Concord Hosts Home Invitational Friday

MEC Performance List - Live Results - Live Video

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams hosts the Concord Invite Friday at Callaghan Stadium in what will be the final regular season meet of the spring.

LIVE COVERAGE
Results: Snap Timing will provide live results of Friday's meet.
Video: The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live streaming video of Friday's races.

LAST TIME OUT
The Mountain Lion women finished fourth at the Golden Eagle Invite last weekend. CU's 4x400-meter relay team of freshmen Kaylee Dixon and Erin O'Sullivan and senior Jada Strachan and junior Emily Wallace placed third with a time of 4:24.42. Wallace finished third in the 800-meter run with a showing of 2:20.27. O'Sullivan was seventh (2:27.55) and Strachan was eighth (2:29.01). O'Sullivan was the runner-up in the 1,500-meters as she clocked 5:01.94. Junior Maggie Thompson had a leap of 5.17 meters in the long jump to place third.

Like the women, Concord's men were fourth at Charleston last weekend. Senior Issac Prather won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:04.80. Fifth-year senior Marcus Wilson was the winner of the 400-meter hurdles as he crossed in 55.23 seconds. Freshman Logan Zuchelli was the runner-up in the steeplechase as he came through in 9:49.84. The 4x400-meter relay of freshmen Ethan Board and Ian Gardner and junior Alex Watty and Wilson finished second in a time of 3:25.78.

CONCORD INVITE ENTRIES
Friday is the last chance for the Mountain Lions to qualify for the Mountain East Conference Championships that will be held May 1-3 at Glenville State. The top 16 athletes in each event make the final field at the MEC Championships.

Sophomores Jenna Cooper and Ryann Davis sit on the bubble of the long jump as both look to better their position Friday. Davis is 15^th in the MEC while Cooper is 18^th. Cooper will also be entered in the high jump with a seed of 1.36 meters. Currently, 1.34 meters is 16^th in the MEC. Senior Briana Parsons is 19^th in the 800-meters going into this weekend, but she will be entered in the 400-meter dash. Junior Gretchen Mills looks to move up the standings in the 1,500-meter run. She will be alongside freshman Tori Parks and senior Brittany Vaught. Sophomore Kennedi Plymal who is already in the top 10 of the discus and shot put in the MEC will throw in the events Friday.

Concord's 4x100-meter relay of junior Robbie Cochran, Gardner, freshman Terryn Patterson-Bryant and senior Hunter Thomas will line up for a second straight week. Junior Alex Watty is 12^th in the 1,500-meter run and will look to solidify his spot in the event at the MEC Championships. Other 1,500-meter participants will be senior Daniel Baldwin, fifth-year senior Andrew Barbera, freshman Justin Dodd, sophomore Isaiah Jackson-Darby, freshman Luke Ruhnke, fifth-year senior Raheem Williams and freshman Zach Wilson. Freshmen Prince Bhebhe and Michael Kwayke as well as fifth-year senior Ryan Muse will be in the 200-meter dash. Fifth-year senior Dwain Porterfield is 16^th in the MEC in the javelin and looks to better his mark.

Note: The javelin throw will be conducted at the PikeView High School Football Field. All other throwing events with the exception of shot put will be contested at Witherspoon Drive—the street across from entrance to Concord's campus.