Concord Set to Host Home Meet Friday

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams host the Concord Invite Friday at Callaghan Stadium with field events beginning at 2:00 p.m. and running events at 3:00 p.m.

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Live Results

LAST TIME OUT
Concord was in split action last weekend between meets at Charleston and Lee.
At Lee, graduate student Emily Wallace broke her own school record in the 5,000-meter run with a showing of 17:35.64. She also clocked a time of 2:17.64 in the 800-meter run which just missed her personal-record time by 0.5 seconds. Senior Alaina Mills threw a season-best 26.72 meters in the javelin. At Charleston, sophomore Katy Walkup recorded the seventh-fastest 5,000-meter time in the Mountain East Conference this season at 19:21.56. Sophomore Emma Londeree broke 20 minutes in the event for the first time in her career (19:57.49). Junior Alexis Anzevino finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:19.43. Freshman Charlotte McGinnis clocked 2:47.26 in the 800-meters.

The men's 4x400-meter relay outdoor record was broken at Lee as junior Ethan Board, freshman Jaidyn Foddrell, junior Ian Gardner and freshman Bradley Harris combined to run 3:18.44 to broke the existing record by 0.7 seconds. Graduate student Gerard Hearst ran a career-best time in the 100-meter dash of 10.61 seconds. Junior Ian Gardner clocked the third-fastest 400-meter dash time in the MEC of 49.08 seconds. Junior George Acuna III clocked 1:04.32 in the 400-meter hurdles at Charleston to place seventh. Fellow junior Ryan Covington sprinted 12.00 seconds in the 100-meter while junior Prince Bhebhe stopped the timer at 12.37 seconds in the 100-meters.

CONCORD INVITE ENTRIES
Only two regular-season meets remain before the MEC Championships April 28-30 at Frostburg State. Some CU athletes remain on the bubble for qualification for the conference meet where the top 16 move on. In the shot put, graduate student Abbey Wallace and freshman Meagan Poticher rank 16^th and 22^nd in the MEC, respectively. The duo will be entered in the event Friday along with freshmen Nadiyah Abdussalaam and Abby Humphrey and senior Taylor Perry. Seven are entered in the javelin throw with Mills (12^th), Abdussalaam (20^th), Humphrey (21^st) and Perry (22^nd) are currently on the bubble. Sophomore Emma Jenkins (11^th) and Walkup (20^th) look to solidify their spots in the 1,5000-meters. Junior Kaylee Dixon, sophomore Colette Lindley, McGinnis and Wallace are also scheduled to race the event. Sophomore Talayna Holmes and freshman Izzy Williams are entered in the 200-meter dash, both under 27 seconds.

On the MEC bubble for the Mountain Lion men is Harris in the 400-meters as he ranks 16^th in the conference. Gardner looks to improve his time as well. Bhebhe, Covington, Foddrell and Hearst are among those entered in the 100-meters. In field event action, junior Jonny Sweeney and freshman Shawn Bennett will be in the javelin as the duo sits 13^th and 17^th, respectively, in the javelin in the MEC.  For Concord in the 5,000-meters, freshman Braden Ward (11^th) and senior Preston Prather (12^th) are inside the top 16 of the MEC after their performances at Lee last weekend. However, the duo is scheduled to run again this weekend. Sophomore Alex Irvin currently sits 23^rd in the 5,000-meter and will be one of 19 Mountain Lions entered Friday.