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Women's SIUE Cross Country SIUE Athletics | |
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September 5, 2000 Cross County Beats the Heat And Gets Off To a Good Start With the first race of the season under the belt, the SIUE men’s and women’s cross country teams travel to the Washington University Invitational in St. Louis. The Washington University Invitational begins at 6 p.m. on Friday with the women’s 5,000-meter run. The men’s 8,000-meter run follows at 6:30 p.m. Coach Darryl Frerker said regardless of the heat, both teams had a good start to the season. The men finished third in the SIUE Open last weekend with Jason Olszowka (Lockport) leading the way for the Cougars. Olszowka finished in seventh place with a time of 28 minutes, four seconds. “Jason was up in front where he needs to be.” Frerker was pleasantly surprised with his top five. “Nick Campbell (Charleston) and Steve McNamer (Charleston) stepped up to the competition and filled out our top five.” Campbell finished 22nd overall with a time of 29:30 while McNamer was 28th at 29:51. Rounding out the top five for the Cougars are Tyler Krauss (Freeburg) and Robert Old (Hendersonville, Tenn.) with times of 29:15 and 29:47, respectively. The women finished in second last weekend and were led by Carrie Carducci (Powell, Ohio). Carducci finished third with a time of 20:14. “Carducci looked tough and ran well.” Just like the men, the women also had a couple of surprises for Frerker. “LeAnn Lomax (Georgetown) and Maria Ewersmann (St. Paul, Mo.) both ran outstanding races.” Lomax finished eighth at a time of 20:52 while Ewersmann came in 15th with a time of 21:46. Lynette Brown (Danville), Breanne Steffans (Moline) and Natalie Kocher (Olney) also finished in the top 20 with times of 21:55, 22:01 and 22:04, respectively. “The ladies had a better overall race. I was happy with their second-place finish, especially without our two top runners in Amanda Bozue and April Greenwood.” |