Friday, September 14, 2007

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The USF men's and women's cross country teams had a strong showing at the National Catholic Invitational on Friday as several runners took advantage of the cool weather and flat course and set PR's.

Tiffany Bremer led the women with a time of 21:33 for the 5k.  She was followed by sophmore Robyn Chapman with a time of 22:05.  The next Cougar across the line was Amy Roberts who missed the first meet with a back injury.  Roberts finished in 22:20.  Freshman Lynn Altevogt ran 23:37 and another freshman Jennifer Wells rounded out the scoring as she finished in 24:17.

James Dueling and Alex Bush both represented USF well in the JV race.  Dueling finished 17th with a time of 28:27 and Bush ran 27:57 while finishing 24th. 

"Tiffany and Robyn ran really well today, " stated Coach Thrall.  "It great to have Amy back too.  She hasn't really been healthy since outdoor track.  Jimmy had a good race and Alex really surprised me today.  We talked about having his goal for today to be under 30:00.  He's really strong and is training really well right now."

The Cougars will get a weekend off before making the trip to Louisville, KY for the Louisville Classic.

- Go USF -