2026 Cobber Women's Track and Field News
Cobber Head Coach Marv Roeske made it a clean sweep of the indoor and outdoor Coach of the Year honors for the MIAC and the USTFCCCA as he was named the USTFCCA North Region Outdoor Head Coach of the Year.
Concordia sophomore Chloe Mueffelmann (Cold Spring, Minn./ROCORI HS) earned All-American Second Team honors by finishing 15th in the shot put at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship Meet.
Concordia sophomore Josie Brown (Saco, Mont.) finished off her first individual national meet by competing in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division III National Meet held at Wis.-La Crosse.
Concordia posted a record-setting number of United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) North All-Region award winners. Concordia used their outstanding outdoor season, and MIAC championship, to have 11 athletes earn the outdoor All-Region accolade.
Sophomores Josie Brown and Grace Mueffelmann made the most of their last trip La Crosse to officially make a return trip to La Crosse. Brown and Mueffelmann officially qualified for the NCAA Division III National Outdoor Meet to be held in La Crosse on May 21-23.
Five days ago, Concordia claimed the MIAC Outdoor Meet championship after also winning the indoor title, and now head coach Marv Roeske has also claimed the double as he was named the MIAC Outdoor Coach of the Year to go with his indoor award.
Sophomore Chloe Mueffelmann came up with a national qualifying mark on her very last attempt at the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier Meet. She led a group of Cobbers who were all trying to punch a return trip back to La Crosse in seven days.
For the second time in program history, the Concordia women's track program doubled down on MIAC championships, with the previous double dip coming in 1999. The Cobbers claimed the conference outdoor women's crown this past weekend, backing up an MIAC indoor title in late February.
Concordia pulled off the track & field season double as they cruised to the team title at the MIAC Outdoor Championship Meet at St. Olaf less than three months after earning the crown at the conference indoor meet at Carleton.
Concordia is poised for another banner finish at the MIAC Outdoor Meet as they scored 84 team points on Friday and hold a 47-point lead in the team standings heading into the final day of competition.
Josie Brown barely missed on one honor but connected on another as she was named the MIAC Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week. Brown earned the conference weekly honor by virtue of her near record-setting performance in the 400-meter hurdles at the Cobb Open on Saturday.
Concordia honored its seniors and their families before the annual Cobb Open and then showcased its team talent during the five hours during the meet as they proved why they are one of the favorites to claim the MIAC Outdoor Championship Meet title next weekend.
Multi-Event University might not have taken away individual title honors at the MIAC heptathlon, but they placed three athletes in the Top 4 and four in the Top 7 to give Concordia 21 team points to start the MIAC Outdoor Championship Meet which translates into an 11-point lead heading into next week’s team competition.
In an inconceivable turn of events on Day 1 at the MIAC Heptathlon Championship, Cobber first-year teammates Lauren Pearson and Kaili Malvey are tied for the lead after four events.
Concordia traveled to Iowa and Jamestown for their annual 3-meet, many miles weekend. The Cobbers had their distance medley relay and sprint hurdle relay teams break 20-year-old school records at the Drake Relays in Iowa.
It just another day at the office for the Cobbers at the CSB Invitational. You know the deal – heaps of event wins, oodles of Top 3 finishes and a wealth of season-best marks.
