Chris Verdier
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Hometown:
- Fargo, N.D.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Fargo Davies
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- Major:
- Biochemistry
Bio
Why did you pick Concordia: The community and good team unity
Post Graduation plans: Pursue a career in the health field
The Verdier File
Favorite food: Honey Buns
Favorite restaurant: McDonalds
Favorite Movie: Wolf of Wall Street
Favorite TV/ Streaming Series: South Park
Favorite musical group: NBA Youngboy
Go-to Karaoke song: Bring the Hook
The place in the world I most want to visit: Paris
If I could have a super power it would be: Teleportation
If I were famous it would be for: Intelligence
Favorite professional sports team: Philadelphia 76ers
Favorite professional athlete growing up: Kyrie Irving
My dream job is: Health career
If I could play another sport (other than Track and Field) I would play: Hockey
News mentions
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.
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 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.
Concordia completed the pre-MIAC position of its schedule by competing at the UND Tune-Up meet. The Cobbers were paced by school record holders Cooper Folkestad and Tyler Evans and track athlete Jonas Hagemeister as all three came away with event wins.
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.
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