Concord Resumes Indoor Season at Lynchburg

Live Results

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams resume the indoor portion of their schedule when they travel to The Burg Open hosted by the University of Lynchburg at Liberty University's Indoor Track Complex Friday.

LIVE COVERAGE
Blue Ridge Timing will have live results throughout the day as the meet gets rolling at 9:00 a.m. with field events. Running events begin at 10:40 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT
The Mountain Lions last competed on December 9 at Roanoke College. For the men, junior Ian Gardner won the 300-meter dash in a time of 35.64 seconds. Gardner teamed up with freshman Jaidyn Foddrell, freshman Bradley Harris and senior Isaiah Jackson-Darby to finish third in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:31.89. Junior Zach Wilson was fourth in the 1,000-meter run (2:50.08). Junior Logan Zuchelli ran 14:39.46 in the 5,000-meter run at Grand Valley State, the second-fastest time in the Mountain East Conference this season, prior to the holiday break.

Freshman Izzy Williams picked up a win for the CU women's team at Roanoke College as she was victorious in the 300-meters (42.24 seconds). Fellow freshman Marin Parker sprinted to a time of 45.95 seconds in the 300-meters, good enough for sixth. Sophomore Emma Jenkins clocked 2:32.97 in the 800-meter run to place fourth. Freshman Nadiyah Abdussalaam was seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 10.12 meters.

THE BURG OPEN ENTRIES
Foddrell, Gardner and Harris look to continue their early-season momentum when they line up in the 200-meter dash. All are entered at 23.75 seconds or faster. Freshman Jacob Coy, freshman William Laxton and junior Jonny Sweeney are also in the 200-meters. Freshman AJ Skeens and graduate student Alex Watty are both entered at 1:59 in the 800-meters. Jackson-Darby (2:02) is scheduled to run the 800-meters as well. Additionally, sophomore Connor Cormack, freshman Garrett Hatcher, junior Madoc Lathroum and sophomore Johnathan Payne will be in the 800-metes with an entered time. Zuchelli leads CU in the mile run with a seeded time of 4:19. Junior Ethan Board and freshman Braden Ward are both entered at 4:30. Wilson has a seed time of 4:35 while freshman Jaeden Holstein and Skeens are seeded at 4:40. Board and Ward will double up in the 3,000-meters along with the fastest Concord seed time, held by senior Preston Prather (8:37).

Distance events highlight the women's entries. Junior Madison Cornett, sophomore Emma Londeree, freshman Sara Turner, sophomore Katy Walkup and graduate student Emily Wallace will compete in both the mile and 3,000-meters. Junior Erin O'Sullivan will line up in the mile run with a seed time of 5:50. Completing the Concord field in the 3,000-meters is sophomore Colette Lindley. Parker and Williams seek to build off their December results in the 200-meters along with sophomore Talayna Holmes and senior Taylor Perry. Perry is also highlighted in the field events as six athletes compete in the shot put. Graduate student Abbey Wallace has the best seed at 10.56 meters followed by senior Shayla Short (9.84), Perry (9.03), Abdussalaam (8.88), freshman Abby Humphrey (8.44) and freshman Meagan Poticher (8.00).