KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College athletic department named
Taylor Miller of the men's golf team and
Kallie Warner of the women's cross country team this week's Owl Athletes of the Week. This week's selection encompassed action from September 28 through October 4.
Taylor Miller, a sophomore from Stoddard, New Hampshire, excelled at the Keene State Invitational on Tuesday as he shot a new program best record of 70 (-1), winning the individual title for the second consecutive year, defending his title from his freshman year a season ago where he shot a 73. Miller finished off the day with an eagle on the 18th hole, to take the lead past Cameron Sheedy of New England College again, after Sheedy took the lead by a stroke on the 17th hole. On the front nine on Tuesday Miller shot a 34 (-1), which included two birdied and six pars, while shooting a 36 on the back nine. The Owls finished third among eight teams on the day as the team shot 309. On Sunday at the University of Southern Maine Invitational at USM, Miller also led the Owls once again, shooting a 76 (+4) and tying for 12th place overall as the team shot 316 and tied for fifth on the day.
Kallie Warner, a junior from Buxton, Maine excelled at the Keene State Invitational on Saturday, which also saw her be named the Little East Conference Runner of the Week for the second time this season and second consecutive time in a week of competition. Warner finished the 6k course with a time of 22:10.2, finishing just 13 seconds behind first place. Warner's time was a personal-best for the second time on the season, beating her previous 6k time of 22:24.2 from two weeks ago at the Cardinal Invitational at Wesleyan University (Conn.).