Concord Finishes Seventh at MEC Championships

Results

FROSTBURG, Md. – The Concord University men's track & field team finished seventh at the Mountain East Conference Championships with a total of 53 points.

CU tallied 53 points. Charleston was the team champion with 212 points.

For the first time since 2017, a CU athlete claimed the 100-meter dash title at the MEC Championships as graduate student Gerard Hearst edged out West Virginia Wesleyan's Taiwo Babawale-Thropp (10.63-10.64 seconds) for the 100-meter crown.

The 4x400-meter relay team were the runners-up in the event as they broke the school record in a time of 3:15.48—the fourth-fastest time in the Atlantic Region this spring. The team of junior Ethan Board, freshman Jaidyn Foddrell, junior Ian Gardner and freshman Bradley Harris broke their own school record from earlier in the month by nearly three seconds.

Speaking of Gardner, the Hinton, West Virginia native made it three straight years on the podium of the 400-meter dash as he clocked 48.67 seconds to place third.

Junior Logan Zuchelli earned his second podium finish of the MEC Championships by clocking 14:50.54 in the 5,000-meter run and finishing third. Freshman Braden Ward garnered a point for Concord in the 5,000-meters as he passed Davis & Elkins' Konnor Allison in the final stretch to finish eighth, running 15:22.97.

Board continued his stellar three days at the MEC Championships by placing fourth in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:54.66.

In the 4x100-meter relay, Foddrell, Gardner, Harris and Hearst finished sixth with a time of 42.26 seconds.

Charleston swept the MEC Awards: MVP and Field Athlete (Kellen Tropeck), Freshman (Sam Idiens), Track Athlete (Warren Thiel) and Coach (Nick Bias).