Concord Entered In Split Action at Lee, West Virginia Wesleyan

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams will be action at two different meets this weekend. On Friday, CU will be at the Jasmine Claggett Memorial Invite hosted by West Virginia Wesleyan. The Mountain Lions will also travel 12 athletes to the Flames Invite hosted by Lee in Cleveland, Tennessee.

LIVE COVERAGE
Results: Live results will be available for both meets this weekend. 
Video: The West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Department will provide live streaming video Friday

LAST TIME OUT
Concord competed at High Point's VertKlasse Meeting last weekend. Senior Issac Prather headlined the results for the Mountain Lions as he won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 8:54.09, clocking the fifth-fastest time in Division II this season. It led to Prather being the Mountain East Conference Athlete for a third straight week. Fifth-year senior Marcus Wilson broke a 19-year old program record in the 400-meter hurdles by running 54.02 seconds and finishing seventh. Freshman Logan Zuchelli was seventh in the steeplechase as he ran 9:30.96. Fifth-year senior JT Turner was 17^th in the shot put (12.22 meters) and 20^th in the hammer throw (31.27 meters).

In women's action, junior Emily Wallace lowered her MEC-best time in the 1,500-meters by clocking 4:37.53. She finished sixth overall. Freshman Erin O'Sullivan was 11^th in the steeplechase with a showing of 11:53.88. Senior Jada Strachan sprinted to a personal-best time of 1:00.21 in the 400-meter dash which ranks fourth in the MEC this spring. Junior Maggie Thompson cleared 1.41 meters in the high jump to place 16^th. She had a triple jump of 10.44 meters which was good enough for 18^th at High Point.

LEE ENTRIES
CU sends nine men to the start line in five different events in Tennessee. Entered in the 10,000-meter run are fifth-year senior Samuel Haynes, junior Nate Leichner and sophomore Preston Prather. I. Prather and Zuchelli will line up in the 5,000-meter run. Freshman Ethan Board and junior Alex Watty race the 800-meter run. Senior Cedric Drennen (1,500-meters) and Wilson (400-meter hurdles) round out the entries. O'Sullivan and Wallace will be in the 5,000-meters while junior Hannah Altizer, the current program record holder in the 10,000-meters, will make her season debut in the event.

WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN ENTRIES
One of the featured events for Concord will be the 1,500-meters as six athletes toe the line. Senior Daniel Baldwin, junior Caleb Hatcher, sophomore Isaiah Jackson-Darby, freshman Madoc Lathroum, freshman Luke Ruhnke and fifth-year senior Raheem Williams will race the event. The 800-meters is highlighted by freshman Justin Dodd, Lathroum, freshman Bryce Legg, freshman Logan Ramsey, Williams and freshman Zach Wilson. Turner competes in the four different throwing events Friday: discus, hammer, javelin and shot put.

For the ladies, freshman Britney Cochran, freshman Madison Cornett, freshman Lia Jennings, freshman Tori Parks and senior Briana Parsons will compete in the 800-meters. The 4x400-meter relay team will be made up of sophomore Ryann Davis, freshman Kaylee Dixon, Parsons and senior Jada Strachan. And in field event action, Thompson is entered in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. Sophomore Jenna Cooper competes in the high jump and long jump and Davis is scheduled for the long jump.