The 2015 indoor track season ended dis- mally for the men throwers. “We had very few members,” senior Tyler Aldous said. The lack of the throwers was the result of injuries and conflicting class schedules. Se- nior Erik Bye missed all of the 2015 season because of injury, senior Jens Hulden missed due to a…
Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams officially welcomed a new member to the coaching staff when indoor practices got under way Jan. 4. Martin Peper, 61, was hired by the heads of the men’s and women’s track and field teams to coach the long jump, high jump and triple jump. Peper will…
The spring season is fast approaching, and the bats are out of storage and swinging even faster. The women’s softball team is preparing for its upcoming season which begins Feb. 1. The bats were not put completely away in storage. According to head coach Michael Reese, the team has been preparing for the upcoming season…
The basketball calendar is filled with big moments sprinkled throughout the year: the marquee matchups on Christmas Day, the slam dunk contest, March Madness, and the NBA Finals just to name a few. However, arguably none of these events are bigger than intramural basketball at Concordia. With the 2016 season underway, here are five tips…
The waters of the pool are continuing to ripple as the Cobber women’s swimming and diving team pushes forward through their season. This year is head coach Talia Butery’s second season where she continues to make the program into a mighty force to be reckoned with. “I expect our athletes to continue to grow as…
With the holiday season around the corner, Concordia prepares to host its annual Christmas concert. When looking back through time, the Christmas concert has been a part of Concordia’s history for as long as anyone can remember. This means that the athletic department has been forced out of their home, Memorial Auditorium, for just as…
With hockey, basketball and swimming all underway in their winter sports seasons, track athletes are starting their preparations for their upcoming season. Olson Forum is filled with athletes galore as the start of the indoor track season took off the week before Thanksgiving break. While the indoor track season is a season all in its…
Wayne Gretzky once said that you miss every shot that you do not take. And if you find yourself shooting against Andrea Klug, you miss almost every shot you do take. The Cobber goalie stopped 102 straight shots over the course of 273 minutes in a shutout streak that spanned four games and the first…
Through the school year, the Cobber community gets the opportunity to enjoy the variety of sports that Concordia has to offer. The audience get to see countless athletes participating in sports that they have partaken in their whole lives. While the audience gets to sit back and watch these athletes in action, those audience members…
Shortly after Ohio State University won the inaugural College Football Playoff championship game in January, the Twitter account @ohiovarsity posted a graphic showing that of the 47 student-athletes head coach Urban Meyer recruited, 42 of them had been multi-sport athletes in high school. Current Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carrol used to be head coach…