August 26, 2006 – DAHLONEGA, GA – Morehouse senior Alex Brickler finished second overall and the Maroon Tiger team finished second in a nine-team race in the season-opening cross country meet.

Competing in the North Georgia Challenge, at Yahoola Park, in Dahlonega, GA, the Maroon Tigers covered the 4,987-meter course in team total 1:33:29.51.

The combined times of the top five Morehouse runners was only 38 seconds behind meet winner Georgia College & State University, which finished with 46 points. Morehouse’s 49 points were well ahead of third-place finisher Clayton College and State University, which garnered 91 points.

Brickler ran the course in 17:59.18, only 16 seconds behind winner Richard Dobson of GCSU. Brickler, a history major from Tallahassee, was the 2005 MVP at the SIAC cross country championship.

For his outstanding performance in the 2006 opening race, Brickler was named the SIAC Runner of the Week.

Morehouse runners Julius Hanks, Danny Harris, Douglas Kimes and Kevin Chase, who finished in that order, scored points for the Maroon Tigers.

North Georgia Challenge - 8/26/2006 Yahoola Pak Dahlonega, Georgia
Rankings Event 2 Men 4,987-Meter Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Dobson, Richard JR Gcsu 17:43.87 1
2 Brickler, Alex SR Morehouse College 17:59.18 2
3 Hague, Michael JR Gcsu 18:13.97 3
4 Lopez, Nelson JR Csu 18:17.56 4
5 Hanks, Lawrence JR Morehouse College 18:22.06 5
6 Harris, Danny JR Morehouse College 18:25.34 6
7 Schmitz, Alan SO Ngcsu 18:26.66 7
8 Dangler, Winston FR Yhc 18:32.00 8
9 Ritchie, Chris FR Csu 18:39.82 9
10 Roman, Drankin FR Tmc 18:42.81 10
11 Demarese, Michael JR Gcsu 18:45.65 11
12 White, Aaron JR Tfc 18:47.09 12
13 Hamre, Tony FR Yhc 18:48.19 13
14 Date, Richard SO Gcsu 18:51.12 14
15 Young, Joe SR Tfc 18:57.18 15
16 Kimes, Douglas JR Morehouse College 19:14.87 16
17 Hollar, Josh FR Gcsu 19:16.50 17
18 Gajda, Peter JR Csu 19:17.18 18
19 Vazquez, Julio FR Yhc 19:23.93 19
20 Chase, Kevin SR Morehouse College 19:28.06 20
21 Brisco, Tyrone JR Morehouse College 19:28.81 21
22 Shackelford, Joey JR Gcsu 19:31.43 22
23 Beall, David JR Ngcsu 19:33.05 23
24 Hartly, Brandon SR Morehouse College 19:37.37 24
25 Bruner, John FR Gcsu 19:42.96 25
26 Hamel, Lawrence SO Gcsu 19:47.56
27 Kerzie, Josh SO Ngcsu 19:57.97 26
28 Balde, Mohamed SO Ctc 20:06.81
29 Pertet, Williams FR Yhc 20:09.21 27
30 Nowak, Kevin FR Tmc 20:11.02 28
31 Chadwick, Brian SO Gcsu 20:12.09
32 Brown, Billy SO Csu 20:25.12 29
33 Strouse, Elliot FR Tfc 20:32.03 30
34 Bence, Joseph SR Gcsu 20:36.09
35 Hossbach, Derek SO Gcsu 20:39.96
36 Barsby, Marc JR Gcsu 20:42.47
37 Morris, Travis FR Csu 20:47.28 31
38 Jordan, Tyler FR Ngcsu 20:48.31 32
39 Monday, David SO Andrew College 20:55.28 33
40 Murray, Robert SR Ngcsu 21:25.84 34
41 Hendrix, Jason SO Gcsu 21:33.93
42 Taylor, David FR Csu 21:41.96 35
43 Dayson, Curtis JR Morehouse College 21:43.93
44 Flimmons, Randall SR Morehouse College 21:45.00
45 Pearson, Tyler SO Yhc 21:46.87 36
46 Phillips, Chad JR Tfc 21:51.12 37
47 Miller, Brandon SO Cau 21:52.59 38
48 Wade, Corey SO Tfc 21:54.31 39
49 Stapleton, Tommy SR Ngcsu 22:01.62 40
50 Richardson, Bernie JR Ngcsu 22:10.18 41
51 Sullivan, John SO Andrew College 22:14.87 42
52 Ferguson, Derrick SO Andrew College 22:20.15 43
53 Allen, Michael FR Tmc 22:22.18 44
54 Brown, Le'Vonn SO Cau 22:24.68 45
55 Shaffer, Nick SO Tfc 22:34.28 46
56 Currey, Ryan FR Tfc 22:43.21 47
57 Bailey, Ian FR Tmc 22:55.38 48
58 Kennebrew, Gray JR Morehouse College 23:18.30
59 Sanders, Adam FR Yhc 23:19.15 49
60 Geiger, Jason SR Ngcsu 23:20.24
61 Adkins, Teddy SO Tfc 24:00.56
62 Smith, Alex SR Gcsu 24:09.43
63 Hatcher, Jim JR Tfc 24:19.87
64 Chawla, Yve FR Tmc 24:29.02 50
65 Crawford, Patrick SR Cau 25:16.65 51
66 Hartley, Russell JR Ngcsu 25:50.24
67 Grigsby, Rashad FR Cau 25:50.69 52
68 Williams, Adrian SO Andrew College 27:29.68 53
69 Clements, William SO Andrew College 27:32.18 54
70 Standberry, Donon FR Cau 28:37.65 55
71 Howe, Matt FR Tfc 29:33.50

Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Georgia College & State U 46 1 3 11 14 17 22 25
Total Time: 1:32:51.11 Average: 18:34.23
2 Morehouse College 49 2 5 6 16 20 21 24
Total Time: 1:33:29.51 Average: 18:41.91
3 Clayton State University 91 4 9 18 29 31 35
Total Time: 1:37:26.96 Average: 19:29.40
4 Young Harris College 103 8 13 19 27 36 49
Total Time: 1:38:40.20 Average: 19:44.04
5 North Georgia College 122 7 23 26 32 34 40 41
Total Time: 1:40:11.83 Average: 20:02.37
6 Toccoa Falls College 133 12 15 30 37 39 46 47
Total Time: 1:42:01.73 Average: 20:24.35
7 Truett-McConnell College 180 10 28 44 48 50
Total Time: 1:48:40.41 Average: 21:44.09
8 Andrew College 225 33 42 43 53 54
Total Time: 2:00:32.16 Average: 24:06.44
9 Clark Atlanta University 241 38 45 51 52 55
Total Time: 2:04:02.26 Average: 24:48.46