NKU's Drew Harris posted a second-place finish at the GLVC Championships.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Northern Kentucky University's
Drew Harris posted a second-place finish at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on Saturday with a time of 25:10.69 at the E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park.
Harris, a junior and a graduate of Campbell County High School, completed the eight-kilometer course less than 10 seconds behind Drury's Jaime Villa Zapatero. Zapatero claimed the GLVC individual title for the second consecutive season by finishing the race in 25:00.93.
It marked the second straight year that Harris finished runner-up to Zapatero at the GLVC Championships. Harris, who earlier this season set an NKU record in the eight-kilometer run with a time of 24:34.71 on the same course, earned All-GLVC honors for his performance Saturday. As a freshman in 2007, he finished 16th at the event.
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Eric Dwyer posted a 20th-place finish Saturday with a time of 26:13.92.
Joey Mueller placed 48th for the Norse, who finished in fifth place with a score of 157.
Southern Indiana won its fifth consecutive GLVC Championships title with a score of 36. Drury posted a second-place finish with a total of 65 points, followed by Bellarmine (90), Indianapolis (120) and NKU to round out the top five in the 11-team field.
NKU will compete at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional on Nov. 7 at Kenosha, Wis. The NCAA Division II national finals are scheduled for Nov. 21 at Evansville, Ind.
