Five Track & Field Athletes Named Academic All-District

MOORHEAD, Minn. (6/01/23)---Concordia had five student-athletes recognized as Academic All-District selected by the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA ) in the track & field/cross country category.

The Cobbers had three women earn Academic All-District honors. Drew Frolek (So., Lidgerwood, N.D.), Maddie Guler (Jr., Pelican Rapids, Minn.) and Emily Rugloski (Sr. Baxter, Minn.), who are all 2-sport athletes, all received the award for the first time in their careers. Leo Smith (Sr., West Fargo, N.D.) and Cal Wright (Sr., Mora, Minn.) were the men's representatives on the team.

To be eligible for Academic All-District recognition, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, and have played in at least 50 percent of the team's competition throughout the season.

The at-large category consists of student-athletes who participated in men's and women's golf, men's and women's hockey, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's skiing and wrestling.   

Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, which will be released later in the month.

Frolek is a Nursing major who has a 3.93 GPA. She was a member of the cross country squad in the fall and the track & field teams in 2023. Frolek earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors in the 800 meters at both the MIAC Indoor and Outdoor Championship Meets.

Guler, who also played for the Cobber women's basketball team, has a 3.94 GPA while majoring in Biology and Psychology. She was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that earned All-Conference honors at the outdoor meet and was also on the All-Conference Honorable Mention 4x400 relay team.

Rugloski had a terrific senior season in both cross country and track & field. She is an Exercise Science major with a 3.72 GPA. Rugloski was the No.1 runner for the Cobber cross country team for most of the team's competitions in the fall. She had career-high finishes at the MIAC Championship and NCAA Regional Meet. On the track, she captured All-Conference Honorable Mention honors in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

Smith has a 4.00 GPA while majoring in Chemistry. He competed in both cross country and track and field and enjoyed a career year in the fall for the Cobber harriers. He became the eighth athlete in school history to earn All-Region honors and also earned All-Conference Honorable Mention at the MIAC Meet.

Wright earns his second consecutive Academic All-District award. He capped his Cobber career by earning a spot at the NCAA National Outdoor Meet in the 200 and 400 meters. Wright went on to post Top 15 finishes in both events and holds the Concordia school record in both.