McClay Wins Men's 5K to Lead Gardner-Webb Saturday at the Charlotte Duals
September 08, 2012 | Cross Country
Charlotte, N.C. - Junior Mike McClay scored a first place finish in the men's race, and the Runnin' Bulldogs' cross country teams scored second (men) and third (women) place finishes Saturday at the Charlotte Duals.
The Gardner-Webb women were led for the second consecutive week by senior Elisabeth Sawyer (Charlotte, N.C.), whose time of 19:55 in the 5K race earned her a ninth place finish.
Fellow senior Megan Frost (Crofton, Md.) scored the best collegiate finish of her career Saturday, finishing 17th with a time of 21:53. Frost was followed by consecutive Runnin' Bulldog finishes to round out GWU's top 5, as senior Leah Steinke (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) took 18th (21:57), junior Katie Spiro (Sylva, N.C.) finished 19th (22:16), and freshman Claire Cates took 20th (22:30).
McClay (Lawrenceville, Ga.) took home his second career win as a Runnin' Bulldog, finishing in first position with a time of 15:52 to lead the Gardner-Webb men to a second place team finish.
Senior Josiah Stanton-Brooks (Seattle, Wash.) recorded a top 10 finish Saturday, grabbing the 10th position with a time of 17:04. Junior Trey Crook (Lexington, N.C.) followed in 11th with a final time of 17:32.
Juniors Justin Loy (Burrington, N.H.) and Drew Ford (Wassilla, Alaska) rounded out the top five for the GWU men, finishing 15th (18:08) and 17th (18:21) respectively.
Gardner-Webb's men's and women's cross country teams will be back in action next weekend, as the Runnin' Bulldogs will compete at the Big South Conference Preview (Rock Hill, S.C.) beginning at 9:00 a.m.
