Results
MARIETTA, Ohio – The Concord University women's track & field team finished fifth at the Marietta Open on the campus of Marietta College inside the Dyson Baudo Center.
CU scored 66 points.
The meet was highlighted by three victories and a school record being broken at the meet. The quartet of junior
Hannah Altizer, freshman
Erin O'Sullivan, senior
Jada Strachan and junior
Emily Wallace combined to run a time of 13:00.55 in the distance medley relay as they broke the existing four-year school record by eight seconds.
Altizer picked up a win in the 3,000-meter run, coming through in 10:49.71 as she bested the field by 25 seconds. Wallace earned her own win in the mile run as she clocked 5:17.85, missing the school record by four seconds.
Other top finishers in the mile included O'Sullivan placing eighth in 5:51.90. Freshman
Madison Cornett crossed the tape in 6:12.68 to finish 13
th. Junior
Gretchen Mills was 11
th in the 3,000-meters as she timed 12:36.19.
The 4x400-meter relay team of fifth-year senior
Josea Smith, Strachan, junior
Maggie Thompson and Wallace were the runners-up as they combined to clock 4:33.03.
A second distance medley relay team of Cornett, freshman
Lia Jennings, Mills and Smith were third in a showing of 14:54.10.
Thompson was a top-six finisher in three different field events. She was the runner-up in the triple jump with a mark of 10.58 meters. In the long jump, she was fifth with a measure of 4.73 meters. And in the long jump, she cleared 1.40 meters to place sixth.
Sophomore
Jenna Cooper was eighth in the high jump as she went over 1.35 meters.
Rounding out the top competitors for the Mountain Lions was a trio of athletes in the 400-meter dash. Strachan was third in a time of 1:03.38. Junior
Alaina Mills placed 11
th in 1:12.18. Senior
Briana Parsons finished 12
th as she crossed in 1:15.47.
Concord is back in action January 21-22 at the Keydet Invite hosted by VMI.
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