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May 17, 2004 Men’s Outdoor Track Crowned GLVC Champions Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men’s track and field claimed its first ever Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field title this past weekend in Indianapolis. “It was just a great effort,” Coach Darryl Frerker said. “We had numerous individuals step up and acheive personal records to gain points in areas not anticipated. They stepped up to the competition and conquered.” The Cougars had three event champions and 11 All-Conference performers. All-GLVC honors are given to the top two in each event. Richard Skirball (Granite City) was the individual champion in the 800-meter run with a time of 1 minute, 52.59 seconds. Lee Weeden (Ferguson) was the conference champion in the shot put after a throw of 15.51 meters. Phil Freimuth (Effingham) won the javelin with a meet-record distance of 58.00 meters. Jeff Fearday (Teutopolis) claimed All-GLVC honors in the 400-meter dash with a season-best time of 48.11. Jonathan Bannister’s (Plano, Texas) time of 15.26 in the 110-meter hurdles was also good for All-GLVC kudos. Ryan Boyll (Normal) ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in an All-GLVC time of 9:19.29. Freimuth garnered All-GLVC honors in the high jump with a jump of 1.98 meters. Taylor Reich (Newton) was tabbed All-GLVC in two seperate events. His pole vault of 4.55 meters was good for All-GLVC honors, and he also scored 6,077 points in the decathlon to finish second and claim All-GLVC honors. Dustin Bilbruck (Gillespie) finished behind teammate Freimuth in the javelin to receive All-GLVC status. Marvell Seals’ (Florissant) jump of 14.01 meters in the triple jump earned him All-GLVC honors. The Cougars will now wait until Tuesday morning to hear if they will advance any individuals to the NCAA-II Track and Field Championships, which begins May 27 in Pomona, Calif. -siue cougars- |