Cross Country	SIUE Cross Country SIUE Athletics

Breanne Steffens Brian Taghon

October 6, 2003 SIUE Cross Country Presents Border Wars          The SIUE men’s and women’s cross country teams will enter its final warm-up before the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on Saturday when it plays host to the Missouri/Illinois Border Wars.          A women’s 5,000-meter run gets underway at 10 a.m. The men follow with an 8,000-meter run at 10:45 a.m.          “We’ll go head-to-head with other conference schools at this meet,” Coach Darryl Frerker said. “This will give us a chance to look at what we need to do to get ready for conference.”          SIUE is coming off the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational in Chicago. SIUE’s men placed eighth out of 34 teams in its division. The women’s squad finished fourth out of 35 teams.          “I was very pleased with what we accomplished,” Frerker said. “We did everything I was looking for in preparation for the conference and regional meet.”          Leading the way for the women’s side was Breanne Steffens (Moline), who finished 21st in a time of 18 minutes, 18 seconds. Brian Taghon (East Moline) led the men with a 24th-place time of 25:17.                 -siue cougars-