Summer 2012 - "Education Perspectives" - Concordia University

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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. 30 concordia connection 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.
BASEBALL The Cavaliers captured the final NAIA West postseason tournament spot in the final weekend and held their ground with a 2-2 mark in postseason play held at Hilken Community Stadium, including a convincing 7-1 win over No. 2-seeded British Columbia. Overall, CU finished 25-28 on the season and were led by All-NAIA West selection Ben Talbot at catcher. SOFTBALL Concordia swept No. 17-ranked Corban University in the final week of the season to earn the No. 2 seed in the CCC Tournament. Finishing with a 24-21 overall record and a 15-9 record in conference play, the Cavs were rewarded with All-CCC honors by catchers Kyndell Andrews and Kate Santos and second baseman Sam Genskay. In addition, Laura Luther was named honorable mention all-conference at first base. CROSS COUNTRY MEN: The Cavalier men’s cross country team never finished below second at any meet they ran until the NAIA Championships. At nationals, Concordia finished 19th overall. Andrew Landstrom led the Cavs at the meet with a 25th place finish to become the fourth All-American in school history. Landstrom also earned All-CCC honors along with teammate Ben Foubert, while the team placed second at the CCC meet. CROSS COUNTRY WOMEN: In a season replete with accomplishments, the women’s cross country team saved the best for last as they set a new school record with 232 team points at the NAIA National Championships. In addition, Concordia qualified two All-Americans in the same meet for the first time in school history in Gina Paletta and Junia Limage. Paletta twice won individual titles and was named National Runner of the Week after her second win. Paletta also helped the Cavs finish second at the CCC meet and received All-CCC honors along with teammates Lauren Moran and Limage. Navy & White SOCCER MEN: The Concordia men won their first eight matches of the season and finished 16-2-1 overall and 11-1-1 in the CCC on their way to CCC Regular Season and Tournament titles. The Cavs received the No. 11 seed in the NAIA Tournament and hosted an NAIA Opening Round match against Great Falls University, but lost 3-2. Individually, Facundo Dipascuale repeated as the CCC Player of the Year, while (continued) Summer 2012 31
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