Concord Toes Line at MEC Championship

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's cross country teams gear up for the Mountain East Conference Championship Saturday morning on the campus of Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia.

SCHEDULE
9:30 a.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race

10:30 a.m. – Women's 6,000-meter race

LIVE COVERAGE
The Mountain East Conference will have live results as well as live video of both races.

Live Results
Live Video

LAST TIME OUT
It's been three weeks since the women's cross country team competed as they won the Concord Alumni Invite October 16 at Pipestem State. For the second straight year, sophomore Violet Wall won the race with a time of 20:05 for the 5,000-meter course. Sophomore Avery Lilly and freshman Maddie Lilly were second and third. Others in the top 10 were junior Larah Blevins (fifth), senior Abbey Londeree (sixth), sophomore Emma Willie (seventh), senior Charlotte McGinnis (senior) and senior Piper Doughton (ninth).

The CU men's team has been in action since the Concord Alumni Invite as they raced at the highly-competitive UAH Chargers Invite hosted by the Alabama-Huntsville October 24. Senior Braden Ward ran a season-best time of 24:50 for the 8,000-meter course. Junior Brandon Canaday sported a career-best time of 25:11. Senior Bramley Childress was through four seconds behind Canaday in 25:15, also a personal-record time. Sophomore Johnny Walkup (25:48) broke the 26-minute barrier while senior Andrew Tickle clocked 26:29.

MEC CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Wall is the reigning MEC Freshman of the Year as she also earned All-MEC First Team last season by finishing ninth. A. Lilly was 40^th a season ago at the MEC Championship. McGinnis (55^th) and Doughton (58^th) were in the top 60. Concord is seeking to improve upon a seventh-place team finish from the 2025 MEC Championship. Wall is the only current Mountain Lion who has earned All-MEC. The defending team champion is Davis & Elkins while Point Park's Cassondra O'Connor is the defending individual champion.

The Mountain Lion men are coming off a fourth-place finish in 2025 which was the first time CU has not been top three at the conference championship meet since 2012. Ward was an All-MEC First Team performer last season as he placed sixth before earning All-Atlantic Region two weeks later. Canaday just missed All-MEC Second Team after finishing 24^th—spots first through tenth earn All-MEC First Team while 11^th-20^th are All-MEC Second Team. Junior Reese Hickey (35^th), Childress (41^st) and Walkup (44^th) were also among CU's scoring runners. The crowded men's field favorites includes Charleston, Point Park, Concord and Davis & Elkins. The top returner from last year's MEC Championship is Charleston's Harry Witt who finished third last year. UC was the team champion in 2025.