Steffens Crowned GLVC Cross Country Champion

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Complete Results

Breanne Steffens

Mary Witte

October 25, 2003

Steffens Crowned GLVC
Cross Country Champion
         Senior cross country runner Breanne Steffens (Moline) posted a 6,000-meter time of 22 minutes, 31.1 seconds to finish first in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday. She is the first SIUE runner to claim an individual conference title.
         SIUE earned runner-up honors as a team, finishing second to Southern Indiana who claimed the team title. The meet was hosted by Lewis University.
         Steffens outdistanced her nearest competitor by 20 seconds to earn GLVC Runner of the Year and All-GLVC accolades. Mary Witte's (Normal) sixth-place time of 23.39.6 is also good for All-GLVC honors.
         Erin McMullen (Salem) (24:17.1) and Carrie Carducci (Powell, Ohio) (24:26.5) finished 12th and 14th, respectively.
         SIUE will now set its sights on the Nov. 8 NCAA Regional, where it will attempt to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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