Halifax, NS – The STFX X-Women and X-Men track teams competed at the Athletics NS Indoor Open Saturday in their first meet of 2023.
The X-Women had racers in the 1000m and 3000m events, while the X-Men competed in the 300, 600m, 1000m and 3000m races.
On the women's side, Brynn Hebert came third overall in the 1000m with a time of 2:55.63 and in doing so landed the fifth best time ever amongst the X-Women all-time list. Maya Black was sixth overall with a 3:08.03 result.
Seven X-Women competed in the 3000m race. Caroline Ash (10:17.75) and Quincy Rotsaert-Smith (11:44.07) were second and fifth in the age 18-19 division, while AUS cross country individual champion Allie Sandluck was second in the 20-34 division with a time of 10:01.79.
Mairin Canning (10:13.00) was close behind in third place, while X runners Julia Cameron (10:46.01), Bridget Keedwell (10:52.72) and Tanna Burke (10:57.99) placed fifth, sixth and eighth, respectively.
In the men's 3000m event, Luke MacDonald (8:50.59) and Owen Flemming (8:55.90) had the top two times in the age 18-19 category. Luc Gallant came third in the age 20-34 race with a time of 8:48.49. He was followed by teammates Liam Patterson (8:52.32) in fourth and Ben Good (9:18.74) in eighth.
Veteran runner Jacob Benoit was the lone X-Men in the 1000m race and he placed third overall with a 2:29.42 showing. The time was the second best all-time in X-Men history for the event.
Jack Wierzbicki cracked the X-Men top 10 list in the 600m race as his time of 1:26.04 was the tenth best in X-Men history, and good enough for third spot on Saturday against his AUS opponents. Adrian Brennan also competed in the 600m for X and came fifth overall with a time of 1:27.30. Tyler Baker was sixth at 1:29.63. Brennan also competed in the 300m race and was fourth overall with a 38.41 clocking.
Next up on the schedule for the tracksters is the Athletics NB Open in Saint John on January 27th and 28th.
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Recap courtesy Krista McKenna, STFX Athletics