Concord Prepares for Jack Toms Invite at Lynchburg

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams wrap up the first month of the outdoor season at the University of Lynchburg's Dr. Jack Toms Invite Friday and Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
Blue Ridge Timing will handle the live results of the weekend competition.

Live Results

LAST TIME OUT
Freshman Cierra Parker broke the school record in the high jump as she went over 1.71 meters at Charlotte's 49er Classic. Parker ranks in a tie for third in Division II in the high jump. Graduate student Emily Wallace was off the school record in the 3,000-meter run by just seven seconds as she clocked 10:35.38. She finished fourth. Freshman Cassidy Hammonds placed fourth in the heptathlon with a total of 4,107 points, only 81 points off the existing school record. Fellow freshman Kate Kelly finished fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as she clocked 12:54.21.

The duo of senior Logan Zuchelli and sophomore Braden Ward were in the top 10 of the 10,000-meter run. Zuchelli was seventh with a time of 31:13.27. Ward finished ninth as he stopped the timer at 31:16.48. Freshman Luke Davis scored 5,384 points in the decathlon as he placed fourth eighth overall. Fellow freshman Tobi Adebulu notched 3,931 points to finish 12^th. Concord's 4x400-meter relay of senior Ian Gardner and freshmen Garrett Kinder, Aaron Miller and Brady Prior combined to run 4:22.13 as they finished ninth.

DR. JACK TOMS INVITE ENTRIES
Several Mountain Lions will be in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter runs this weekend. Entered under 2:45 in the 800-meters for the Concord women will be Wallace (2:17), junior Emma Jenkins (2:27), Kelly (2:33), senior Madison Cornett (2:42), junior Erin O'Sullivan (2:43), sophomore Sara Turner (2:44) and junior Katy Walkup (2:44). The same group of athletes are scheduled to run the 1,500-meters, and are seeded at 5:30 or faster. Coming off a career-best throw of 10.60 meters at Charlotte in the shot put, graduate student Abbey Wallace leads four athletes in the event this weekend. Sophomores Katie Howard and Meagan Poticher as well as freshman Amaya Smith will be in the event. Poticher will be in the javelin along with junior Lilly Jackson, sophomore Abby Humphrey, freshman Gracie McAlister and senior Kylea Pollinger.

Like the CU women, the middle distance races, the 800-meters and 1,500-meters will be the highlights for the men. In the 800-meters, freshman Garrett Kinder (1:55), senior Ethan Board (1:56), Ward (1:58), freshman Reese Hickey (1:59), senior Zach Wilson (1:59) and freshman Brandon Canaday (2:03) are all seeded under 2:05. The same athletes are entered in the 1,500-meters and are entered under 4:20. Additionally, sophomore Andrew Tickle is entered at 4:16 in the 1,500-meters. Senior George Acuna III is coming off a career-best time of 1:04.24 in the 400-meter hurdles and will be in the blocks again this weekend. In the field events, sophomore Shawn Bennett and junior Martin Medrano will throw the javelin.