Results
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Concord University women's track & field closed the month of March by returning to the University of Lynchburg for a second straight week for the Hornet Open at Shellenberger Field Saturday.
The top performance for the Mountain Lions came in the 1,500-meter run where graduate student
Emily Wallace improved her Mountain East Conference-leading time by three seconds as she clocked 4:38.92 to win the event.
Sophomore
Katy Walkup ran a career-best time of 5:18.85 to finish sixth. Freshman
Charlotte McGinnis (5:33.25) and sophomore
Colette Lindley (5:37.02) finished 15
th and 18
th, respectively.
Wallace placed sixth in the 800-meter run as she stopped the timer at 2:21.34.
The Mountain Lions picked up several top marks in the field events. The trio of sophomore
Lilly Jackson, freshman
Meagan Poticher and
Alaina Mills all had season best throws in the javelin, and in the case of Poticher a career best. Jackson placed 10
th with a mark of 28.17 meters which is now fifth in the MEC. Poticher was 11
th with a toss of 27.55 meters. And Mills finished 13
th with a throw of 26.11 meters.
Jackson had a season-best jump of 1.40 meters in the high jump to finish 12
th. And in the long jump, freshman
Nadiyah Abdussalaam had a season-best jump of 4.80 meters to place 15
th. Jackson marked 4.69 to finish 18
th.
Elsewhere in other field events, Poticher placed 12th in the shot put with a toss of 9.74 meters.Wallace finished 15th with a mark of 9.63 meters.
Freshman
Izzy Williams was eighth in the 400-meter dash as she sprinted 59.69 seconds.
Other top performances for the Mountain Lions were sophomore
Alexis Anzevino in the 400-meter hurdles (10
th/1:20.20) and graduate student
Abbey Wallace in the discus (19
th/26.90 seconds).
Concord will split the team next weekend with athletes at Lee's Flames Invite in Cleveland, Tennessee and the University of Charleston's Golden Eagle Invite.
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