Freshman Leads Cougars in First Meet
In his first collegiate cross country meet, Brian Taghon (East Moline) led Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and finished second overall at the Cougar-Bearcat Challenge.
Taghon ran the 8,000-meter race in 26 minutes, 58 seconds, finishing second only to McKendree College’s Araya Haregot.
“Brian led the pack for our team,” said Coach Darryl Frerker. “It was a very good effort to accomplish that as a freshman.”
Nick Campbell (Charleston) finished third with a time of 27:00. Jason Olszowka (Lockport) ran a time of 27:31 to finish fourth.
No team scores were calculated.
The Cougars will now look to the EIU Invitational to be held Saturday in Charleston.
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