Cross Country	SIUE Cross Country SIUE Athletics

Breanne Steffens Ryan Boyll

October 13, 2003 Cross Country Begins to Prepare for GLVC Meet          The SIUE men’s and women’s cross country teams will have an extra week to prepare for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, which will be held Oct. 25 in Romeoville.          The Cougars are coming off the Missouri/Illinois Border Wars, where the women finished second out of 21 schools. The men’s team was seventh out of 22 schools.          “The Border Wars was good preparation for us, more so for the regional meet than the conference meet because it was a bigger meet as far as numbers,” Coach Darryl Frerker said.          On the women’s side, SIUE finished second to GLVC-rival Southern Indiana. Breanne Steffens (Moline) led all GLVC runners in the 5,000 meter with a third-place time of 18 minutes, 15.56 seconds. That time is the seventh-fastest 5,000-meter time in school history.          “Breanne has been our front-runner all season,” Frerker said, “and I do not expect her to back down.”          On the men’s side, SIUE finished seventh overall and fourth among GLVC schools. Southern Indiana won the meet with Indianapolis and Lewis also finishing ahead of the Cougars. SIUE’s top finisher was Ryan Boyll (Normal), who ran the 8,000 meter in a time of 26:13.67, which was good for 12th overall. Nick Campbell (Charleston) finished with a 29th-place time of 26:44.66.                 -siue cougars-