Concord Set to Host Home Meet Friday

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's track & field teams host the Concord Open Friday at Callaghan Stadium with the first event starting at 3:00 p.m.

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The Concord University Sports Information Department will handle live video of the meet. New River Timing will have live results.

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TEAMS COMPETING
Bluefield State
Concord
Glenville State
Rio Grande
Shawnee State
West Virginia State
WVU Tech

LAST TIME OUT
The throwing duo of freshman Chloe Cox and junior Meagan Poticher led the way for CU at the Golden Eagle Invite in Charleston last Friday. Cox had a career-best throw of 33.70 meters in the discus while Poticher's throw of 33.34 meters was a season best. Both also moved up into the top 16 of the Mountain East Conference in the discus. Sophomore Cassidy Hammonds clocked a season-best time of 12.45 seconds in the 100-meter dash as she finished sixth. Junior Sara Turner was sixth in the 5,000-meter run as she came through in 21:32. Freshman Avery Lilly cleared 1.85 meters in the pole vault which is 15^th in the MEC this spring.

Junior Shawn Bennett had two top-20 showings at Charleston in the throws as he placed 16^th in the hammer (39.71 meters) and was 20^th in the discus (36.57 meters). Freshman Zack Neal notched a pair of career-best times as he clocked 2:05.89 in the 800-meter run and stopped the timer at 4:25.81 in the 1,500-meter run. Sophomore Daminn Cunningham went over 1.80 meters in the high jump as he was the highest individual finisher for Concord in seventh. Freshman William Jackson ran a season-best time of 50.71 seconds in the 400-meter as he moved into 14^th in the MEC in the event.

CONCORD OPEN ENTRIES
Friday's meet is just one of two regular-season meets left for the Mountain Lions as the MEC Outdoor Championships loom April 26-28.
Four women's athletes toe the line in the 400-meter dash. Junior Kiley Smich is just outside the top 16 of the quarter-mile in the MEC with a time of 1:02.35, ran last weekend at Charleston. She will be joined by A. Lilly, sophomore Kendall Lilly and freshman Violet Wall. Turner is squarely on the bubble of the 5,000-meters in the MEC, sitting 16^th. She will give the 5K a go this weekend along with junior Larah Blevins, junior Abbey Londeree and senior Emma Londeree. Cox and Poticher seek to continue their ascent up the discus leaderboard in the MEC along with sophomore Gracie McAlister. The Mountain Lions will run both a 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay this weekend. In the 4x100-meter relay will be junior Zakiya Jackson, A. Lilly, K. Lilly and sophomore Jenna Webb. The 4x400-meter relay will be made up of A. Lilly, K. Lilly, Smich and Wall.

A total of five men's athletes will be on the start line for the 5,000-meters. Junior Braden Ward is safely in the 5,000-meter field for the MEC Championships as he ranks sixth, but junior Bramley Childress (14^th), freshman Johnny Walkup (18^th), sophomore Brandon Canaday (20^th) and junior Andrew Tickle (25^th) are all on the bubble. Graduate student Connor Cormack, Neal and junior AJ Skeens are entered in the 1,500-meters. Sophomore Tobi Adebulu and Cunningham are both entered in the high jump as they have a clearance that's in the top 10 in the MEC. And like the CU women, the Mountain Lion men will run the relays. The top 4x400-meter relay squad is freshman Myles Gurnee, sophomore Jaedan Holstein, Jackson and sophomore Aaron Miller. The 4x100-meter relay team will be senior Andrew Beohler, Cunningham, sophomore Dallas Ford and senior Richard Henry.