Track & Field	SIUE Track/Cross Country SIUE Athletics

April 21, 2003 Cougars Play Host to SIUE Twilight        The SIUE women’s and men’s track teams will participate in its own SIUE Twilight meet, which will be held Saturday at Ralph Korte Stadium        Field events are scheduled to get underway at 3 p.m. Saturday with the running events at 4 p.m.        “Every year this meet grows in both numbers and quality,” said Coach Darryl Frerker. “Across the board, there definitely will be quality competition.”        The Cougars are coming off the Pacesetter Invitational at Indiana State.        Carrie Carducci (Powell, Ohio) lowered her NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to 11:20.79. Carducci and the Cougars hope her time will be among the nation’s best to qualify for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be held at SIUE’s Korte Stadium on May 22-24.        “It (Pacesetter Invitational) was a decent meet for us,” Frerker said. “Although we didn’t have any additional qualifiers, we got experience that will only help us in the future.”               -siue cougars-