Concord Has Final Regular Season Tune-Up at Concord Alumni

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's cross country teams compete in their final regular season meet Friday afternoon at the Concord Alumni Invite at Pipestem State Park.

RACE SCHEDULE
3:00 p.m. – Women's 5,000-meter race

3:40 p.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race

LAST TIME OUT
The CU women finished eighth at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh. Junior Hannah Altizer captured her second straight top-15 finish by placing eighth with a time of 22:45 for the 6,000-meter course. Two other Mountain Lions, junior Emily Wallace (14^th) and freshman Erin O'Sullivan (24^th) were also in the top 25. Wallace hit 23:07 on the clock while O'Sullivan was 18 seconds back. Two freshmen, Madison Cornett and Lia Jennings, rounded out the Concord scoring as they have all year. Cornett came through in 24:28 while Jennings stopped the timer at 25:44. The top seven was completed by junior Gretchen Mills (26:22) and freshman Britney Cochran (27:50).

The Concord men were fourth last weekend as senior Issac Prather led the way with a time of 24:32 for the 8,000-meter terrain as he finished as the runner-up. Freshman Logan Zuchelli notched a 12^th-place showing in a time of 24:59. Sophomore Preston Prather stopped the clock at 25:30 as he placed 29^th. Senior Cedric Drennen was 36^th in a time of 25:34. And freshman Ethan Board made an impression by clocking a time of 26:38 to round out the scorers for the Maroon and Gray. Fifth-year senior Samuel Haynes made his way across the line in 26:46. Junior Alex Watty was three seconds back of Haynes.

CONCORD ALUMNI NOTES
Just three teams will toe the line Friday afternoon as Bluefield State and Bluefield University both make short trek to Pipestem to race the Mountain Lions.
The race-by-race breakdown for the men's program dates back to the 2005 season, and every year since then Concord has either been first or second as a team at its own meet. Additionally, I. Prather is the individual defending champion as he crossed the finish line in 26:08 during the spring season for the 8,000-meter course.

The Mountain Lion women have had similar success at Pipestem, having been first or second in five of the last six years. As a freshman, Mills was the runner-up, and took eighth in the spring as she completed the 5,000-meter course in 23:05. Senior Brittany Vaught was 12^th in the spring, and senior Kyla Marshall was 13^th during the 2019 season at Pipestem.