Concord Travels to VMI Winter Relays

Live Results - Performance List

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track and field teams compete at the first of two meets at Virginia Military Institute this weekend when they take to the track for the VMI Winter Relays.

LIVE COVERAGE
Results: VMI in collaboration with Snap Timing will provide live results for both days of the meet—Friday and Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Cedric Drennen led a pack of Concord athletes in the mile as he tallied the victory at Roanoke College with a time of 4:28.00. Junior Samuel Haynes also finished in the top five of the mile as he crossed in fourth with a showing of 4:41.59 while freshman Nate Leichner was fifth, stopping the clock at 4:43.95.

Senior Jason Weitzel was third in the 800-meter run as he crossed in 2:00.72.

The men's 4x400-meter relay of junior Trevor Armes, senior Corey Carvelli, freshman Alex Watty and junior Marcus Wilson combined to run a time of 3:32.66 as they finished second.

Freshman Gretchen Mills of the women's team assumed the Mountain East Conference lead in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:39, three seconds off the indoor program record at Roanoke last week. Sophomore Hannah Altizer was ninth with a time of 11:14.

Senior Heather Chernutan sprinted 1:02.42 in the 400-meter dash and finished sixth.

The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Chernutan, junior Kiersten Shrader, junior Josea Smith and senior Autumn Thomas placed fifth, running 4:32.90.

VMI WINTER RELAYS ENTRIES
Concord returns to VMI next weekend before the MEC Indoor Championships in two weeks, February 21-22, in Huntington, West Virginia.

The top 16 in each event will advance to the conference championship meet.

Heading into this weekend, juniors Lindsey Cummings and Kate Golinsky as well as sophomore Jada Strachan are on the bubble in the 800-meters. The trio will take to the track in the event Saturday. Strachan ranks 12^th in the MEC in the event while Golinsky and Cummings are 18^th and 19^th, respectively.

Shrader and Thomas will race the 200-meter dash as they look to improve on their time. Thomas is 12^th in the MEC while Shrader is 19^th. However, the pair are ninth in the 60-meter dash as they compete this weekend alongside Chernutan.

In field event action, Shrader and freshman Maggie Thompson will be in the long jump while Thompson will double up in the triple jump.

Altizer, Mills and senior Aidan Payton will all make their season debut in the 5,000-meter run on Friday.

In men's distance events, junior Andrea Barbera, freshman Nate Leichner and sophomore Isaac Prather will line up in the 5,000-meters. Barbera sits 18^th in the event while Leichner and Prather run the race for the first time this season.

Haynes is just outside the top 16 in the 3,000-meters, ranking 17^th in the MEC, as he competes in the event with Drennen and junior Samuel Thomas at VMI.

Both junior Kelshawn Grant and sophomore Hunter Thomas are 17th in the MEC in the 60-meters as the lineup with junior Isaiah Bowman this weekend. Grant and Bowman will also be in the 200-meters with Chase Powers. Grant will complete his weekend in the long jump with Carvelli and freshman Justin Sexton.