Oct. 7, 2006

BOLING SPRINGS, N.C. - Scott Burley finished in second place and the Owls had three runners place in the top 10 as Kennesaw State finished second at the Gardner-Webb Cross Country Duels last evening.

Burley, who is coming off a record setting 8k performance last weekend, finished the 6k course in 19:10.0, 11 seconds behind winner Michael Deren of East Tennessee State.

The Owls finished with 50 points, 10 points behind ETSU in the event which featured four Atlantic Sun Conference teams. Gardner-Webb (68) and Campbell (96) finished behind the Owls as they raced at the site of conference championships later this month.

"We wanted a chance to run on the course," said head coach Stan Sims. "It's good to get a feel of the course and get accustom to its characteristics."

Peikko Solla (19:47.0) finished in 8th place and Dan Gormley (19:55.0) posted a 10th place finish for Kennesaw State. The Owls had all of their scorers finish in the top 20. Maxwell Ndungu (20:18.0) finished 14th while Michael Johnson (20:35.0) posted a 16th place finish.

2006 Gardner-Webb Cross Country Duels
Boiling Springs, N.C.

Team 6k Results East Tennessee State, 40 2. Kennesaw State, 50 3. Gardner-Webb, 68 4. Campbell, 96 5. UNC Ashville, 110 6. Wofford 143.

Kennesaw State 6k Results 2. Scott Burley 19:10.0 8. Peikko Solla 19:47.0 10. Dan Gormley 19:55.0 14. Maxwell Ndungu 20:18.0 16. Michael Johnson 20:35.0 18. Matthew Auers, 20:46.0 21. Walt Keeshan, 20:49.0 xx. Nathan Haskins 20:51.0 xx. Scott Phillips 21:08.0 xx. Bret Luna 21:23.0 xx. Alex Cass 21:33.0 xx.Wes Vernon 22:07.0 xx. Kevin Mahncke, 22:49.0 xx. Tony Crocker 23:11.0 xx. Rich Almand, 23:39.0.