QUEBEC CITY – The StFX X-Men and X-Women cross country teams competed at the RSEQ Invitational interlock meet held Saturday on the Plains of Abraham. The X-Women came up with a second place team performance and the X-Men placed fourth. Both X squads are ranked No. 8 in their respective U SPORTS top ten rankings.

COMPLETE RESULTS

In the women's 8km race featuring 85 competitors, the X-Women earned 64 points in their second place showing, behind the first place Laval Rouge et Or who had 16. UNB was third with 78.

Laval had a podium sweep with the top three finishers, along with five runners in the top six. The top X-Women finisher was Eileen Benoit who came in seventh place, clocking in with a time of 30:34.

Allie Sandluck (30:46) and Mairin Canning (30:47) were 10^th and 11^th, respectively.

Taylor Rasmussen (31:07) came 16^th, Julia Cameron (31:35) was 20^th, and Breanna Sandluck (31:46) was 21^st. Rounding out the X-Women competitors were Caden Lee (31:51, 27^th), Tanna Burke (32:18, 32^nd), Bridget Keedwell (32:33, 36^th), Natasha Chojnacki (32:41, 39^th), and Brynn Hebert (33:29, 53^rd).

On the men's side, the X-Men garnered 161 points in their fourth place finish. Laval came first with 37 points, followed by Dalhousie (65) and UNB (96).

Jacob Benoit placed fifth overall for the X-Men with a time of 25:06, staying with the lead pack throughout the 8km race that featured 112 runners.

Luc Gallant came 20^th with a time of 25:48, while his X teammate Liam McCullagh was 37^th at 26:25.

Also competing for the X-Men were Jack Wierzbicki (26:58, 49^th), Liam Patterson (27:00, 50^th), Luke MacDonald (27:06, 55^th), Jack O'Donnell (27:31, 60^th), Owen Flemming (27:43, 67^th), Ben Good (28:16, 78^th), and Noah Proulx (28:26, 84^th).

Next up on the schedule for the X runners is the Subway AUS Championship, taking place in Charlottetown on October 29^th.

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Recap courtesy Krista McKenna, STFX Athletics

WXC: At the RSEQ Interlock meet hosted by Laval, the X-Women placed 2nd overall in team standings! Eileen Benoit was the top finisher in 7th place #goxgo pic.twitter.com/p3BYRPNvtf

— StFX Athletics (@StFXAthletics) October 8, 2022

MXC: At the RSEQ Interlock meet hosted by Laval, the X-Men placed 4th overall in team standings! Jacob Benoit was the top finisher in 5th place #goxgo pic.twitter.com/9wqlCiHBgT

— StFX Athletics (@StFXAthletics) October 8, 2022