Lilly Jackson
Lilly Jackson

Concord Tied For Seventh at MEC Championships

4/28/2024 9:17:00 PM

FROSTBURG, Md. – The Concord University women's track & field team is tied for seventh through one day of action at the Mountain East Conference Championships at Bobcat Stadium.

Concord is tied with West Virginia State with 10 points. Charleston has 39 points as the team leader.

Six points for CU came in the javelin throw. Sophomore Lilly Jackson tossed a new career best in the javelin with a mark of 32.69 meters to finish fourth. Freshman Meagan Poticher also had a personal-record throw of 30.42 meters to place eighth.

Senior Alaina Mills threw 29.05 meters to finish 10th.

Jackson earned three more points in the long jump as she had a leap of 5.00 meters—also a personal record.

Sophomore Katy Walkup clocked 42:35.13 in the 10,000-meters as she finished in the scoring in eighth. Freshman Sarah Turner ran 46:12.00 to place 13th. Sophomore Emma Londeree was 14th in 46:40.96. And freshman Abbey Londeree came through in 51:41.51 to finish 17th.

Four of the seven events in the heptathlon were contested Sunday. Freshman Nadiyah Abdussalaam is fifth while senior Taylor Perry sits seventh in the multis.

The conclusion of the heptathlon begins at 10:00 a.m. Monday while the rest of the day's schedule begins at 12:30 p.m.
 
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