Wall, Ward Sweep MEC Athlete of the Week Honors

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Freshman Violet Wall of the Concord University women's track & field team and junior Braden Ward of the Concord University men's track & field team have both been selected as the Mountain East Conference Athletes of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

The MEC Athletes of the Week are presented by The Health Plan.

Wall, a native of Pearisburg, Virginia, was voted as the female athlete of the week on the oval after two impressive races at the Marshall Alumni Invite over the weekend.  She posted the fastest mile time in the MEC this winter with a showing of 5:18.20. She finished 12^th overall, but was the first Division I! finisher in the Division I-heavy field. In the 800-meters at Marshall, Wall clocked the second-fastest time in the conference, stopping the clocking at 2:22.55. She placed fifth overall, but was once again the top Division II athlete.

Ward recorded similar performances at Marshall in the mile and 3,000-meter runs. In the shorter event, the Princeton, West Virginia native ran a career-best time of 4:22.48 as he placed fourth. Ward's time is the sixth best in the MEC thus far during the indoor season. He followed up the mile with a 3,000-meters time of 8:41.12 which is tops in the conference. Ward finished fourth in the race. And in both races, he was the top Division II performer.  

CU will be in action January 23-24 when it travels to Lynchburg, Virginia for the Liberty Open.