Runners compete in final meet prior to AUS championship
Members of the STFX Track team competed in the final meet prior to the AUS Championship on Saturday at the SMU Open at the Canada Games Centre.
Halifax, NS – Members of the STFX Track team competed in the final meet prior to the AUS Championship on Saturday at the SMU Open at the Canada Games Centre.
There was a trio of X-Women runners at the meet, with the remainder of the team competing at the Boston Invitational. Brynn Hebert ran a time of 2:53.37 in the 1000m, good enough for second place. Jillian Bennett was ninth with a 3:25.07 result.
Quincy Rorsaert-Smith was eighth in the 3000m race, finishing at 11:01.73.
On the men's side, the X-Men competed in four events – 600m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m.
Jack Wierzbicki won the 600m race with a time of 1:23.86. Tyler Baker was third at 1:28.16 and Noah Proulx was seventh with a 1:30.51 result.
In the 1000m race, Liam McCullagh took top spot with a 2:31.94 showing. His teammates Mathew Lawton (2:35.43), Liam Patterson (2:40.21), Ewan Fraser (2:46.74) and Proulx (2:41.84) placed fourth through seventh places, respectively.
Griffin Gamble and Andre Lupenette came 1-2 in the 1500m age 18-19 race with times of 4:03.20 and 4:13.46. In the same distance for age 20-34, Patterson was first with a 3:57.81 time. His teammates Joel Gallant (4:00.16), Luc Gallant (4:03.11) and Owen Flemming (4:15.94) were second, third and fourth.
Joel Gallant came fourth in the 3000m race with a final time of 8:46.16. Luke MacDonald was fifth at 8:47.19 and Luc Gallant sixth at 8:52.00.
The X runners will next see action at the AUS conference championship, scheduled for February 23rd and 24th in Moncton.
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