Results
SALEM, Va. – The Concord University men's track & field team was impressive in its first meet of the season at the Bast-Cregger Invite hosted by Roanoke College Friday and Saturday.
Sophomore
Ian Gardner was stellar in his two individual events. Gardner nearly broke the school record in the 300-meter dash as he clocked 35.99 seconds, 0.5 seconds off the 20-year record of DeWayne Smith. He led five runners in the top 20 of the event.
Senior
Robbie Cochran ran 37.96 seconds and finished 10
th. Sophomore
Michael Kwakye (15
th / 39.14 seconds), sophomore
Prince Bhebhe (16
th / 39.34) and freshman
Alex Patton (20
th / 40.88) were among the top finishers for Concord.
Gardner ran 23.29 seconds in the 200-meter dash to finish 16
th.
Junior
Caleb Hatcher ran his way to a victory in the 3,000-meter run with a showing of 9:24.31. Sophomore
Madoc Lathroum placed ninth, clocking 11:23.32. Fellow sophomore
Luke Ruhnke was two spots back as he sported a time of 11:32.69.
Sophomore Zack Wilson had a top-10 showing in the 800-meter run as he finished in 2:11.30 to place 10
th.
Freshman Jonathan Payne's time of 5:21 (15
th) in the mile run and junior
Isaiah Jackson-Darby's time of 55.98 second (18
th) in the 400-meter dash rounded out the top performances for the Mountain Lions.
NOTE: On Friday night, graduate student
Issac Prather ran 14:07.48 in the 5,000-meter run at Grand Valley State. He broke his own school record by 15 seconds. Senior
Alex Watty was ninth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.98.
CU is back in action at Winston-Salem State January 14.
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