Track & Field	SIUE Track/Cross Country SIUE Athletics

May 5, 2003 Track and Field Prepares for GLVC Meet        The SIUE track and field teams are preparing for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, which will be held Thursday and Friday at Ralph Korte Stadium.        “We will be strong,” said Coach Darryl Frerker. “I expect us to be one of the top three teams on both sides.”        The Cougars sent a few athletes to last Saturday’s Butler Twilight. Three athletes on the men’s squad provisionally qualified for the NCAA II Championships. They were Ben Hilby (Rockford) in the 800-meter run, and Ryan Boyll (Normal) and Brian Taghon (East Moline) in the 1,500-meter run.        Frerker indicated their times, although good enough to put them on the national qualifying list, will not place them in the NCAA-II Championships field. Therefore, they will have to improve their times at this week’s GLVC meet.               -siue cougars-