Concord Readies for Final Indoor Meet at Roanoke College

Live Results

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams participate in their final regular season indoor meet of the season when they travel to Roanoke College Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
Results: Snap Timing and Roanoke College will provide live meet results throughout the day.

LAST TIME OUT
Concord was in action at Liberty last week as two more schools were broken. Senior Issac Prather bettered his own program mark in the mile run by clocking 4:12.71. Prather also clocked the second-fastest time in the Mountain East Conference this season. Freshman Logan Zuchelli went under 4:20 in the mile for the first time in his young career as he clocked 4:19.74. In addition to his performance in the mile, Prather came through the 3,000-meter run in 8:23.58 to finish five seconds off the school record. His brother, sophomore Preston Prather, ran 8:41.91 at Liberty in the 3,000-meters. Fifth-year senior JT Turner was sixth in the shot put at Roanoke with a distance of 13.10 meters, vaulting him into the top 10 in the MEC.

The other school-record performance came from junior Hannah Altizer. The Riner, Virginia native clocked a program best 10:21.07 in the 3,000-meters to top the time of her teammate and junior Emily Wallace from the prior weekend. Wallace broke the 2:20 barrier in the 800-meters as she ran 2:19.48, the third best time in the MEC in 2022. Altizer and Wallace combined with fifth-year senior Josea Smith and junior Maggie Thompson to finish 13^th in the 4x400-meter relay as the quartet placed 13^th at Liberty. Thompson was a top-15 finisher in the triple jump with a mark of 10.55 meters.

ROANOKE ENTRIES
With one week until the MEC Championships in Huntington, West Virginia, several Mountain Lions are looking to solidify their spots at the conference meet. The top 16 athletes will make the field in their respective events.

Freshman Ethan Board is on the bubble in the 800-meters as his time of 2:05.57 at Liberty is 18^th in the MEC. He will line up in the event with sophomore Isaiah Darby-Jackson as well as freshmen Madoc Lathroum, Logan Ramsey, Jonny Sweeney and Zach Wilson. Senior Cedric Drennen will need to move up three spots in the 3,000-meters to earn a spot at next weekend's MEC Championship. He is entered in the event with sophomore Caleb Hatcher and junior Nate Leichner. Fifth-year senior Marcus Wilson is 21^st in the MEC in the 400-meter dash, but his time of 52.95 seconds is just 0.29 seconds away from the top 16. He will be joined at Roanoke by freshman Prince Bhebhe. For the first time in his career, Turner will be entered in the weight throw, looking to break into the top 16.

In the women's events, freshman Madison Cornet will look to better time of 11:40.18 in the 3,000-meters as she stands 15^th in the MEC going into the weekend. Coming off a season-best high jump of 1.36 meters at Liberty, sophomore Jenna Cooper broke into the top 16 in the MEC and will look to climb up the standings. Freshman Erin O'Sullivan is entered in the 800-meters this weekend at 2:34 while senior Briana Parsons is seeded at 2:37. As it stands, the 16^th-fastest time in the MEC is 2:38.46. Other entries in the 800-meters are freshman Baylee Bentley, junior Gretchen Mills and freshman Tori Parks. 400-meter dash participants include freshman Kaylee Dixon, junior Alaina Mills, sophomore Taylor Perry and senior Jada Strachan.