Concord Closes Out March at Dr. Jack Toms Invite at Lynchburg

Live Results

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams continue the outdoor season at the Dr. Jack M. Toms Invite hosted by the University of Lynchburg Friday and Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
Blue Ridge Timing and Lynchburg will have live results of the meet.

Live Results

LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Cassidy Hammonds put up the highest score in the heptathlon in the Mountain East Conference as she scored 4,578 points. She finished fifth overall at Charlotte. Freshman Violet Wall sported a pair of top-five times in the MEC in the 800-meters (2:17.79) and 1,500-meters (4:46.66). Junior Sara Turner clocked 20:04.09 in the 5,000-meter run as she recorded a top-10 time in the MEC. In the field events, junior Meagan Poticher marked a distance of 30.37 meters in the javelin which is good enough for sixth in the MEC this season.

Junior Braden Ward ran the fastest 10,000-meter time in the MEC this spring (31:23) and was named the MEC Athlete of the Week. Sophomore Brandon Canaday clocked 32:20 while fellow sophomore Reese Hickey came through in 32:28. Junior Bramley Childress ran a personal-record time of 15:19.75 in the 5,000-meters. Junior Shawn Bennett had three career-best showings in the throwing events: discus (35.16 meters), hammer (35.31 meters) and shot put (11.69 meters). Staying in the field events, sophomore Daminn Cunningham sailed 6.53 meters in the long jump which was good enough for fourth in the conference.

LYNCHBURG ENTRIES
Wall lines up in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter runs once again this weekend. Freshmen Molly Jones and Larissa Wickline will also be in both middle distance events. Fellow freshman Avery Lilly is scheduled for the 800-meters while sophomore Larah Blevins will toe the line in the 1,500-meters. Hammonds leads a trio of Mountain Lions in the 100-meter dash as junior Zakiya Jackson and sophomore Jenna Webb will be in the blocks as well. Off her impressive 5,000-meters, Turner will run the 10,000-meters with junior Abbey Londeree and senior Emma Londeree. And highlighting a field event, Poticher will be in the discus with sophomore Gracie McAlister and freshman Chloe Cox

After his All-American indoor campaign in the 60-meter dash, redshirt freshman Dom Collins makes his outdoor debut in the 100-meter dash. Junior Ryan Covington and Cunningham will be on the start line with Collins in the event. Five Mountain Lions are scheduled for the 1,500-meters: Canaday, Childress, graduate student Connor Cormack, junior Wes Holcomb and freshman Zach Neal. Additionally, six CU athletes are entered in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as three own top-six entry times: junior AJ Skeens (fourth), Ward (fifth) and junior Andrew Tickle (sixth). Off to a strong outdoor start, Bennet seeks to keep his momentum going as he is entered in the shot put with freshman Isaac Treadway and sophomore Marquise Walker.