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Concord Records Top-10 Finishes in Abbreviated Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge

3/9/2024 2:23:00 PM

Results

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Concord University men's track & field team the spring outdoor season Friday at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge inside Doug Shaw Stadium.

Due to severe weather, Saturday's events were canceled.

On Friday night, junior Logan Zuchelli won the 10,000-meter run with a time of 31:44.73. Senior Preston Prather was the runner-up with a showing of 32:14.13.

Two CU relays were in the top five

The quartet of freshman AJ Skeens, freshman Braden Ward, graduate student Alex Watty and junior Zach Wilson combined for a time of 8:12.33 in the 4x800-meter relay as they were the runners-up. In the 4x400-meter relay, freshman Garrett Hatcher, freshman Devon Lemon, junior Logan Ramsey and Watty placed fifth in a time of 3:58.03.

Graduate student Gerard Hearst sprinted a time of 10.69 seconds, good enough for sixth, in the 100-meter dash finals. During the prelims of the 100-meters, junior Ian Gardner clocked 11.35 seconds and freshman Bradley Harris stopped the timer at 11.50 seconds.

Junior Bryce Legg ran 17:01.95 in the 5,000-meter run to place 17th.

For the Mountain Lions in the field events, junior Jonny Sweeney marked 34.12 meters in the javelin to finish 22nd. Freshman Shawn Bennett had a toss of 30.02 meters to place 24th.

Concord is back in action March 14-16 at the 49er Classic hosted by Charlotte.
 
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