MACON, Georgia - October 1, 2005 - Jason Waters finished in second place to lead a trio of Kennesaw State runners who finished in the top six as the Owls won the 2005 Georgia Collegiate Championships on Saturday morning at the Georgia Children's Home.

Kennesaw State (39-4 overall, 20-1) won the event by 20 points over runner-up UNC Ashville. The Owls topped the field of mostly Georgia teams with the effort of Waters, Piotr Kaszkur (4th place) and Lukasz Skrzypiec (6th place).

Waters finished with a time of 25:15, trailing only Brandon Hughes (24:52) of Troy State. Waters was also one of five Kennesaw State runners to earn All-Georgia Recognition. Joining Waters was Kaszkur, Skrzypiec, Daniel Gormly and Maxwell Ndungu.

"It was very solid effort," said head coach Stan Sims. "We ran well throughout in a very difficult field."

Kaszkur finished with a time of 25:51:00 while Skrzypiec came in with a time of 25:56:00. Gormley crossed at 26:28:00 while Ndungu rounded out the Owls scoring with a time of 26:59:00.

Matthew Coy had a time of 27:26:00, Michael Johnson finished in 27:36:00, Scott Phillips had a time of 27:52:00 and Alex Parker ran the course in a time of 32:35:00.

All-Georgia First Team)

Jason Waters, Kennesaw State (25:15)
David Kawa, Berry College (25:41)
Piotr Kaszkur, Kennesaw State (25:51)
Lukasz Skrzypiec, Kennesaw State (25:56)
Ben Krichko, Berry College (26:09)
Daniel Elder, Georgia (26:18)
Daniel Gormley, Kennesaw State (26:28)

All-Georgia Second Team

Jeremy Williams, Georgia State (26:40)
Daniel Tanui, Mercer (26:43)
Wes Hutcherson, Georgia State (26:48)
Shaun Emery, Georgia (26:51)
Andy Minnicks, Valdosta State (26:53)
Ryan McClay, Berry College (26:51)
Maxwell Ndungu, Kennesaw State (26:59)

Team Scores

1. Kennesaw 45
2. UNC Asheville 65
3. Berry College 78
4. Troy State 99
5. Georgia 121
6. Georgia State 124
7. Valdosta State 174
8. Mercer 223
9. Savannah College of Art & Design 265
10. Emory 267
11. GC&SU 312
12. Reinhardt 336
13. NGCSU 376
14. Fort Valley State 433
15. Toccoa Falls College 467
16. Middle GA College 489
17. LaGrange 492
18. Truett-McConnell 508
19. Georgia Military 531
20. Andrew College 552
21. Oglethorpe University 650

Individual Scores
2. Waters, Jason (2 )25:15:00
4. Kaszkur, Piotr (4) 25:51:00
6. Skrzypiec, Lukasz (6) 25:56:00
12. Gormley, Daniel (12) 26:28:00
22. Ndungu, Maxwell (21) 26:59:00
29. *Coy, Matthew (27) 27:26:00
35. *Johnson, Michael (33) 27:36:00
45. **Phillips, Scott 27:52:00
128. **Parker, Alex 32:35:00