Paul Gardiner

Sport: Cross Country/Track

Class: Junior

Hometown:Airville

High School: Kennardale

Major: Political Science

2004: Helped the Huskies to a fourth place finish at the NCAA Regional meet by finishing in 33rd place in a time of 33:55...Finished 38th at the PSAC Championships in a time of 27:17 to help lead the Huskies to a fourth place finish overall...Placed 185th at the Penn State National Meet in a time of 28:12...Took 55th overall in the Gulden Invitational at Bucknell University in a time of 26:21...Ran well to finish seventh at the Slippery Rock Quad meet finishing in a time of 26:41...Finished 25th in a time of 15:53 at the Bison Open...Took 70th at the Penn State Spiked Shoe in 28:02.

2003: Helped Bloomsburg to a 2nd place overall team finish at the Bloomsburg Invitational, finshing 17th overall in a time of 28:19...Ran the 5.2 mile Penn State course in a time of 28:49, good enough for 95th overall...Placed 100 at the Lock Haven Invitational in a time of 27:52...Placed 42nd overall for the Huskies at the Gulden Invitational in a time of 26:43...Placed 48th for the Huskies at the DeSales Invitational in a time of 28:14...Ran his best race of the season, taking 13th at Mansfield in a time of 16:16...Took 29th overall at the PSAC Championships...Finished the NCAA Regionals in a time of 34:05, good enough for 57th place overall.

2003 Track: Finished 2nd in the 5,000-meter race at the Captain's Classic at Christopher Newport in a time of 15:55.91....Finished 3rd in his first ever 10,000-meter race in a PSAC qualifying time of 33:10 at the Susquehanna Invitational.

2004 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

Bison Open

Spiked Shoe

SRU Quad

Gulden Inv.

Husky Inv.

Penn St..

ESU Inv.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(25) 15:53

(185) 28:12

(7) 25:41

(55) 26:59

(90) 28:02

(38) 27:17

(33) 33:55

2003 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

BU Inv.

Penn St.

Lock Haven Inv.

Bucknell Inv.

DeSales Inv.

Mansfield.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(17) 28:19

(95) 28:49

(100) 27:52

(42) 26:43

(48) 28:14

(13) 16:16

(29) 27:44

(57) 34:05

2002 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

KU Inv.

Penn St.

BU Inv.

Lehigh Inv.

DeSales Invit.

GC Invit.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(15) 28:31

(140) 29:41

(11) 30:21