ELON, N.C. – Gardner-Webb completed its season opener meet on Friday night at Elon University. The women's raced a 4K while the men competed in a 6K. The women finished in eighth after beating Winthrop on a tiebreaker. The men's team ended in 11th.
 
Amy Prugh led the women's team finishing in 40^th with a time of 15:47, just a nudge under 4 minutes per kilometer. Three runners finished during the 16-minute mark, Hannah Mitchell at 16:07, Faith Parandhamaia at 16:16, Taylor Robinson had a 16:23, and Jennifer Escalera completed the race at 16:55. Ashley Eavenson had a 17:02 and Camille Sykes in 17:12 to round out the team's top seven. Chloe McDaniel finished at 17:39 and Brooklyn Tretter at 18:15.
 
Ryan Morita finished first for Gardner-Webb at 20:49 followed closely behind by Patrick Sastre at 20:53 each with sub 3:30/K pace. Joe Waller ended in 61^st at 22:02.  Matthew Cloninger finished next at 23:43 and Mark Mellon completed the race in 25:57.
 
The Runnin' Bulldogs return for a race at Winthrop on September 18.