X-Men take second spot at AUS cross country championship

Moncton, NB – The STFX X-Men claimed second place overall at the Atlantic University Sport Subway AUS Championship Sunday afternoon. The men's banner was won by the Dalhousie Tigers and Saint Mary's Andrew Peverill was the individual gold medalist.

Peverill posted a time of 25:22, eight seconds ahead of second place finisher Jacob Benoit (25:30) of the STFX X-Men. Will Cox of Dalhousie claimed bronze at 25:53.

"I had planned to take the lead and it was good to be pushed by Jacob [Benoit] on the last lap," Peverill said. "It was a fairly flat course, but with difficulties. I'm glad I did well."

In the team standings, the Tigers won the championship banner and trophy for the second time in a row, picking up 36 points. The X-Men finished second place with 52 points, followed by UNB in third with 60. Saint Mary's (93), Memorial (145), UPEI (159) and Moncton (181) rounded out the team standings in the 8km race that featured 53 athletes.

In addition to Peverill, Benoit and Cox as AUS all-stars, STFX's Graydon Staples, Jared Howse (UNB), Nick Robertson (DAL) and Hudson Grimshaw-Surette (DAL) earned spots on the AUS all-star team as the top seven finishers.

Complete individual results can be found by clicking here.

Peverill was also honoured as the AUS athlete of the year and his coach Kevin Heisler was the AUS men's coach of the year. Levi Moulton of Memorial was the recipient of the student-athlete community service award and Howse received AUS rookie of the year honours.

The U SPORTS national championship race will take place on November 20^th in Quebec City, hosted by Universite de Laval.

Click here for the AUS women's cross country championship summary.

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Courtesy UdeM Sports Information with contribution from STFX Sports Information

Congrats to X-Men Cross Country runner Jacob Benoit, silver medalist at the AUS Championship! #goxgo pic.twitter.com/ONocmUExhx

— StFX Athletics (@StFXAthletics) October 30, 2021