Milligan College, Tenn. (Apr. 4, 2008) --- Knox Karns senior Gillian Giffen (Knoxville, Tenn.) announced this week she'll compete for Giffen, who finished in the top 20 at the 2007 Tennessee State Cross Country Champs, was a two-time All-Metro, three-time all K.I.L., and four-time All-Region performer in cross country for coach Erin Chady. She owns a 5k personal best of 19:42 from the 2007 Foot Locker South Regional. On the track, she owns a two-mile best of 11:57 set this past indoor season at the The daughter of Neil and Irene Giffen, she's a member of the National Honor Society and the German Honor Society. Giffen, a member of the "Gillian solidifies perhaps our best women's recruiting class to date, and she'll bring so much to this team as a student-athlete," said head coachChris Layne. Giffen credits much of her success to her junior high coach Tim Kelly, and during her AAU career she was coached by former