By Gargoyle sports staff
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, The OG, sports

KICKAPOO STATE PARK — Junior Austin Rundus and sophomore Malcolm Taylor served notice today that they will rank among the area's top Class A runners in cross country this fall.

Rundus finished third and Taylor fourth at the Kickoff Classic in Kickapoo State Park. Overall, the Illineks placed sixth out of 10 teams. St. Joseph-Ogden won the title, followed by Oakwood and St. Thomas More.

Rundus turned in a time of 17 minutes, 30 seconds. Taylor was right behind him at 17:34.

Other Uni runners:

— Jack Snyder, 20:34, 30th
— Marquis Wang, 21:01, 34th
— Nathan Smith, 21:15, 39th
— Carl Zielinski, 22:54, 53rd
— Andrew Weatherhead, 22:58, 54th
— Cheng Luo, 22:58, 55th
— Nick Zukoski, 24:10, 66th
— Danny Ge, 25:06, 74th
— Horace Wang, 31:53, 89th

Uni's top seven runners will be in flighted varsity races Saturday at the Chrisman Cowchip Classic.

2006 VARSITY RESULTS
(Meets at the U of I in bold; courses are three miles unless otherwise indicated)

Aug. 29: Kickapoo Kickoff Classic, 6th (points to be posted)
Top Uni runner: Austin Rundus, 3rd overall (17:30)