Folkestad Earns MIAC Athlete Of The Week Honors

Folkestad Earns MIAC Athlete Of The Week Honors MOORHEAD, Minn. (12/12/23)—Concordia senior Cooper Folkestad (Wadena, Minn./Wadena Deer-Creek HS) made a successful return to the shot put circle as he was named the MIAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after posting the top mark in the shot put in the MIAC at the NDSU Dakota Classic. Folkestad becomes the first Cobber field athlete to earn the MIAC weekly honor since Matt Bye received the award on Jan. 22, 2019. Folkestad, who earned All-American honors in the shot put at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Meet but then took last year off,…