2019 StFX Cross Country News
Atlantic University Sport released the 2020 fall sports schedules today, including women’s rugby, men’s football, men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s cross country. Hosts for the 2020 fall championships were also confirmed.
The StFX X-Women and X-Men cross country teams competed at the U SPORTS national championship Saturday at Fort Henry, hosted by Queen’s University. The X-Women placed 18th overall while the X-Men came in 16th position.
Paul MacLellan of the StFX X-Men and Caitlin Vail from the Victoria Vikes were recognized as the U SPORTS Cross Country Student-Athlete Community Service Award winners on Friday morning.
The StFX X-Women raced to a silver medal performance at the Subway AUS Championship race on Saturday afternoon.
The StFX X-Men raced to a second place finish at the Subway AUS cross country championship Saturday afternoon.
StFX runners competed on a wet day in PEI on Saturday afternoon at the UPEI Invitational.
At the interlock meet in Montreal hosted by UQAM on Saturday afternoon the StFX X-Women placed seventh overall amongst 14 teams, and the StFX X-Men came in third spot overall amidst 15 squads.
The StFX X-Women and X-Men swept both men’s and women’s team results and individual results in the Atlantic University Sports’ second cross country meet of the season.
Over 115 runners took to the trails on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University Saturday afternoon at the StFX Cross Country Invitational in the first competitive meet of the AUS season.
Please note that due to the pending weather, the following StFX games have been rescheduled: SOCCER: Friday, Sept. 6th UPEI @ StFX games will now be played at 1:15 and 3:30 pm at StFX Stadium FOOTBALL: Saturday, Sept. 7th ACA @ StFX game will now be played on Friday, Sept. 6th at 7:00 pm at StFX Stadium W RUGBY: Saturday, Sept. 7th StFX @ UPEI game will now be played on Friday, Sept. 6th at 5:00 pm in Charlottetown CROSS COUNTRY: Sunday, Sept. 8th meet @ Halifax has been cancelled SOCCER: Sunday, Sept. 8th UNB @ StFX games at 1:00 and 3:15 pm are on as scheduled
X-Men Cross Country/Track & Field runner Quinn Alexander is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Quinn is a third year Arts student from Truro, N.S.
X-Women Cross Country/Track & Field runner Jane Hergett is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Jane is a third year Nursing student from Port Williams, N.S.