Michael Crowder
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Powers Lake, N.D.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Powers Lake
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- Major:
- Marketing
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- Minor:
- Entrepreneurship
Bio
Why did you pick Concordia: I liked the small community
Post Graduation plans: Be a successful entrepreneur
Volunteer activities: Nashville Mission Trip
The Crowder File
Favorite food: Popeyes chicken sandwich
Favorite restaurant: Popeyes
Favorite Movie: Cars
The place in the world I most want to visit: Norway
If I could have a super power it would be: Time Travel
If I were famous it would be for: Business
Favorite professional athlete growing up: Cam Newton
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.
Tyler Evans became the first Cobber athlete to win the pole vault competition at the MIAC Outdoor Championship Meet and led Concordia on Day 1 of the competition.
Michael Crowder and Josh Peterson completed the 10-event MIAC decathlon on Friday. Crowder had his best two events come on the track and finished in ninth place, while Peterson used the strength of the throwing events to place in the No.15 spot.
It took first-year Cobber athlete Michael Crowder four events to get his mojo going in his first collegiate conference decathlon. Crowder made a huge jump up the leaderboard after the 400 meters and is in fifth place halfway through the MIAC decathlon championship.
It was another record-setting meet for the Cobbers at the NDSU Spring Classic in their first full-team competition in the month of April. One record was inevitable, and the other is a weekly occurrence. Tyler Evans broke the school record in the pole vault and Cooper Folkestad obliterated his own school mark in the shot put.
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 Cobbers wrapped up competition in the heptathlon Friday afternoon at the 2026 MIAC Indoor Championships, closing out two full days of multi events with the 1,000 meters, Joey Molstre finished fifth overall.
Concordia began the 2026 MIAC Indoor Championship on Thursday with Day One of the men’s heptathlon, where Joey Molstre, Michael Crowder, and Josh Peterson each battled through a competitive opening slate of events. While the Cobbers faced challenges throughout the day, the trio produced steady marks, highlighted by Molstre’s top‑three finishes in the 55‑meter dash and high jump, helping him close the day in seventh place overall.
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 officially got into the grind of the indoor season when they competed at the UND Open. CC delivered several season-best performances at the second of seven events in the season.
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.