STFX runners compete at U SPORTS championship

Quebec City, QC – The X-Women and X-Men cross country teams competed at the U SPORTS national championship Saturday on the Plains of Abraham, hosted by the Universite de Laval.

The host Laval squads won both national championship team banners.

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On the women's side the Laval Rouge et Or earned 35 points, while Western (106) was second and Guelph (119) third.

The X-Women came in seventh place overall with 223 points in the 8km race.  

STFX's top runner was AUS champion Siona Chisholm who came in 13^th place, earning U SPORTS second team All-Canadian status with her time of 29:39.1.

Remaining individual results for the X-Women include:

31 - Mairin Canning, 30:30.3
57 - Eileen Benoit, 31:13.1
58 - Aidan MacDonald, 31:13.2
65 - Allie Sandluck, 31:23.5
91 - Julia Cameron, 32:30.0
101 - Breanna Sandluck, 32:56.6

The X-Men Cross Country team placed 15th overall at the U SPORTS Championship, earning 459 points. The Laval squad had 62 points for the banner win, followed by Guelph (67) in second and McMaster (79) in third.

Jacob Benoit was the top X-Men runner in 34^th place, finishing with a time of 25:43.3. His STFX teammates finished as follows:

88 - Luc Gallant, 27:03.7
100 - Ben Good, 27:22.8
120 - Joel Gallant, 28:39.3
121 - Aidan Doherty, 28:41.9
122 - J. Wierzbicki, 28:43.1

For the complete U SPORTS press release on the championship, CLICK HERE.

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Courtesy Krista McKenna, STFX Sports Information

WOMEN'S 8K RACE

Team Standings

1. Laval, 35 points
2. Western, 106
3. Guelph, 119
4. UBC, 124
5. Saskatchewan, 147
6. McMaster, 206
7. StFX, 224
8. UBCO, 224
9. Montreal, 269
10. Queen's, 289
11. Toronto, 304
12. Victoria, 323
13. Calgary, 333
14. Waterloo, 443
15. Sherbrooke, 454
16. Wilfrid Laurier, 577 

Individual Awards

Athlete of the Year: Jessy Lacourse, Laval
Rookie of the Year: Lauren McNeil, UBC-Okanagan
Community Service Student Athlete Award: Kiana Gibson, Guelph
Fox 40 Coach of the Year: Félix-Antoine Lapointe, Laval 

First All-Canadian All-Star Team (Top 7 runners)

1. Jessy Lacourse, Laval, 28:25.5
2. Lauren McNeil, UBCO, 28:28.2
3. Catherine Beauchemin, Laval, 28:41.8
4. Anne-Marie Comeau, Laval, 28:43.2
5. Kaytlin Harrison, Saskatchewan, 28:45.6
6. Joanna Brown, UBCO, 28:47.6
7. Jazz Shukla, Toronto, 29:08.0 

Second All-Canadian All-Star Team (Runners 8-14)

8. Kiana Gibson, Guelph, 29:09.0
9. Jade Bérubé, Laval, 29:13.3
10. Olivia Roussel, Guelph, 29:17.3
11. Heidi Ohrling, Western, 29:30.4
12. Mackenzie Campbell, UBC, 29:35.5
13. Siona Chisholm, StFX, 29:39.1
14. Zoe Burke, Western, 29:40.2 

MEN'S 8K RACE

Team Standings

1. Laval, 62 points
2. Guelph, 67
3. McMaster, 79
4. UBC, 105
5. Western, 187
6. Queen's, 196
7. Dalhousie, 223
8. Alberta, 233
9. Calgary, 244
10. McGill, 260
11. Victoria, 264
12. Toronto, 277
13. Saskatchewan, 395
14. Montreal, 434
15. StFX, 459 

Individual Awards

Athlete of the Year: Mitchell Ubene, Guelph
Rookie of the Year: Matthew Beaudet, McGill
Community Service Student-Athlete Award: Eric Lutz, Calgary
Fox 40 Coach of the Year: Félix-Antoine Lapointe, Laval 

First Team All-Canadian (Top 7 runners)

1. Mitchell Ubene, Guelph, 24:27.5
2. Thomas Fafard, Laval, 24:28.6
3. Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Laval, 24:30.3
4. Andrew Davis, McMaster, 24:38.9
5. John Perrier, Guelph, 24:40.3
6. Thomas Nobbs, UBC, 24:41.4
7. Matthew Beaudet, McGill, 24:47.5 

Second Team All-Canadian (Runners 8-14)

8. Eric Lutz, Calgary, 24:51.0
9. Nicholas Bannon, Guelph, 24:53.4
10. Max Turek, McMaster, 24:56.7
11. Jonathan Tedeschi, Laval, 24:59.2
12. Tyler Dozzi, UBC, 25:07.0
13. Mitchell Kirby, Queen's, 25:08.1
14. Joshua Kozelj, UBC, 25:12.4