Concord Impresses at Dr. Jack Toms Invite

Results

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Concord University women's track & field team logged several top performances at the Dr. Jack Toms Invite hosted by the University of Lynchburg Friday and Saturday.

Some of the best finishes for Concord came in the field events.

Sophomore Cassidy Hammonds and junior Kiley Smich were top 10 in the triple jump. Hammonds had a career-best mark of 11.24 meters as she finished sixth. Making her track & field season debut after finishing up basketball season, Smich was ninth  at 10.75 meters.

Sophomore Cierra Parker was the runner-up in the high jump as she cleared 1.58 meters. Fellow sophomore Kendall Lilly went over 1.38 meters to place 12^th.

Smich had a leap of 4.92 meters in the long jump to finish 11^th.

Freshman Violet Wall had a pair of impressive showings in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter runs. She was third in the 1,500-meters, crossing the line in 4:46.34, and came through in 2:18.43 in the 800-meters to place fourth.

Junior Sara Turner clocked a personal-record time of 41:17.54 in the 10,000-meter run to finish ninth. She was joined in the event by junior Abbey Londeree (12^th/44:56.08) and senior Emma Londeree (13^th/46:35.43).

Over in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, junior Piper Doughton ran a career-best time of 13:07.30, placing 10^th. Fellow junior Charlotte McGinnis was 11^th as she stopped the timer at 13:33.96.

In the throwing events, junior Megan Poticher was 15^th in the javelin with a mark of 27.81 meters. Sophomore Gracie McAlister was one spot back with a toss of 27.74 meters. Freshman Chloe Cox had a career-best throw of 32.84 meters in the discus to finish 15^th. Poticher marked 32.39 meters to place 18^th.

Hammonds wrapped her up meet by running 12.75 seconds in the 100-meter dash and finishing 12^th.

Sophomore Larah Blevins doubled up in the 1,500-meters and 5,000-meters.

She had a personal-record time of 21:03.54 in the 5,000-meters to finish 15^th. She placed 18^th in the 1,500-meters (5:43.86).

CU next competes at the Golden Eagle Invite hosted by the University of Charleston April 3.