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Concord Strong in Return Trip to VMI

1/29/2022 10:35:00 PM

Results

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Concord University men's track & field team came up with several strong performances at the VMI Winter Relays Friday and Saturday.

Senior Issac Prather had the best showing over the weekend as he broke the program record in the mile run. The Summersville, West Virginia ran 4:15.14 to break Jason Weitzel's three-year old record by just over a second. Prather clocked the fastest time in the event in the MEC this season with Saturday's showing as he finished fourth.

Freshman Logan Zuchelli came through in 4:24.32 as he finished 13th, and sophomore Preston Prather stopped the timer at 4:32.05 to finish 21st in the mile.

Freshman Terryn Patterson-Bryant climbed up the MEC rankings in the 60-meter dash as he broke seven seconds in the 60-meter dash for the first time in his career, sprinting 6.96 and placing ninth at VMI. Patterson-Bryant is now third in the MEC.

P. Prather had an impressive double over the weekend as he finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:48.27.
CU's 4x400-meter relay team of freshman Ethan Board, freshman Ian Gardner, Patterson-Bryant and fifth-year senior Marcus Wilson claimed sixth as the they combined for a time of 3:36.24.

In field event action, fifth-year senior JT Turner marked 12.42 meters in the shot put to finish 15th.

Freshman Jonny Sweeney was 17th in the 500-meter dash as he clocked a time of 1:24.61 to round out the competitors for the Mountain Lions.

Concord is back in action next Saturday, February 5 at the Liberty Open.
 
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