Concord Wins Five Times at Home Meet

Results

 ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's track and field team picked up five wins at the Concord Invite Friday night at Callaghan Stadium. 
 
Senior Taylor Hamm was victorious in the 1,500-meter run as she clocked a time of 5:30. Hamm was second in the 800-meter run as she was behind senior Karleigh Thompson in her win. Thompson ran 2:31.80 while Hamm stopped the timer at 2:38.23. 
 
Senior Bailey Knowles was the top finisher in the 3,000-meter run as she came through in 10:56. Senior Kaylin Kessinger followed Knowles with a time of 11:31. Senior Kenna Knowles followed in third as she came through in 11:32. Thompson placed fourth in a time of 11:36. 
 
Freshmen Kyla Marshall (eighth / 12:51) and Brittany Vaught (ninth / 13:19) completed the top placers for CU in the 3,000-meters.
 
Sophomore Kiersten Shrader sprinted to a time of 13.12 seconds and a win in the 100-meter dash while fellow sophomore Carlie Musick followed in third (13.93 second). Speaking of Musick, she was a winner in the long jump as she had a mark of 4.47 meters. 
 
Joining Hamm in the top five of the 1,5000-meters were sophomore Lindsey Cummings (second / 5:39), freshman Briana Parsons (third / 5:47) and senior Catrina Russell (fourth / 6:47). 
 
Concord travels to the Jasmine Claggett Memorial hosted by West Virginia Wesleyan next Friday.