Concord Readies for MEC Indoor Championships

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams compete at the Mountain East Conference Indoor Championships Saturday and Sunday at the Chris Cline Indoor Track Complex in Huntington, West Virginia.

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COMPETING TEAMS
Charleston
Concord
Davis & Elkins
Fairmont State
Frostburg State
Glenville State
Point Park
West Liberty
West Virginia State
West Virginia Wesleyan
Wheeling

LAST TIME OUT
Concord wrapped up the indoor regular season at the Cline Complex on Marshall's campus two weeks ago. Junior Braden Ward punched his ticket to the 5,000-meter run at the MEC Championships by running a personal-record time of 14:56 as he finished second. Sophomores Brandon Canaday and Reese Hickey both qualified for the 5,000-meters by running 15:20.37 and 15:20.56 two weeks ago. Junior Bramley Childress came through in 8:42.75 in the 3,000-meter run to secure a spot in the event this weekend. Sophomore Daminn Cunningham had a season-best high jump of 1.88 meters as he placed fifth.
On the women's side, junior Sara Turner clocked a career-best time of 19:16.39 in the 5,000-meters at Marshall. Sophomore Cassidy Hammonds marked 5.25 meters in the long jump to place ninth. Junior Meagan Poticher was 19^th in the weight throw as she tossed 11.70 meters.

MEC CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES
Hickey and Ward will double up in the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meters. Ward is ranked fourth in the 5,000-meters and seventh in the 3,000-meters. Hickey is 13^th in the shorter distance and 14^th in the 5,000-meters. Canaday enters the weekend seeded 13^th in the 5,000-meters and Childress is 14^th in the 3,000-meters. Redshirt freshman Dom Collins is one of the favorites in the 60-meter dash as he has run the second-fastest time in the conference at 6.81 seconds. Cunningham will be in three different field events: long jump (sixth), high jump (seventh) and triple jump (ninth). Sophomore Dallas Ford is seeded third in the triple and 16^th in the long jump. Other entries for the weekend include Ford in the 60-meter hurdles, freshman William Jackson in the 400-meter dash and junior AJ Skeens in the mile run. Sophomore Tobi Adebulu is sixth in the heptathlon.

For the Concord women, Hammonds will be in three events. She competes in the pentathlon where she is ranked third along with the 60-meter hurdles and long jump where she is seeded seventh in both. Freshman Violet Wall will be highlighted in the middle distance events. She has a seed of sixth in the 800-meters. She is ranked 10^th in the mile run. The Concord distance medley relay will consist of junior Piper Doughton, freshman Avery Lilly, junior Charlotte McGinnis and Turner. On the 4x400-meter relay will be Lilly, McGinnis, Wall and sophomore Jenna Webb.

MEC CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
The CU men are seeking to improve upon a ninth-place finish from last winter. Ward was 11^th in the 3,000-meters in 2025. Skeens was 15^th in the mile a year ago. Skeens and Ward are the only returners that competed in last year's MEC Indoor Championship that will lace up the spikes this weekend.

Hammonds was fifth in the pentathlon as she scored 2,967 points, a school record. She was fifth in the triple jump as she marked a school-record distance of 10.84 meters and she finished 12^th in the long jump. Hammonds and Webb were on the 4x400-meter relay that finished seventh. Concord was 10^th as a team last year.