Jonny Sweeney
Jonny Sweeney

Concord Impresses in Middle Distance, Sprints at High Point

3/18/2023 8:24:00 PM

Results

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The Concord University men's track & field team competed at the Bill Webb Invite Friday and Saturday at Vert Stadium on the campus of High Point University.

The strongest event for the Mountain Lions was the 1,500-meter run as CU put seven runners in the top 20. Graduate student Issac Prather was the runner-up in the event as he clocked a time of 3:54.64, coming within less than a second of the program record.

Sophomore Logan Zuchelli claimed fifth as he came through in 4:03.17. Graduate student Cedric Drennen (4:03.54) and senior Alex Watty (4:04.23) both went under 4:05 and finished sixth and eighth, respectively. Sophomore Ethan Board placed 13th in a time of 4:08.61. Junior Preston Prather stopped the timer at 4:10.30 and finished 14th, and graduate student Samuel Haynes placed 16th in 4:11.47.

The CU 4x400-meter relay of Board, senior Robbie Cochran, sophomore Ian Gardner and Watty finished fifth in 3:29.70.
Gardner and graduate student Gerard Heart had impressive showings in the sprints. Hearst was ninth in the 100-meter dash (10.90 seconds) and 12th in the 200-meter dash (22.73 seconds) while Gardner finished ninth in the 400-meter dash as he sprinted to a time 49.47 seconds.

Sophomore Jonny Sweeney clocked 1:11.43 in the 400-meter hurdles as recorded a showing of 10th place.

Concord's meet schedule will be split next weekend between NC State's Raleigh Relays and Lynchburg's Dr. Jack Toms Invite.

 
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