Results
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Concord University women's track and field team competed at the VertKlasse Meeting at Vert Stadium on the campus of High Point University Friday and Saturday.
Senior
Emilee Henry notched two top-15 finishes for CU as she clocked a time of 25.34 seconds in the 200-meter dash to place ninth. The Elkview, West Virginia native was 11
thin the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.39. Fellow senior
Heather Chernutan was 22
ndin the 400-meters as she clocked a time of 1:03.70.
Sophomore
Josea Smith had an impressive show in the 400-meter hurdles as she crossed in 1:07.39, good enough for 11
th.
Both Henry and Smith helped the Mountain Lions a pair of high finishes in the relay events. The duo along with senior
Taylor Hamm and freshman
Jada Strachan ran an MEC-leading time of 4:04 in the 4x400-meter relay to place 10
th. In the 4x100-meter relay, Henry, Smith, sophomore
Kiersten Shrader and junior
Autumn Thomas placed sixth with a time of 49.25 seconds.
Thomas sprinted to a time of 12.84 seconds in the 100-meter dash to finish 21
st.
In a field of 75 athletes, Concord had three runners place in the top 50 of the 1,500-meter run. Seniors
Bailey Knowles,
Karleigh Thompson and
Kenna Knowles finished 39
th, 45
thand 50
th, respectively. B. Knowles ran a time of 5:10, Thompson came through in 5:19 and K. Knowles stopped the clock at 5:24.
Concord competes at the Fred Hardy Invite hosted by the University of Richmond next week.
