BOILING SPRINGS - Gardner-Webb's cross country teams head to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to participate in the 2006 NCAA Regional Meet on Saturday.

Both squads head into regionals with optimism after solid performances two weeks ago at the 2006 A-Sun Championships in Boiling Springs.

On the men's side, GWU will be led by All-Conference runners Joshua Hudson (St. Louis, Mo.) and Lucas McAnaney (North Bay, Ontario), along with junior standout Alex Nimmo (Fayetteville, Ark.). That trio paced the Bulldogs to a fourth-place team finish at the recent A-Sun championships, and will look to improve on their times in the 8K on Saturday.

The women will be led by seniors Katherine Warden (Columbia, S.C.) and Michele Milner (Aiken, S.C.), with Warden coming off a strong 10th-place effort at the 2006 A-Sun Championships. Her All-Conference effort came against very difficult conditions, as the field endured a mud-soaked circuit and windy conditions for much of the morning on October 28 in Boiling Springs.

The GWU women finished seventh as a team in the A-Sun race. Saturday's distance will be 6K in the women's race.