Results
ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track and field teams head to the Finn-Pincus Invite hosted by Roanoke College Friday and Saturday.
LIVE COVERAGE
Results: Snap Timing and Roanoke College will provide live results throughout the weekend of competition.
LAST TIME OUT
The distance medley relay team of seniors
Taylor Hamm,
Bailey Knowles,
Kenna Knowles and
Karleigh Thompson led the way for women's team as they finished second at the Wake Forest Invite in a time of 13:41.
B. Knowles (15
th) and Thompson (17
th) were top-20 placers in the mile run.
CU's 4x400-meter relay team of senior
Heather Chernutan, Hamm, sophomore
Kiersten Shrader and junior
Autumn Thomas also recorded a top-10 showing by placing sixth.
On the men's side, senior
Jason Weitzel claimed victory in the 3,000-meter run while fellow senior
Damon Akers was third in the mile.
In his collegiate track debut, freshman
Cedric Drennen crossed the line in ninth in the mile.
Like the women's team, CU's distance medley relay of sophomore
Trevor Armes, sophomore
Andrew Barbera, freshman
Isaac Prather and sophomore
Raheem Williams had a strong finish of fifth.
FINN-PINCUS INVITE ENTRIES
Coming off their mile performances, the Knowles' twins and Thompson will compete in the 3,000-meter run this weekend.
Fellow senior
Kaylin Kessinger will double up in the mile and the 5,000-meter run. Kessinger is joined in the mile by senior
Catrina Russell and freshman
Brittany Vaught.
The same quartet that competed in the 4x400-meter relay at Wake Forest will look to better their collective time of 4:30 at Roanoke College.
In sprint action, Chernutan will compete in the 200-meter dash, her first individual event of the season. Meanwhile, Shrader and Thomas will both compete in the 60-meter dash.
Weitzel seeks another victory when he toes the line in the mile run along with senior
Jacob Ashcraft, Barbera, junior
Cooper Brady, sophomore Samuel Hayes, Prather, Ruhnke and sophomore
Samuel Thomas.
After a strong performance to start the indoor season in December, sophomore
Raheem Williams runs the 3,000-meters alongside Drennen.
For Concord in middle distance action, junior
Brett Strickland and sophomore
Marcus Wilson are scheduled to run the 600-meter dash. Also in the event are sophomores
Riley Griffith,
Ryan Muse and Raheim Stafford.
Coming off his showing in the mile, Akers will bump down to the 1,000-meter run with Armes and senior
Roger Foster.
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