Eli Hegland
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- Height:
- 6-3
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- Hometown:
- Appleton, Minn.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Lac qui Parle Valley
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- Major:
- Business Cybersecurity
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- Minor:
- Entrepreneurship
Bio
Why did you pick Concordia: It felt like home, I could continue track, and they have a good business school
The Hegland File
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite restaurant: Taco Bell
Favorite Movie: Shutter Island
Favorite TV/ Streaming Series: Breaking Bad
Go-to Karaoke song: Tequila
The place in the world I most want to visit: New Zealand
If I could have a super power it would be: Flight and speed
If I were famous it would be for: Selling shoes
Favorite professional sports team: MN Timberwolves
Favorite professional athlete growing up: LeBron
My dream job is: Owning a business
If I could play another sport (other than Track and Field) I would play: Basketball
News mentions
Concordia used the arms of its throw crew and the legs of Tyler Goss to move up two spots in the team standings and finish in a tie for fourth place at the MIAC Outdoor Championship Meet.
It was a beautiful day for track and field and a Senior Celebration Ceremony. Concordia honored its senior before the Cobb Open on Saturday and then had numerous season-best marks and Top 10 MIAC performances during the course of the meet.
Ethan Lebrija, Ryan Richardson and Tyler Evans led Concordia at the SJU Invitational which was moved up from Saturday due to impending typical Minnesota spring weather.
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.
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.
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 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.
Senior Cooper Folkestad started his quest for a natty title by posting the second farthest distance in DIII in the shot put at the season-opening NDSU Alumni Classic.
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