STFX races at UNB SJ meet

Photo credit Evan Richtsfeld
Photo credit Evan Richtsfeld

Saint John, NB – The X-Men and X-Women Track teams competed at the UNB SJ Invitational meet on Friday night and Saturday.

Friday featured the 4x800 relay races. The X-Women squad of Caden Lee, Caroline Ash, Brynn Hebert and Allie Sandluck won the women's race with a time of 9:18.77.

The X-Men had two teams entered into the relay. Liam Patterson, Jack Wierzbicki, Joel Gallant and Jack O'Connell came in fourth spot with a time of 7:52.9. They were followed by their X teammates Liam McCulllagh, Luke MacDonald, Matthew Lawton and Andrew Lupenette in fifth place with an 8:11.5 result.

On Saturday, STFX runners competed in the 300m, 600, 1000m, 3000m and one mile events. The complete results follow.

Eileen Benoit won the one mile race, and she was followed by teammates Caroline Ash and Allie Sandluck in second and third. Brynn Hebert claimed second place in the 1000m race.

The X runners will be back in action on Feb. 9-10 when the X-Women travel to Boston for the BU Invitational. The AUS Championship will take place Feb. 23-24 in Moncton.

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Men 300m  
10th  Jack Wierzbicki 38.43
11th  Tyler Baker 38.87
     
Men 600m  
6th  Jack Wierzbicki 01:23.3
12th  Noah Proulx 01:28.8
14th  Tyler Baker 01:29.4
15th Ewen Fraser 01:29.9
     
Men 1000m  
7th Luke Macdonald 02:37.0
8th Mathew Lawton 02:38.0
9th Luc Gallant 02:38.4
10th Andrew Lupenette 02:43.5
14th Noah Proulx 02:45.9
     
Men 1 Mile  
6th Jack O'Connell 04:15.2
7th Liam Patterson 04:18.8
8th Liam McCullagh 04:19.6
14th Luc Gallant 04:25.4
15th Luke Macdonald 04:26.2
16th Griffin Gamble 04:27.9
17th Joel Gallant 04:28.8
22nd Mathew Lawton 04:36.7
25th Ewen Fraser 04:38.9
26th Andrew Lupenette 04:39.6
     
Women 300m  
9th  Brynn Hebert 44.47
     
Women 1000m  
2nd Brynn Hebert 02:55.5
4th Eileen Benoit 02:58.1
5th Maya Black 03:07.3
8th Jillian Bennett 03:17.1
     
Women 1 Mile  
1st  Eileen Benoit 04:58.5
2nd Caroline Ash 04:59.8
3rd Allie Sandluck 05:04.6
4th Caden Lee 05:08.4
6th Hannah McIntyre 05:08.7
7th Sarah Watson 05:09.2
27th Quincy Rotsaert-Smith 05:43.4
     
Women 3000m  
9th Quincy Rotsaert-Smith 11:11.9