Concord Collects Personal-Record Times at Joe LaRocco Invite

Results

SALEM, Va. – Middle distance and distance events headlined the action for the Concord University men's track & field team at the Joe LaRocco Invite Saturday at Roanoke College.

CU recorded three career-best times from sophomore AJ Skeens, senior Zach Wilson and freshman Brandon Canaday in the mile. Skeens (4:34.85) finished 14^th, Wilson (4:35.10) placed 16^th and Canaday (4:37.08) was 18^th.

Junior Alex Irvin was a top-five finisher in the 5,000-meter run as he clocked a personal-record time of 15:41.35 to place fifth. Sophomore Bramley Childress came through in 12^th with a time of 16:18.63.
Sophomore Braden Ward finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run in 8:52.67. Meanwhile, fellow sophomore Andrew Tickle sported a career-best time of 9:03.21 to place 12^th.

Freshman Reese Hickey was 11^th in the 800-meter run in his own career-best time of 2:04.30.

Saturday was the final indoor regular season meet of the winter for the Mountain Lions as they will now focus on the Mountain East Conference Indoor Championships February 23-24 at the Cline Indoor Track Complex in Huntington, West Virginia.