Concord Sees Records Fall at Finn Pincus Invite

Results

SALEM, Va. – The Concord University men's track and field team saw a record go down at the Finn Pincus Invite at Roanoke College this weekend. 
 
CU's distance medley team of senior Damon Akers, sophomore Trevor Armes, senior Roger Foster and senior Jason Weitzel broke the school record with a time of 10:17.17 as they also won the event. 
 
Akers nearly broke his own school record in the 1,000-meter run as he finished with a time of 2:30.75 and placed second. Foster (fourth / 2:36.23) and Armes (10^th/ 2:44.98) joined Akers in the top 10 of the event. 
 
Weitzel was strong in the mile run as he missed the current school record by four seconds with a showing of 4:21.97 to finish second. Senior Michael Ruhnke crossed in 14^thwith a time of 4:38.50. Sophomore Samuel Haynes (16^th/ 4:39.17) and freshman Isaac Prather (17^th/ 4:39.74) followed closely behind. 
 
In the 5,000-meter run, Prather ran a personal-record time of 16:14 to place fourth. Senior Jacob Ashcraft was 17^thas he stopped the clock at 17:12 while sophomore Andrew Barbera (18^th) and junior Cooper Brady (19^th) ran 17:21 and 17:25, respectively. 
 
Freshman Cedric Drennen had an impressive performance in the 3,000-meter run as he crossed the tape in fifth, stopping the clock at 9:10. 
 
Concord's 4x400-meter relay team of Akers, Armes, senior Corey Carvelli and Foster combined to run 3:29.98 as they placed fourth. The second 4x400-meter team of sophomores Ryan Muse, Raheim Stafford and Marcus Wilson as well as junior Brett Strickland ran 3:50.17 and placed ninth. 
 
In other relay action, the sprint medley team of sophomores Isaiah Bowman, Raheem Williams and Kelshawn Grant as well as Carvelli clocked a time of 3:46.66 to finish fourth. The second distance medley team of Drennen, Haynes, sophomore Samuel Thomas and Wilson finished eighth, running 11:09.15. 
 
Other top finishers for the Mountain Lions included Wilson in the 600-meter dash (eighth / 1:28.09) and Grant in the long jump (18^th/ 6.25 meters). 
 
CU travels back to Roanoke College next Saturday for the At the Last Minute Invite.