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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Kennesaw State cross country teams concluded their season at the NCAA South Regional Championships Friday (Nov. 14) at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The women's team placed 25th and the men finished the race but did not did not receive a team score.

On the women's side, the Owls were 25th in the 29-team field with 548 points. Junior Kidan Kidane posted the top performance, finishing 65th with a time of 21:06.10 in the 6-kilometer race. Kidane was followed by freshman Katrine Rasmussen, who placed 84th with a time of 21:20.92. Juniors Amanda Cope (22:38.50) and Claire Bohrer (22:55.84) finished 155th and 169th, while freshman Kennedy Sorge rounded out KSU's top five, finishing in 187th place with a time of 23:36.00

"We had some great efforts and good performances today," #Andy Eggerth, director of track & field and cross country, said. "Kidan, Katrine, and Amanda all came through the 5k of their 6k race at their 5k personal best which is a great thing to see at championship time. Finishing 25th in our region is also good movement in the development of our women's program.

For the men, freshman Daniel Garcia finished 23rd with a time of 31.01.20 in the 10-kilometer race. Freshmen Dylan Titon (48^th, 32:19.90), Cameron Gatt (98^th; 32:32.40) and #Jordan Hand (135^th; 33:57.70) rounded out the scoring for the Owls. Redshirt-junior Natan Reuter finished the race, but was disqualified.

"Daniel ran a gutsy race, getting out a little too hard which came back to get him at the end when he was only a few seconds off of moving onto the NCAA Championships," Eggerth said. "It's disappointing for him, but as a freshman he displayed an outstanding effort and has this as a learning opportunity. Natan (Reuter) also put it out there for the team. We needed every athlete to finish the race for the team and although injured, Natan did just that.  Unfortunately he was disqualified so we don't have a team score, but everybody finished the race which is what was required."

Both teams will turn their focus to the start of the indoor track and field season that begins on Dec. 5 at the BSC Panther Indoor Ice Breaker in Birmingham, Ala.

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