Concord Heads to High Point fort VertKlasse Meeting

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams begin the final month of the regular season at the VertKlasse Meeting hosted by High Point Friday and Saturday at Dick Vert Stadium.

LIVE COVERAGE
Flash Results will have live results throughout the weekend.

Live Results

LAST TIME OUT
Concord was at the Dr. Jack Toms Invite hosted by Lynchburg last weekend. For the CU men's team, sophomore Braden Ward had the best performances. He won the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:02.93, and went under two minutes in the 800-meter run as he clocked 1:58.25. Fellow sophomore Andrew Tickle ran a career-best time in the 1,500-meters (4:11.07) as did freshman Reese Hickey (4:11.28), senior Zach Wilson (4:13.93) and junior Alex Irvin (4:15.83). Sophomore Shawn Bennett placed 11^th in the shot put (10.02 meters) and 12^th in the discus (32.64 meters).

Graduate student Emily Wallace scored an individual victory for the Mountain Lions in the 1,500-meters as she came through in 4:46.60. Senior Madison Cornett (5:09.02), junior Katy Walkup (5:17.58) and sophomore Sara Turner (5:23.68) all ran career-best times in the event. Junior Lilly Jackson moved up to second in the Mountain East Conference in the javelin with a toss of 35.07 meters. She placed eighth. Sophomore Meagan Poticher finished 13^th in the discus (30.60 meters), 19^th in the shot put (9.57 meters) and 19^th in the javelin (25.36 meters). Wallace was third in the 800-meters at 2:19.86.

VERTKLASSE MEETING ENTRIES
Senior Ian Gardner and freshman Brady Prior who are both already in the top eight of the 400-meter dash in the MEC look to improve upon their time in the event along with freshmen Braden Baker and Aaron Miller. In other mid-distance action, sophomore Garrett Hatcher, Hickey, freshman Garrett Kinder, senior Madoc Lathroum and senior Bryce Legg are entered in the 800-meters. Some of the top distance guys are scheduled for the 5,000-meters: freshman Brandon Canaday, Irvin, Ward and senior Logan Zuchelli. Freshmen Luke Davis (13^th) and Tobi Adebulu (17^th) are sitting around the top 16 in the 110-meter hurdles in the conference. Senior Jonny Sweeney is also scheduled for the event.

Four Mountain Lions are entered in the 100-meter dash as freshmen Cassidy Hammonds, Kendall Lilly and Jenna Webb along with junior Kalyn Williams are scheduled to be in the blocks. The duo of Cornett and Turner are slated for the 5,000-meters. Dropping down in distance to the 1,500-meters, senior Kaylee Dixon, junior Emma Jenkins, sophomore Abbey Londeree, junior Emma Londeree and sophomore Charlotte McGinnis will toe the line. And over in throwing events, Jackson seeks to improve upon her impressive performance last weekend as she is scheduled for the javelin along with Hammonds, freshman Gracie McAlister and Poticher.