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September 22, 2003 Cross Country Breaks School Records          Members of both the men’s and women’s cross country teams from SIUE broke records at last Friday’s EIU Open in Charleston.          Brian Taghon (East Moline) broke the men’s 8,000-meter school record with a time of 24:48.33. The previous record, set by Rudy Rocha, stood since 1990.          Breanne Steffens’ (Moline) 5,000-meter time of 17:29.49 also broke the school record, which was previously held by Karin Beach-Pond, who ran the 5K in 17:49 in 1995.          “It is nice to have new records established,” Coach Darryl Frerker said. “Especially records that have not been broken in five or ten years.”          On the women’s side, Mary Witte (Normal) and Carrie Carducci (Powell, Ohio) joined Steffens for top 20 finishes. Ryan Boyll (Normal) and Nick Campbell (Charleston) joined Taghon as front-runners on the men’s side.          “I expect us to keep improving throughout the season,” Frerker said. “If we keep running like this the rest of the season we will have a good conference and regional meet.”          Both squads will next be in action on Saturday, Oct. 4, for the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational in Chicago.                 -siue cougars-