Concord Places Third at Home Invite

Results

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's track & field team claimed third at the Concord Invite Friday at Callaghan Stadium.

The Mountain Lions racked up 73 points in the meet. Charleston scored 100 points to win.

Throwing events took center stage for CU as three athletes scored in both the discus and shot put. However, the top field event was the javelin where four tallied points.

Freshman Meagan Poticher marked a personal record in the javelin as she finished as the runner-up at 27.83 meters. Sophomore Lilly Jackson was fourth with a toss of 27.05 meters. Senior Alaina Mills followed in fifth with a mark of 25.86 meters. And freshman Nadiyah Abdussalaam hit 20.46 meters for eighth.

In the discus, Poticher paced the Mountain Lions with a toss of 26.67 meters, good enough for third. Graduate student Abbey Wallace was seventh with a mark of 23.74 meters. And fellow graduate student Jasmine Abrell finished eighth in 23.01 meters.

Poticher was the top finisher for Concord in the shot put with a fourth-place showing after tossing 8.83 meters. Wallace's 8.80-meter throw was good enough for fifth. And freshman Abby Humphrey marked 8.32 meters for sixth.

CU picked up two individual wins.

The first came from freshman Abbey Londeree in the 10,000-meter run as she stopped the clock at 47:01.64.

Graduate student Emily Wallace continued her strong season by running 4:59.20 in the 1,500-meter run for the individual victory. Sophomore Katy Walkup was the fifth in the event with a time of 5:35.89. Freshman Charlotte McGinnis stopped the clock at 5:46.75 for fifth. And junior Kaylee Dixon placed seventh, coming through in 6:15.79.

Junior Shyanna James was the runner-up in the high jump as she cleared 1.17 meters. In other field event performances, Jackson was third with mark of 4.85 meters in the long jump.

Freshman Hayley Collins sprinted 1:19.97 in the 400-meter hurdles to place third. Junior Alexis Anzevino was a spot back with a time of 1:20.92.

Freshman Izzy Williams was CU's top finisher in the 100-meter dash as her time of 13.55 seconds was good enough for fifth. Sophomore Talayna Holmes was sixth in 13.75 seconds.

Concord's final regular-season meet with be April 19-20 at the Wildcat Invite hosted by Randolph College.