Results
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Concord University men's track & field team was strong in one of its final regular season indoor meets Saturday at the Liberty Open.
Senior
Issac Prather broke his own school record in the mile by crossing the line in 4:12.71 to finish fourth Saturday afternoon. Prather eclipsed his record from last weekend by three seconds. Freshman
Logan Zuchelli went under 4:20 in the mile as he clocked 4:19.74 and placed 12
th. Senior
Cedric Drennen came through in 4:28.69 to finish 22
nd.
Prather was stellar in the 3,000-meter run as he circuited in 8:23.58 and finished sixth. In the process, he ran the fastest time in the event this season in the Mountain East Conference. Sophomore
Preston Prather crossed in 8:41.91 as he placed 11
th. Junior Nate Leicnher ran 9:07.15 and placed 20
th.
Sticking with the distance events, sophomore
Caleb Hatcher came through in 16:18.33 in the 5,000-meter run as he finished ninth.
Fifth-year senior
JT Turner was one of the top finisher for Concord. His throw of 13.10 meters in the shot put was good enough of sixth.
Junior
Alex Watty ran 1:58.69 in the 800-meter run as he placed 12
th. Zuchelli doubled up on the day to finish 16
th in the event with a showing of 1:59.15. In other middle distance action, freshman
Ian Gardner sprinted to a time of 51.33 seconds in the 400-meter dash as he placed 14
th.
Gardner, freshman
Prince Bhebhe, junior Robbie Cochran and Watty combined to clock 3:36.73 in the 4x400-meter relay.
Freshman
Terryn Patterson-Bryant sprinted to a time of 7.22 seconds in the 60-meter dash as he finished 20
th.
Concord has its final tune-up ahead of the MEC Championships when it competes at Roanoke College February 12.
