Experience, and whether a lack of it can still win a championship is the question for the 1995 Saluki women’s cross-country team this season.

Head coach Don DeNoon believes that he has the young talent to place in the top four in the Missouri Valley Conference, or possibly win the conference title.

We’re real young. No seniors, and three juniors, DeNoon said. We do have 16 runners out for the team and a few recruits that I believe can step up.

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Those recruits are:freshman runner Sharlene Downing, a Nevada state high school cross-country champion, Michelle Vidovich, a New Jersey high school standout long distance runner and swimmer, and Colleen Bouck.

The women are recovering from the loss of their top two runners, Jennie Horner and Debby Daehler, who placed first and fifth in the conference championship last season.

They were basically unbeatable, DeNoon said. We had a real strong one-two punch, and Jenny won most of the meets she

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