The Concordia University, Nebraska cross country teams each finished as runner-up in the team scoring at the 2007 GPAC Cross Country Championships held Saturday in Crete, Neb.
The Bulldog women edged Northwestern College for second place as the Bulldogs accumulated 77 points, while the Red Raiders where right on their heels with 78. Northwestern had the top two runners in the race, their next highest finisher was at 17.
Nebraska Wesleyan won the meet with 45 points.
The highest finish for the Concordia women was turned in by junior Kayla Engel who took 10th place with a time of 19:10.43 on the 5k course. Teammate Jacque Wiseman took 11th crossing the tape in 19:17.05.
Concordia's top five runners all finished within 44 seconds of each other. Seward native, sophomore Taylor Felix, was 15th (19:36.90) while junior Katie Swanson was 19th (19:44.67). Freshman Alicia Marteney rounded out the top five Bulldog finishers taking 22nd (19:54.70). Sophomore Rebecca Mol also placed in the top 30, finishing 26th with a time of 20:02.67.
On the men's side Concordia went 5-6-7 en route to scoring 49 points, 20 points behind the first place team, Nebraska Wesleyan. The Bulldogs were not threatened in the team race, as the next closest squad was Hastings with 125 points.
Sophomore Zach Meineke led the Concordia trio in the fifth spot, covering the 8k course in 26:20.09. Fellow sophomore David Goeglein was three seconds back in sixth (26:23.68) while junior Bryan Felker took seventh place (26:27.32).
At last year's GPAC Championship meet Meineke and Goeglein finished 11th and 15th respectively.
Other Bulldogs finishing in the top 30 for the men included sophomore Zach Baedke (14th- 26:51.28), freshman Tyson Billings (17th - 27:01.42) and junior Jordan Tucker (26th-27:18.21).
Concordia travels to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the NAIA Region III Championships on Saturday, Nov. 3.
