Dawson Schaffer
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- Height:
- 6-3
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- Hometown:
- Horace, N.D.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Kindred
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- Major:
- Exercise Science
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- Minor:
- Coaching
Bio
Why did you pick Concordia: Academics and football
Post Graduation plans: Graduate school for dentistry
The SCHAFFER File
Favorite food: Chicken Alfredo
Favorite movie: Wild Hogs
My dream job is: Kicker for the Pittsburgh Steelers
News mentions
Concordia competed in a pair of meets in Iowa. The Cobbers had a group of athletes at the Simpson Open and had several at the Drake Relays on Friday and Saturday.
Senior Cooper Folkestad and junior Peyton Johnsrud led the way for Concordia on Day 2 at the MIAC Indoor Championship. The two field athletes both posted event wins to help the Cobbers finish sixth in the final team standings. Concordia finished with 53.0 points.
Concordia had six track athletes post podium finishes to lead the Cobbers on Day 1 at the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet. Led by MIAC heptathlon champion Wade Rhonemus, Concordia finished Friday with 26 team points. That total was good for sixth in the team standings.
Experience was served in the final competition before the MIAC Championship Meet. Concordia had a host of seniors and juniors put up marks on the school’s all-time list as the Cobbers finished in third place in the final team standings at the UND Tune-Up.
Concordia embarked on its first road trip of the season on Saturday and had a first-year runner post his second straight event win of the year.
Concordia opened its 2024 season by hosting the 83rd annual Cobber Open. Concordia had four student-athletes post individual event wins at the meet that featured competitors from NCAA Division I, II and NAIA schools.