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August 29, 2005 SIUE Men's and Women's Cross Begins Season At Wash. U. EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois Men’s and Women’s cross country teams get a jump start on the year with the Washington (Mo.) University Early Bird on Saturday. The Cougars and coach Eileen McAllister are looking for a successful season in 2005 after the men finished last year 12th in the regional and the women placed 18th. “It is a nice early season meet to see where people are at,” said McAllister. On the men’s side key returnees include captains Brian Taghon (East Moline) and Trae Cotner (Springfield), to go along with Eric Steffens (Moline), Brian Getz (East Moline), Josh Bozue (Fairborne, Ohio), Justin Crain (McLeansboro), Blake Marcum (Centralia), and Bart Smith (Benton). New freshman are Kyle Cameron (Moline), Martin Copeland (Alton), Marc Corcoran (Rockford), Tim Raube (Utica), and Steve Werths (Granite City). On the the women’s side returnees are captains Kelly Flounders (Homer Glen) and Heather Zipparro (Mount Prospect), sophomore Sam Christie (Washington), and junior Betsy Hall (Charleston). Incoming freshmen Stacey Riggs (Hanover Park), Katelyn Davis (Williamsville), Hannah Malik (Edwardsville), Michelle Meador (Bower), Chelsey Patterson (Sherman), and Elizabeth Williams (Mt. Vernon) look to make contributions. -siue cougars- |