X-Women runners place second

The X-Women cross country team opened AUS competition this past weekend with a second place showing at the meet held at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, hosted by Dalhousie University.

The X-Women garnered 38 points overall, second to Dalhousie’s 27 points. Acadia was third (93 points), followed by Saint Mary’s (108 points) and UNB (120 points).

A total of 15 StFX runners took part in the first meet of the season, including nine first year runners. Erin MacNeil was the first X-Woman across the line in fifth place with a time of 19:37. She was closely followed by teammates Natalie Kannenberg (19:43) in sixth and Heather Mosher (19:44) in seventh.  Bree Bates (19:54) was ninth overall, rounding out the top ten finishers for StFX.

Also competing amongst the 52 total competitors were the following X-Women runners:

Helena Fiore, 11th, 20:15
Bre Langley, 13th, 20:31
Flynn Regan, 14th, 20:39
Meggie Soehl, 20th, 21:20
Tathnee O’Meara, 21st, 21:43
Brittany Morris, 25th, 21:48
Sarah Deveau, 29th, 22:16
Taylor Reagn, 30th, 22:19
Allison Trenholm, 31st, 22:27
Amy Hardwick, 32nd, 22:27
Aimee Jenkins, 35th, 22:40

The defending AUS champion X-Women will next see action at home this Saturday, Sept. 19th when they host the StFX Invitational on the campus of StFX University. The women’s race is slated for 12:00 pm, followed by the men’s race at 12:45 pm.

For complete Dalhousie meet results, CLICK HERE