Concord Impresses at Roanoke College

Results

SALEM, Va. – The Concord University women's track and field team ran strong at the Finn Pincus Invite Friday and Saturday at Roanoke College. 
 
The Mountain Lions were led by the 4x400-meter relay team of seniors Heather Chernutan and Taylor Hamm, sophomore Kiersten Shrader and junior Autumn Thomas. The quartet ran 4:18.72 as it won the event while improving its time by 12 seconds from last week. 
 
The same foursome was also impressive in the sprint medley relay as they finished third with a showing 4:35.16. 
 
The top individual finisher was senior Karleigh Thompson who placed third in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:54. Fellow senior Bailey Knowles was seventh as she stopped the clock at 11:04. Senior Kenna Knowles followed in 18^th(11:47). Those three along with freshman Briana Parsons finished fifth in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:37. 
 
Hamm spearheaded a strong effort in the 600-meter dash from the Mountain Lions. Hamm was fifth as she crossed in 1:46.58. Sophomore Josea Smith finished 10^th, stopping the clock at 1:53.02. Parsons was one spot back in a time of 1:56.69. 
 
Senior Kaylin Kessinger ran 20:28 in the 5,000-meter run to place sixth. 
 
Sophomore Carlie Musick rounded out the top-20 finishers for CU as she finished 19^thin the triple jump with a mark of 9.53 meters. 
 
Concord heads back to Roanoke College for the At the Last Minute Invite next Saturday.