The Cougars looked impressive in their opening start Friday night, at the BYU Alumni Invitational.

Despite the cool evening weather, and a small cast of competitors the men and women lit up the course.

Finishing ahead of the pack in the men's 4 mile, was junior Josh Rohatinsky who finished with a time of 19:50.2. Senior's Bryan Lindsay and Matt Adams followed right behind Rohatinsky. Lindsay finished second with a time of 20:25.2 and Adams finished third with a time of 20:42.2.

"I felt strong," Rohatinsky said. "I had a good off-season; I put in a lot of miles and I felt smooth out there."

In the women's 5K, sophomore Anne Heiner took home first place honors with a time of 18:58.3. Following her by ten seconds was sophomore Jenna Taylor who finished with a time of 19:08.3.

"I felt comfortable running out there," Heiner said. "I feel stronger then I ever have before."

UVSC and a small group of BYU Alumni competed against the 2004 Cougars.

"The way the pack distributed itself is fairly indicative of where we are at right now," said men's coach Ed Eyestone. "Josh is definitely our top guy and that's good. It's good to have somebody like him up front."

Some of the men and women's top runners did not compete. This gave the coaches a chance to look at their squads and see who would emerge.

"Anne ran great," said women's coach Patrick Shane. "That's probably the best cross country race Anne has run. She had a good summer of training and she looked strong."

Shane said the team ran just how he wanted them too and that he was very pleased with how they finished.

"They ran negative splits and that's what we wanted," said Shane.

Next weekend the men and women face a good group of runners from within the state as well as out, as they host the BYU Autumn Classic September 11. The race will be held at Cascade Golf Course in Orem and will start at 10:00 a.m. with the men's 4 mile, following with the women's 5K at 11:00 p.m.

Team Results
1.	 Brigham Young University	1, 2, 3, 4, 5 	15
2.	 BYU Alumni	8, 9, 10, 11, 12 	50
 
1.  Brigham Young University   15
Place	Bib  	  Name	                Time	   Score	    Behind Winner
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1.	   890  	  Josh Rohatinsky	     19:50.2	 1.	      NA	
2.	   887  	  Bryan Lindsay	       20:25.2	 2.	      00:35.0
3.	   880  	  Matt Adams	          20:42.2	 3.	      00:52.0
4.	   885  	  Chandler Goodwin	    20:42.6	 4.	      00:52.4
5.	   884  	  Chad Durham	         20:45.0	 5.	      00:54.8
7.	   889  	  Nick McCombs	        20:46.9	(6.)	     00:56.7
8.	   881  	  Brett Andrus	        20:48.8	(7.)	     00:58.6
10.	  886  	  Lars Kjerengtroen	   20:53.3	 NS 	     01:03.1
11.	  882  	  Warren Davis	        20:54.5	 NS 	     01:04.3
13.	  888  	  Josh McAdams	        21:10.5	 NS 	     01:20.3
14.	  883  	  Jason Dorais	        21:16.2	 NS 	     01:26.0
18.	  891  	  Dustin Trail	        21:48.4	 NS 	     01:58.2
19.	  892  	  David Woodbury	      21:49.3	 NS 	     01:59.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:42:25.2)	15
Women's 5K
Overall	 Bib  	Name	                  Class	Team	                     Time
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      1.	877  	Ann Heiner	            Sr	   Brigham Young University	 18:58.3
      2.	879  	Jenna Taylor	          Fr	   Brigham Young University	 19:08.3
      3.	876  	Lisa Frischnecht	      So	   Brigham Young University	 19:14.3
      4.	878  	Carolyn Quebe	         So	   Brigham Young University	 19:17.9
      5.	875  	Julie Cameron	         So	   Brigham Young University	 19:22.4
      6.	874  	Kristy Barrus	         Jr	   Brigham Young University	 19:25.6
      7.	856  	Ann Marie Thomas	      Fr	   Unattached	               19:33.9
      8.	852  	Kassie Fronczyk	       Jr	   Unattached	               20:13.1
      9.	897  	Amber Duffin	                Unattached	               20:50.2
     10.	855  	Mary Ann Schauerhamer	       Unattached	               20:57.3
     11.	854  	Michelle Lindsay	      Fr	   Unattached	               21:25.7
     12.	853  	Jessica Lemmon	        Fr	   Unattached	               21:38.6
     13.	950  	Megan Graves	                Unattached	               25:00.8
     14.	893  	Ashley Holt	                 Utah Valley State College	28:56.8
     15.	949  	Amy Ludwig	                  Unattached	               29:23.1

PROVO -- The 2004 men's and women's cross country season kicks off Friday September 3rd, with the BYU Alumni Invitational.

UVSC and BYU alumni will be competing against the 2004 Cougars and will begin with the men's 4 mile starting at 8:00 p.m. and the women's 5K starting at 8:30 p.m.

Both the men and women return a solid group of runners. Athletes to watch for the men include: seniors Matt Adams, Bryan Lindsay, Chad Durham and Nathan Robison. Robison earned All-American honors during the 2003 cross country season.

For the women, they return a young and talented group led by two-time All-American and junior Kassi Anderson, as well as senior and three-time All-American Laura Turner, senior Lisa Antonelli-Pratt and the 2003 MWC Freshman of the Year in Amber Harper.

This is the first opportunity for fans to see the new additions to both teams and enjoy a fun night of competition under the lights.

The meet will be held at the BYU Intramural Fields, which are located west of LaVell Edwards Stadium.