GLVC championship next on track schedule |
Kumar Bhooshan |
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No more tune-ups or preparations. The Great Lakes Valley Conference track and field championship is next on the Cougars' schedule. Coach Darryl Frerker and both the men's and women's track teams have been preparing for this race since the beginning of the outdoor season. On the men's side, the Cougars will expect Daniel Walden to add to his GLVC trophy case. Walden was a member of the Indoor All-GLVC team by placing second in the 800-meter run. In the Cougar Classic last weekend at SIUE, Walden placed second in the 800 with a time of 1 minute, 26 seconds. With that time, Walden had his best of the year in outdoor meets, coming .66 seconds from the national qualifying time for the 800. Bill Wolfe will try to feed off his momentum from the Cougar Classic as well. In the Classic, Wolfe set the new SIUE record in the men's pole vault when he cleared 14 feet. On the women's side Ruth Kipping will pace the Lady Cougars conference run. In the Cougar Classic, Kipping finished fourth overall in the 800-meter run. She finished with a time of 2:20. In a race in March at Washington University, Kipping finished first in the 800-meter run out of 28 participants. Sarah Turpin will also be a featured runner for the Lady Cougars. Turpin was also honored in the GLVC indoor season by placing second in the 100-meter intermediate hurdles and being named to the All-GLVC team. In the Classic last weekend,Turpin put out a third place finish in the hurdles with a time of 16.65 seconds. The conference meet will be at Lewins University in Romeoville on the campus of Lewis University. | |