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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's cross country teams return to action Friday afternoon as they host the Concord/Chick-Fil-A XC Festival at Pipestem State Park.
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MEET SCHEDULE
3:00 p.m. – Women's 5,000-meter race
4:00 p.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race
LAST TIME OUT
The Concord women opened the season by finishing fifth at the Virginia Invite two weeks ago. Graduate student
Emily Wallace led the Mountain Lions with a 29
th-place finish in the 4,000-meter race. She ran 15:34. Junior
Madison Cornett and sophomore
Katy Walkup both finished in the top 40. Cornett posted a time of 15:53 while Walkup closed in 16:21. Junior
Erin O'Sullivan and freshman
Charlotte McGinnis both placed in the top 50.
The Concord men placed third at the Virginia Tech Invite as they were only beaten by VT and Charleston. Junior
Logan Zuchelli finished in the top 10 as his time of 18:34 for the 6,000-meter course was good enough for seventh. Senior
Preston Prather placed 20
th in a time of 19:00. Freshman Jaedan Holstein opened his career by being the third CU runner across the line in 19:40, finishing 41
st. Junior
Ethan Board came through in 19:54 and freshman
Braden Ward rounded out the top five for Concord in a time of 20:01.
CONCORD/CHICK-FIL-A XC FESTIVAL NOTES
Friday's college races will be the openers for larger high school and middle school races later in the evening. The Mountain Lions will race against West Virginia State in the college races. Additionally, Friday will be the first of two home meets this season for CU. Concord will host its annual Alumni Meet October 13.
Last season at CU's home meet, Prather turned in the sixth-fastest time at Pipestem for a Concord runner as he clocked 26:55. Zuchelli ran to a time of 27:55 which is 20
th in program history all-time for the rugged Pipestem course. Zuchelli ran 27:07 in 2021. Prather finished second last year while Zuchelli was fifth in the overall results. Graduate student
Alex Watty and Board placed seventh and ninth, respectively.
Wallace has turned in a pair of outstanding times at Pipestem in her time in the Maroon and Gray. In 2021, Wallace was one of four Mountain Lions to break 20 minutes in program history as she ran 19:50. She won the race last year with a time of 20:07. O'Sullivan was the runner-up last year in a showing of 20:49. Walkup crossed in 21:55 which was fourth.
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