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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams gear up for the Mountain East Conference Championships Friday and Saturday at the Cline Indoor Complex on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
LIVE COVERAGE
Results: K&J Timing will provide live meet results throughout the weekend.
Video: Live streaming video will be available from the MEC Office.
LAST TIME OUT
As a final tune-up for the MEC Championships, Concord was at the Roanoke Invite last weekend. Freshman
Erin O'Sullivan solidified her spots for the conference meet with times of 2:33.84 in the 800-meter run and 5:37.14 in the mile. O'Sullivan was a top-10 finisher in both events. Freshman
Madison Cornett was seventh in the 3,000-meter run as she sported a time of 11:41.62. Senior
Jada Strachan was a top-five finisher in the 400-meter dash by sprinting 1:02.16.
Senior
Cedric Drennen ran 8:48.75 in the 3,000-meters as the runner-up. Junior
Nate Leichner was fifth in a time of 9:05.49. Fifth-year senior
JT Turner made his way into the weight throw at the MEC Championship with a mark of 9.18 meters at Roanoke. Turner also had a season-best throw of 13.36 meters in the shot put. In the 800-meters, freshman
Ethan Board clinched his spot in the event at the MEC Championship by running 2:04.20 at Roanoke.
MEC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
Half of the women's mile field will be in Maroon and Gray with six of the 12 entries representing Concord. Juniors
Hannah Altizer and
Emily Wallace are the second and third seeds in the event with both having broken 5:15 this season. O'Sullivan is sixth. Junior
Gretchen Mills, freshman
Britney Cochran and freshman
Lia Jennings round out the field for CU. Altizer is ranked second in the 3,000-meters and third in the 5,000-meters. Junior
Maggie Thompson is ranked in the top nine of three different jumping events. She is seeded fourth in the triple jump, seventh in the long jump and ninth in the high jump. CU's distance medley relay of O'Sullivan, fifth-year senior
Josea Smith, senior
Jada Strachan and Wallace have run the second-fastest in the MEC this season (12:52.28). The 4x400-meter relay of Altizer, Smith, Strachan and Wallace is seeded third (4:21.03).
Senior
Issac Prather's 3,000-meter time of 8:14.44 is a program record from last weekend at Grand Valley State, and is the top seed at the MEC Championships, seven seconds faster than second. Prather has the second-fastest time in the 5,000-meters. He is one four Mountain Lions in the event along with freshman
Logan Zuchelli (fifth), sophomore
Preston Prather (13
th) and Leichner (15
th). Zuchelli will be in the running for MEC Freshman of the Year as he has the fourth-fastest time in the conference this season and is ranked eighth in the 3,000-meters. P. Prather and Drennen will be in the 3,000-meters with I. Prather and Zuchelli. Freshman
Terryn Patterson-Bryant is one of five athletes to break seven seconds in the 60-meter dash this season. Senior
Hunter Thomas also made the final field for the sprint event. Concord's distance medley relay of Drennen, I. Prather, junior
Alex Watty and fifth-year senior
Marcus Wilson have the fastest seed time (10:24.31).
MEC CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, February 2020 was the only time the MEC Indoor Championships have been contested. Mills was the MEC Freshman of the Year two seasons ago as she also earned All-MEC Second Team for finishing second in the 5,000-meters. Altizer was the runner-up in the mile to be honored All-MEC Second Team. Smith and Strachan were on CU's 4x400-meter relay that finished third and was All-MEC Honorable Mention. From the outdoor season of 2021, Altizer was All-MEC Honorable Mention in the 1,500-meters while Thompson placed third to make the podium in the triple jump.
No current Concord male athlete has been named All-MEC during the indoor season. I. Prather has picked up five all-conference honors during his outdoor career, including three last spring.
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