ATLANTA, Ga. - September 10, 2005 - Piotr Kaszkur finished in first place as he lead a foursome of Kennesaw State runners to place in the top five as the Owls won the 2005 Mercer Invitational at the Atlanta Campus.

Competing in their first meet as a Division I member, the Owls (12-0) showed no signs of nervousness or intimidation as they finished with 23 points, 21 points ahead of runner-up Georgia Tech.

Along with Kaszkur, Kennesaw State saw Jason Waters finish second, Lukasz Skrzypiec place third and newcomer Daniel Gormley finish fifth. KSU rounded out it's scoring with a 12th place showing by Maxwell Ndugu

Kaszkur and Waters, both seniors, battled throughout the 5k course with Kaszkur nipping Waters at the finish line by a scant .72 seconds.

The Owls also had three additional runners finish in the top 30 including, Michael Johnson (27), Scott Phillips (28) and Matthew Coy (30).

2005 Mercer Invitational
hosted by Mercer University at Mercer, Atlanta Campus

Team Results
1. Kennesaw State (23)
2. Georgia Tech (44)
3. Clayton State (102)
4. Valdosta State (119)
5. West Georgia (129)
6. Mercer (145)
7. Reinhardt (190)
8. North Georgia (203)
9. Truett-McConnell (304)
10. Andrew College (308)
11. Georgia Military (311)
12. Middle Georgia (353)
13. Oglethorpe (388)

Individual Results
1. Piotr Kaszkur 16:53.38
2. Jason Waters 16:54.93
3. Lukasz Skrzypiec 17:08.35
5. Daniel Gormley 17:10.43
12. Maxwell Ndugu 17:34.53
27. Michael Johnson 18:03.68
28. Scott Phillips 18:08.58
30. Matthew Coy 18:15.41
45. Matthew Auers -----
90. Alex Parker -----