Concord Wraps Up Indoor Regular Season at Joe LaRocco Invite

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams compete in their final indoor meet when they head to the Joe LaRocco Invite hosted by Roanoke College Saturday.

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Roanoke College will have streaming video coverage of the event while Snap Timing will handle live results.

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LAST TIME OUT
The 5,000-meter duo of junior Katy Walkup and senior Madison Cornett were two of the top performers for CU at the Liberty Open. Both Walkup (18:45.65) and Cornett (18:46.23) clocked career-best times and moved in to the top 12 in the Mountain East Conference in the 5,000-meters. Sophomore Izzy Williams ran 26.49 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 1:01.26 in the 400-meter dash to ascend in both events in the MEC. Concord's 4x400-meter relay team of freshman Cassidy Hammonds, junior Emma Jenkins, freshman Jenna Webb and Williams ran a season-best time of 4:19.01.

In the men's 5,000-meters, senior Logan Zuchelli came through in 15:04.44 to finish eighth at Liberty. Sophomore Braden Ward ran a career-best time of 8:42.25 in the 3,000-meter run to place 10^th. Freshman Garrett Kinder starred in the 800-meter run in a personal-record time of 1:57.72 as he moved up to seventh in the MEC in event. Like the women, CU men's 4x400-meter relay of senior Ethan Board, senior Ian Gardner, Kinder and freshman Brady Prior sported a season-best time of 3:24.07. It is the fastest time in the MEC this winter.

JOE LAROCCO INVITE ENTRIES
Saturday is the final chance for the Mountain Lions to move into the top 16 of their respective events ahead of the MEC Indoor Championships February 23-24 at the Cline Indoor Track Complex in Huntington, West Virginia.

Junior Lilly Jackson (12^th) and freshman Kendall Lilly (15^th) are on the bubble in the high jump for the MEC Indoor Championships as they look to improve their marks this weekend. In other field event action, sophomore Meagan Poticher and graduate student Abbey Wallace are tied for 16^th in the shot put at 10.49 meters. The current cutoff in the 800-meter run in MEC is 2:26. Jenkins (2:28) and freshman Kate Kelly (2:29) are seeded just below the cutoff as attempt to punch their ticket in the event.

Sophomore Bramley Childress (15:41) ranks 18^th in the MEC in the 5,000-meters and junior Alex Irvin (15:50) is 23^rd. The duo will need to run at least 15:27 to move inside the top 16. The mark for the men's 800-meters stands at 1:59.21. Sophomore AJ Skeens is seeded at 2:00 in the event this weekend. Freshman Reese Hickey, freshman Brandon Canaday and sophomore Garrett Hatcher are seeded at or below 2:05. And in the men's high jump, freshman Tobi Adebulu is 21^st in the MEC in the high jump at 1.70 meters. He will need to clear 1.75 or better to get into the top 16.