Results
SALEM, Va. – The Concord University men's track and field team competed at the Roanoke Elite hosted by Roanoke College Saturday.
The Mountain Lions packed up and had seven athletes place in the top 15 of the mile run. Sophomore
Cedric Drennen led the group by winning the event in a time of 4:28.00. Junior
Samuel Haynes finished fourth with a time of 4:41.59, and freshman
Nate Leichner was also in the top five, coming through in 4:43.95. Junior
Andrew Barbera followed in 4:46.67 as he crossed sixth. Freshman
John Casey (eighth / 4:50.71), junior
Raheem Williams (11
th / 4:56.96) and senior
Cooper Brady (13
th / 5:05.18) rounded out the top finishers.
Senior
Jason Weitzel led four athletes in the top 15 of the 800-meter run as he ran 2:00.72 to place third. Junior
Trevor Armes came through in 2:05.77 to finish sixth. Haynes was 12
th stopping the clock at 2:09.92 and freshman
Channing Carr was 15
th as he ran 2:10.08.
Weitzel was also in the top 10 of the 3,000-meter run as he recorded a time of 9:29. Barbera was a second and a spot behind Weitzel.
Concord's 4x400-meter relay team of Armes, senior
Corey Carvelli, freshman
Alex Watty and junior
Marcus Wilson was the runner's up with a time of 3:32.66.
Individually, Wilson was eighth in the 400-meter dash as he sprinted 52.72 seconds. Freshman
Justin Sexton placed 12
th with a time of 53.43 seconds. Wilson stopped the timer at 23.69 seconds and was 15
th in the 200-meter dash.
In field event action, junior
Davion Green was ninth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.23 meters. He finished 11
th in the long jump (5.67 meters). Meanwhile, Carr hit a mark of 4.87 meters to place 14
th in the event.
Junior
Brett Strickland ran 18:38 in the 5,000-meter run as he placed 10
th.
CU heads to the VMI Winter Relays Friday and Saturday.
