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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track and field teams compete at the At Last Minute Invite hosted by Roanoke College Saturday in Salem, Virginia.
LIVE COVERGE
Results: The Roanoke College Sports Information Department in conjunction with Snap Timing will provide live results during the meet.
LAST TIME OUT
The men's distance medley relay team of senior
Damon Akers, sophomore
Trevor Armes and seniors
Roger Foster and
Jason Weitzel set the school record in the event by running 10:17.17—eight seconds better than the previous program mark.
A second record nearly fell as Akers came up less than 0.5 seconds from breaking his own school record in the 1,000-meter run. Akers ran 2:30.75 in the event and finished second at the Finn Pincus Invite, also at Roanoke College.
Weitzel led four Mountain Lions in the top 20 of the mile as he finished second with a personal-record time of 4:21.97. Senior
Michael Ruhnke (14
th), sophomore
Samuel Haynes (16
th) and freshman
Isaac Prather (17
th) were also among some of the top finishers in the event.
Concord's women's 4x400-meter relay team improved their overall season time by 12 seconds as seniors
Heather Chernutan and
Taylor Hamm, sophomore
Kiersten Shrader and junior
Autumn Thomas won with a time of 4:18.72.
Senior
Karleigh Thompson was the highest individual finishers for CU as she placed third in the 3,000-meter run with a showing of 10:54. Seniors
Bailey Knowles (11
th) and
Kenna Knowles (18
th) were also in the top 20 of the event.
Individually, Hamm finished fifth in the 600-meter dash, crossing in 1:46.58.
AT THE LAST MINUTE INVITE ENTRIES
Several Mountain Lions rank in the top five of their respective events of competition, which starts at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
In the mile, freshman
Cedric Drennen has the top entry time while Ruhnke, Haynes and Prather are ranked two through four.
The listings are just as impressive in the 800-meter run for CU. Weitzel has the second-fastest, pre-meet time. Drennen, Ruhnke and sophomore
Raheem Williams follow closely behind in third, fourth and fifth.
Akers, Armes, senior
Corey Carvelli and Foster are all entered at 1:07 in the 500-meter dash for the fastest pre-meet time. The next fastest time is sophomore
Marcus Wilson at 1:08.
Sophomore
Kelshawn Grant is seeded first in the 60-mter dash while fellow sophomore
Isaiah Bowman is third and freshman
Hunter Thomas is eighth.
Speaking of Grant and Carvelli, they are entered fourth and 10
th, respectively, in the long jump ahead of competition.
In ladies' competition, B. Knowles and Thompson are ranked first and second in both the 800-meters and mile while K. Knowles follows in fourth in each event. Senior
Kaylin Kessinger and
Catrina Russell along with freshman
Brittany Vaught are scheduled to run the mile.
Shrader and Thomas have the top two times in the 60-meters. Sophomore
Carlie Musick is also scheduled to sprint the 60-meters.
Shrader and Thomas also highlight the Concord athletes competing in the 200-meters. Hamm, senior
Emilee Henry—who will be making her season debut—freshman
Briana Parsons and sophomore
Josea Smith are also in the 200-meters.
Chernutan and Hamm are both entered in the 500-meters at 1:19 for the fastest pre-meet seed. Sophomore
Lindsey Cummings, Parson and Smith are scheduled to run the event as well.
A performance list of all entries can be found here or by clicking at the top of the page.
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