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Men's SIUE Cross Country SIUE Athletics | |
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 Brian Taghon |
September 19, 2005 Men’s Cross Country Off To Flying Start EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. - After a string of strong performances, the Southern Illinois University men’s cross country team will have a week off before hitting the stretch run of the season. “We are in the middle of our most strenuous training period,” said SIUE cross country coach Eileen McAllister. “The team has raced three weeks in a row; the fatigue was evident in several performances.” The Cougars are fresh off a third-place finish at the Panther Open. “The men’s team finish is not an accurate representation of their potential,” said McAllister. “There was a much bigger time gap between runners 1 though 5 this week, and that really hurt us.” Senior Brian Taghon (East Moline) paced SIUE in the 8,000 meter event. He won the race with a time of 25 minutes, 46.82 seconds. Erik Steffens (Moline) was a close third with a mark of 26:08.46. “Taghon and Steffens had very strong performances,” said McAllister. “They did a tremendous job of starting the team score with only four points.” Finishing 19th was Brian Getz (East Moline) with a time of 27:16.70. “The training will continue, but having next week off of racing will help rejuvenate the team for the big meets coming up in October,” said McAllister. The Cougars will be back in action at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational on Oct. 1. -siue cougars- |