Results
RICHMOND, Va. – The Concord University women's track and field team had a strong weekend at the Fred Hardy Invite hosted by the University of Richmond at Robins Stadium Friday and Saturday.
The 4x400-meter relay team improved its conference-best time as the quartet of senior
Taylor Hamm, senior
Emilee Henry, sophomore
Josea Smith and freshman
Jada Strachan combined to run 4:00.31 and finish fourth.
Individually, Henry clocked the fastest time in the Mountain East Conference this season in the 400-meter dash by running 58.31 seconds on Saturday afternoon and finishing fourth.
Smith also had a stellar performance in her event—the 400-meter hurdles. The Memphis, Tennessee native stopped the clock at 1:06.45 to finish fifth. She was joined in the event by senior
Heather Chernutan who finished 11
th in a time of 1:10.04.
In the 800-meter run, Hamm clocked a time of 2:27, good enough for 19
th. Strachan followed in 23
rd as she hit a time of 2:28.46. Sophomore
Lindsey Cummings (2:33) and freshman
Briana Parsons (2:36) both ran personal-record times in the 800-meters.
Senior
Kaylin Kessinger just missed a personal-record time in the 3,000-meter run as she clocked a time of 11:37, good enough for ninth in the event. Elsewhere in distance events, senior
Bailey Knowles ran the fastest 5,000-meters time in the MEC this season (18:52) as she placed 15
th. Fellow senior
Karleigh Thompson came in 19
th with a time of 19:27.
Sophomore
Carlie Musick had two impressive showings in the long and triple jumps. Musick was eighth in the triple jump (10.09 meters). Meanwhile in the long jump, she finished 17
th (4.55 meters).
Fellow sophomore
Kiersten Shrader sprinted 13.25 seconds in the 100-meter dash, placing 15
th. Senior
Kenna Knowles rounded out the top finishers for the Mountain Lions as she finished 20
th in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5:08.
Concord competes at its home meet, the Concord Invite, next Friday at Callaghan Stadium.
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