Hearst, Prather Race at Boston Last Chance Qualifier

BOSTON – Graduate students Gerard Hearst and Issac Prather of the Concord University men's track & field teams competed at the Boston University Last Chance Qualifier Sunday afternoon at BU Indoor Track.

Prather eclipsed his own school record in the 3,000-meter run by clocking 8:03.49 and finished sixth in the event. The Summersville, West Virginia native is ranked top 20 in NCAA Division II and will have to wait to see if he makes the final field at the NCAA Division II National Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia March 10-11.

Hearst competed in the 60-meter dash where he clocked 6.90 seconds in the finals, finishing in sixth.