Results
SALEM, Va. – The Concord University men's track and field team got off to an impressive start in the 2019-20 indoor season with several key performances at the Bast-Cregger Invite hosted by Roanoke College.
Junior
Trevor Armes highlighted the competition by setting the facility record and coming away with a win in the 600-meter dash. Armes broke the record previously held by teammate and senior
Damon Akers as he ran 1:23.15.
Armes was part of four Mountain Lions that finished in the top 10 in the event. Fellow juniors
Riley Griffith (sixth / 1:33.40),
Brett Strickland (seventh / 1:33.69) and
Ryan Muse (eighth / 1:41.65) were in the top 10.
Concord put four athletes in the top 15 of the mile run including three in the top seven. Sophomore
Cedric Drennen led the way with a third-place showing and a time of 4:39.53. Freshman
Alex Watty followed closely behind in a time of 4:39.65, good enough for fourth. Junior
Andrew Barbera was seventh (4:46.63) while senior
Cooper Brady was 15
th (5:06.72).
Junior
Marcus Wilson finished third in the 300-meter dash with a time of 38.66 seconds. Freshman
Justin Sexton was ninth as he closed in 39.70 seconds.
Armes along with freshman
Joe Cantley, senior
Corey Carvelli and Wilson teamed up to finish second in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:35.25.
Speaking of Cantley and Carvelli, the duo finished ninth and 11
th, respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles. Cantley clocked a time of 9.25 seconds while Carvelli came through in 9.41 seconds.
Sophomore
Hunter Thomas took fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.19 seconds) while junior
Kelshawn Grant was 11
th in the 200-meter dash (23.70 seconds).
The Mountain Lions put two athletes in the top 12 of the 3,000-meter run. Freshman
Nate Leichner opened up his collegiate career with a time of 9:18.99 and a sixth-place showing. Barbera followed up his outing in the mile 12
th-place finish in the 3,000-meters, clocking 9:31.67.
Freshman
Devin O'Sullivan finished ninth in the 800-meter run as he crossed in 2:32.77.
CU will be off until the JDL Kickoff Classic January 19 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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