Cooper Folkestad closed out his indoor career by becoming the first 4-time indoor All-American in program history as he finished third in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championship Meet.
Cooper Folkestad, Kyla Nygaarg, Lauren Pearson and the 4x400-meter relay team of Nygaard, Emily Rengo, Josie Brown and Emma Warner were all named to the All-Region Team.
Concordia will send a record-setting seven student-athletes to the NCAA National Indoor Meet in Birmingham, Ala.
Cooper Folkestad was named the MIAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year it was announced by the conference office. Folkestad earned the award for his record-setting performance in the shot put at the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet last weekend.
The Concordia men’s track & field team closed out the third and final day of the 2026 MIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a surge of big-meet performances that lifted the Cobbers into fifth place in the team standings. Behind a championship-record throw from senior Cooper Folkestad, a podium-level relay, and multiple All-MIAC field event finishes, Concordia capped a memorable weekend inside Carleton College’s Recreation Center.
Sophomore Eli Hegland led Concordia on the first full day of the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet. Hegland pulled off the upset in the high jump and won the event to give the Cobbers 10 teams points on Friday.
The Cobbers wrapped up competition in the heptathlon Friday afternoon at the 2026 MIAC Indoor Championships, closing out two full days of multi events with the 1,000 meters, Joey Molstre finished fifth overall.
Concordia began the 2026 MIAC Indoor Championship on Thursday with Day One of the men’s heptathlon, where Joey Molstre, Michael Crowder, and Josh Peterson each battled through a competitive opening slate of events. While the Cobbers faced challenges throughout the day, the trio produced steady marks, highlighted by Molstre’s top‑three finishes in the 55‑meter dash and high jump, helping him close the day in seventh place overall.
In this week's Kwik Trip Cobber Corner we talk to Concordia-Moorhead men's track & field head coach Garrick Larson, women's track & field head coach Marv Roeske and wrestling head coach Quincy Osborn as they all prepare for championship meets.
Concordia completed the pre-MIAC position of its schedule by competing at the UND Tune-Up meet. The Cobbers were paced by school record holders Cooper Folkestad and Tyler Evans and track athlete Jonas Hagemeister as all three came away with event wins.
It was another record-setting Saturday for the Cobbers. For the second consecutive meet, Concordia had a field athlete break a long-standing school record. Tyler Evans cleared the bar in the pole vault at 15-02.75 which broke the old mark set in 2017.
Following his record-setting, Division III-leading performance in the shot put at the NDSU Bison Open on Saturday, it was inevitable that senior Cooper Folkestad (Wadena, Minn./Wadena-Deer Creek HS) was named the MIAC Field Athlete of the Week.
Cooper Folkestad broke one of the "unbreakable" school records when he brought down the thunder in the shot put with a distance of 60-11.25 which broke Aaron Brank's record set in 1996 by over a foot.
Concordia officially got into the grind of the indoor season when they competed at the UND Open. CC delivered several season-best performances at the second of seven events in the season.
Concordia kicked off the 2026 portion of its schedule in style as they posted eight first-place finishes at the 86th annual Cobber Alumni Open. CC got four event wins from individual track athletes, captured crowns in both the 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays and came away with a pair of field victories.
Concordia sophomore Brayden Carlson (East Grand Forks, Minn.) was named the MIAC Men’s Track & Field Track Athlete of the Week for his outstanding performance at the season-opening NDSU Alumni Classic last week.
