ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's cross country teams travel to the University of North Georgia for the Southeast Regional Preview Meet Saturday morning in Oakwood, Georgia.
MEET SCHEDULE
9:00 a.m. - Women's 6,000-meter race
9:45 a.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race
LAST TIME OUT
Graduate student
Emily Wallace picked up the individual win for the Mountain Lions at the Concord/Chick-Fil-A XC Festival two weeks ago at Pipestem State Park. Wallace ran 19:55 and was the only athlete to break 20 minutes for the 5,000-meter course. CU claimed the top eight spots in the meet with junior
Madison Cornett, sophomore
Katy Walkup, junior
Erin O'Sullivan and sophomore
Emma Londeree rounding out the top five. Freshmen
Abbey Londeree and
Hayley Collins were sixth and seventh, respectively. Junior
Tori Parks placed eighth.
The afternoon was just as successful for the Mountain Lion men. Seven of the top eight belonged to Concord with senior
Preston Prather leading the way in second in a time of 26:01 for 8,000-meters. Junior
Logan Zuchelli was third while freshmen
Jaeden Holstein and
Braden Ward claiming fourth and fifth. Junior
Ethan Board placed sixth with graduate student
Alex Watty and sophomore
Alex Irvin finishing seventh and eighth. Junior
Zach Wilson rounded out the top 10.
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL NOTES
While CU is in the Atlantic Region, the Mountain Lions will compete against some of the best teams in the southeast.
On the women's side, Anderson is receiving votes in the Division II National Poll, and is ranked third in the Southeast Region. North Georgia was polled ninth in the regional rankings this week. Other teams toeing the line Saturday morning is Emory & Henry, Erskine, Georgia College, Lenoir-Rhyne, North Greenville and Young Harris.
The Anderson men's team is slotted 29
th in Division II. The North Greenville men have appeared in the regional rankings this season with a high-water mark of ninth two weeks ago. Erskine was also ranked ninth in the Southeast after the first week of the season.
The 6,000-meter course record for the women is 21:39 set by Mount Olive's Leah Hanle in 2018. The men's 8,000-meter mark is 23:41 set in 2020 by UNC Pembroke's Josh Chepkiser.
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