Blevins-Gurnee
Larah Blevins and Myles Gurnee (Photo by Megan Canterbury)

Concord Travels to Liberty Open Friday

1/22/2026 8:54:00 AM

Live Results

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams travel to the Liberty Open Friday at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.

LIVE COVERAGE
Blue Ridge Timing will provide live results of the meet.

Live Results

LAST TIME OUT
CU took a week off after opening 2026 at the Marshall Invite January 10.

In the women's competition, sophomore Cassidy Hammonds was top 10 in three different events. She marked 5.27 meters in the long jump to place sixth and was tenth in both the 60-meter hurdles (9.42 seconds) and 800-meter run (2:31.20). Freshman Violet Wall was named the MEC Athlete of the Week after two top-15 finishes. She ran 2:22.55 which was good enough for fifth, and came through in 12th in the mile run (5:18.20). Junior Meagan Poticher tossed 9.32 meters in the shot put to finish 14th and was 16th in the weight throw (10.58 meters). Fellow junior Sara Turner ran a personal-record time of 11:06.97 in the 3,000-meter run at Marshall.

For the Concord men's team, junior Braden Ward was the MEC Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Week after his showing in the mile and 3,000-meter runs at Marshall. Ward ran a personal-best time of 4:22.48. He clocked 8:41.12 in the 3,000-meters. He was fourth in both events. Sophomore Reese Hickey (fifth/4:25.03) and junior AJ Skeens (seventh/4:27.80) both clocked career-best times in the mile. Sophomore Dallas Ford nearly broke the school record in the triple jump at Marshall with a mark of 13.93 meters, only 0.04 meters off the school record. He was fifth in the event.

LIBERTY ENTRIES
Highlights for the women's team will be the middle distance events once again. Eight Mountain Lions line up in the mile. Wall (5:14), Turner (5:20), freshman Avery Lilly (5:45) and junior Charlotte McGinnis (5:52) are all seeded under six minutes. Also in the event will be sophomore Larah Blevins, freshman Molly Jones, junior Abbey Londeree and freshman Larissa Wickline. Doubling up in the 800-meters will be Wall (2:18), Lilly (2:34), McGinnis (2:40), Jones (3:01) and Wickline (3:04). In the 200-meter dash will be sophomore Kendall Lilly and Jenna Webb along with freshman Hannah Rhodes. And in the field events, Poticher looks to build off her performance at Marshall as she is entered in the shot put with sophomore Chloe Cox and Hammonds.

Redshirt freshman Dom Collins put together a stellar effort in the 60-meter dash at Marshall, running 6.90 seconds which is third best in the MEC this winter. Collins and Ford will be entered in the event this weekend. After a strong outdoor campaign in 2025, sophomore Aaron Miller makes his 400-meter season debut alongside freshman William Jackson who has a top-10 time in the MEC in the event (51.46 seconds). Sophomore Tobi Adebulu, senior Andrew Beohler and freshman Myles Gurnee are also slated for the quarter mile. Hickey seeks to build upon his mile from two weeks ago when he lines up with sophomore Brandon Canaday, junior Bramley Childress and freshman Zach Neal. And rounding out the featured events will be the 3,000-meters where Ward, junior Andrew Tickle and Walkup are all seeded at 9:20 or better. Senior Bryce Legg and junior Wes Holcomb will also compete.
 
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