Results
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Concord University men's track & field was back in action at the University of Lynchburg for a second straight week, this time for the Hornet Open, at Shellenberger Field Saturday.
The top finishes for CU came in the 3,000-meter steeplechase where the Maroon and Gray claimed five of the top ten spots.
Senior
Preston Prather led the way as he placed third with a time of 9:49.66. Freshman
AJ Skeens followed in fourth as he clocked 10:12.02. Fellow freshmen
Andrew Tickle (10:58.93),
Wes Holcomb (11:18.97) and Bradey Amico (11:34.63) occupied spots eight through ten.
CU got an individual victory in the 10,000-meter run as freshman
Braden Ward crossed the tape in a time of 33:04.33. Sophomore
Alex Irvin finished fourth in a showing of 33:27.58.
The sprints also took center stage for the Mountain Lions as freshmen
Jaidyn Foddrell had a pair of top-10 finishes. He sprinted a career-best 21.95 seconds in the 200-meter dash to place fifth, and in the process rise to second in the Mountain East Conference. Foddrell also sported a career-best showing in the 100-meter dash as he came through in 10.93 seconds—the fifth-fastest time in the MEC this spring.
Freshman
Bradley Harris was 11
th in both the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes which he ran career-best times in. He crossed the tape in 22.31 seconds in the 200-meters and clocked 51.17 seconds in the 400-meters.
Concord's 4x400-meter relay of junior
George Acuna III, Foddrell, junior
Ian Gardner and Harris were the runners-up in a time of 3:25.79.
Junior
Ethan Board ran a season-best time of 1:57.19 in the 800-meters as he placed ninth. Graduate student
Alex Watty came though in 1:59.26. Additionally, Watty was the top finisher in the 1,500-meter run for Concord with a showing of 4:09.47, good enough for ninth.
Freshman
Jaedan Holstein was 13
th as he clocked 4:12.07.
Acuna placed 13
th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.23).
In the field events, junior
Jonny Sweeney tossed 32.74 to place 14th in the javelin while freshman Shawn Bennett was 16th with a mark of 31.61 meters.
At the Raleigh Relays on Thursday and Friday, junior
Logan Zuchelli ran the MEC's fastest 5,000-meter time this season with a showing of 14:36.86. Graduate student
Gerard Hearst just missed a season-best time in the 100-meters at 10.68 seconds. And Gardner clocked 50.69 seconds in the 400-meters.
The Mountain Lions are back on the oval April 5-6 as they compete at both the Flames Invite hosted by Lee University and Golden Eagle Invite hosted by Charleston.
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