Summer 2012 - "Education Perspectives" - Concordia University

Navy & White
Concordia’s Sport Highlights
TRACK & FIELD
MEN: Setting four meet records
and capturing nine event titles, the
Cavaliers won their seventh straight
Cascade Collegiate Conference
(CCC) Championship, which was
held in Klamath Falls, Ore. After
earning CCC Coach of the Year
honors, Randy Dalzell led the men
to a 4th-place finish at the NAIA
National Championships where
Nate Moses (discus) and Eric
Whalen (shot put) captured national
championships in their respective
events. Additional All-American
honors included: Jesse Staub (3rd,
javelin); Jasen Brown (4th, 800),
Whalen (4th, javelin); Branko
Djuricic (5th, triple jump), Bo
Johnson (6th, hammer), Moses (7th, shot put), Ismael Osorio (7th, discus),
Tim Wyland (7th, javelin), and Jordan Reeher (8th, 400 hurdles). Finally,
joining Brown and Reeher on the men’s 1,600-meter relay team, Edgar
Vazquez and Andre Washington also earned All-America status.
TRACK & FIELD WOMEN: After winning the NAIA Outdoor
title last season (see article on page 28), the Concordia women nearly
defended their crown by placing second at nationals this year. Five Cavs
won national titles over the three-day
meet held in Marion, Ind. Sharayah
Kenady opened the meet with a win
in the hammer and was followed
by Kayla Xavier earning a repeat
in the shot put. On the final day,
Junia Limage (800), Gabriella
Dixson (discus) and Lauren Moran
(steeplechase) added championship
hardware for Concordia. Other
All-Americans for CU were: Dixson
(2nd, shot put), Xavier (2nd, discus),
NyEma Sims (3rd, 100; 5th, 200),
Aria Nojima (5th, javelin) and
Emily Painter (8th, 10,000) Prior to
nationals, the Cavs won their sixth
straight CCC crown where Sims was
named the Female Track Athlete of
the Meet.
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GOLF MEN: The Cavs won four
of the five conference tournaments on
the way to their fifth straight CCC title.
The Cavs won the title by 96 strokes over
Corban University and placed Jesse Heinly
and Jed Dalton on the All-CCC team,
including Player of the Year honors by
Heinly. Just the second men’s individual
in Cavalier history to qualify, Heinly
went on to represent Concordia at the
NAIA National Championships held at
Creekside Golf Course in Salem, Ore. and
was named Second Team All-American.
GOLF WOMEN: Like the men, the
Concordia women won four of the five
CCC tournaments and wrapped up their
fifth straight CCC title. Sara Molyneux
earned Player of the year honors while
teammates Sunny Powers and Holly Speer
were also named to the All-CCC team.
The Cavs went on to win their first ever
NAIA qualifying tournament and placed
12th at nationals which were held in
Greeneville, Tenn.