UPLAND, Ind. -- James Dueling and Amy Roberts led the Cougars and Lady Cougars respectively in the season-opening cross country meet of the 2006 season.

Dueling finished seventh with a time of 29 minutes, six seconds. Roberts finished 14th in her first intercollegiate competition to lead the Lady Cougars' efforts in 22 minutes, 28 seconds.

USF's men finished third out of  three teams in the Taylor Invitational. The Taylor squad opened their season with an overwhelming victory, scoring only 17 points, only two from a perfect score. Bethel finished second with 48, and USF third with 83.

The Trojans were led by a 1-2-3 punch of Michael Pabody, Braxton Fritz, and Tom Robertson. Pabody took honors in 26:49 for the 8K course, followed closely by Fritz in 26:56.

USF Men placing
James Dueling 29:06-7^th place
Justin Clark 29:54-13^th place
Jon Exner 30:00-14^th place
Jay Horning 34:39-24^th place
Roger Norton 41:16-25^th place
James Kearney-DNF

25 runners total

USF Women placing
Amy Roberts 22:28-14^th place
Heather Lortie 24:18-25^th place
Tiffany Bremer 24:26-26^th place
Robyn Chapman 24:41-27^th place
Dana Leinhos 26:24-31^st place
Abby Rauch 27:13-32^nd place
Claire Campbell 29:06-34^th place
34 runners total

-- GO USF --