Results
ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's track & field team was the runner-up at the Concord Invite Friday at Callaghan Stadium.
The Mountain Lions totaled 116 points as they were edged by Emory & Henry by six points for the team win.
Concord piled up four victories in individual events. Additionally, CU secured the top four spots in two different events.
Graduate student
Alex Watty led the way for Concord in the 800-meter run as he clocked 2:03.40. Junior
Zach Wilson was the runner-up in a showing of 2:09.61. Freshman
Andrew Tickle came through in 2:15.54 for third place, and sophomore
James Grayton was fourth with a time of 2:41.38.
Senior
Preston Prather ran a season-best time of 15:24.40 in the 5,000-meter run to claim the win. Freshman
Braden Ward stopped the clock at 15:49.16 for second. Sophomore
Alex Irvin finished third in 15:57.60 with freshman
AJ Skeens checking in fourth at 16:15.11.
Junior
George Acuna III won the 400-meter hurdles in a showing of 1:04.60. Senior
Isaiah Jackson-Darby was second in 1:05.24.
The final win for the Mountain Lions came in the 4x100-meter relay as freshman
Jaidyn Foddrell, junior
Ian Gardner, freshman
Bradley Harris and graduate student
Gerard Hearst combining for 43.51 seconds.
Tickle was the runner-up in the 1,500-meter run as he sported a time of 4:27.38. Sophomore Johnathan Payne placed seventh as he came through in 4:41.86.
Foddrell was the top finisher for Concord in the 100-meter dash as he sprinted 11.87 seconds, good enough for third. Junior Ryan Covington was eighth in 12.27 seconds.
Grayton was sixth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.98 seconds. Freshman
Jacob Coy was two spots back as he got around the track in 58.92 seconds.
In the field events for Concord, junior
Jonny Sweeney was seventh in the javelin (33.63 meters). Freshman Shawn Bennett was 10
th in three events: discus (27.86 meters), javelin (29.74 meters) and shot put (9.82 meters).
CU will be action in its final regular-season meet next Friday and Saturday, April 19-20 at Randolph College's Wildcat Invite.
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