Ryan Richardson
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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Hometown:
- Monticello, Minn.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Monticello
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- Major:
- Biology & Environmental Studies
Bio
Why did you pick Concordia: I liked the track team, enviroment, and the small campus and classes
Post Graduation plans: DNR/field research
Volunteer activities: Feed My Starving Children and resurrection Lutheran Church Mission Trip
The RICHARDSON File
Favorite food: Lasagna
Favorite restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings
Favorite Movie: Captain America: The First Avenger
Favorite TV/ Streaming Series: That 70's Show
Favorite musical group: Pantera
Go-to Karaoke song: Don't Stop Believin'
The place in the world I most want to visit: Alaska
If I could have a super power it would be: Flight
If I were famous it would be for: Soccer
Favorite professional sports team: MN Vikings
Favorite professional athlete growing up: Kyle Rudolph
My dream job is: Field Researcher
If I could play another sport (other than Track and Field) I would play: Soccer
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.
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.
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.
Junior Blake Houska and sophomores Ethan Lebrija and Tyler Evans posted event wins to lead Concordia at the outdoor season opener at St. John’s.
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.
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.
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.
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.