their growing team into the Riverside Center gym. Athletic Director Rich Glas and co-head wrestling coaches Clay Nagel and Matt Nagel presented their idea to renovate the former Riverside Elementary School gym to a project request committee consisting of various Concordia administrators, and they…
MIAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week senior pole vaulter Erik Olson broke Concordia’s 30-year height record for the second time in his career as a Cobber athlete. Olson broke the existing record of 14-11, held by David “Buzz” Dahl in 1983. He cleared the 15-foot mark two weeks ago at the Cobber Open. Olson broke the…
Volleyball head coach Tim Mosser can usually be found in Memorial Auditorium with an energizing presence on the sidelines during home games. You may also have seen him a time or two in Olsen Forum, standing across from a smaller net, “hitting the bird,” as he would say, and working up a sweat. Mosser taught…
This holiday season, ESPN aired a trick video produced by six members of Concordia’s men’s basketball team. What started out as after-practice entertainment has turned into a YouTube sensation. Their video “Merry Christmas Concordia College” now has 14,011 views on YouTube… and counting. After practice, the members of the basketball team usually just go back…
As Concordia’s dance team, the Zea Mays, flew home from Orlando, Fla., after placing eighth in the semifinals at the Universal Dance Association National Championship, team captains Amanda Bertrand and Vanessa Yamry only had feelings of pride. “I’m proud of our team,” Bertrand, a senior, said. “We’ve come really far-—especially after the year we’ve had.”…
Students, athletes, alumni and community members gathered in Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 2 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, an amendment enacted in 1972 giving women equal rights in educational programs and activities receiving federal funding. This amendment opened up school sports for participation by women. Senior women’s administrator and associate athletic director,…
Last Friday at the Moorhead Sports Center was senior night for Concordia’s men’s hockey team, and they did their fans proud by pulling out a 2-1 win in overtime. Somewhere in the stands, cheering on their team with the rest of the crowd, sat two clubbies. Melisa Barish thinks that the Moorhead Sports Center, where…