RSEQ/AUS Interlock (UNB Invitational)
Top Ranked Laval Wins In Fredericton
(FREDERICTON, NB) Runners from the top-ranked university cross country team in Canada finished first and second in an AUS-RSEQ interlock event, in Fredericton, on Saturday.
Yves Sikubwabo and Igor Bougnot, of the Laval Rouge et Or, finished first and second in the men's eight kilometre race, run through Fredericton's Odell Park.
Sikubwabo beat his teammate by a little more than two seconds.
Scott Donald, from St. FX, was the top AUS finisher. He ran third overall.
Michael Colford was the top Varsity Red. He placed 34th in the field of 129.
Laval, which placed five runners in the top ten, earned top spot in the team competition.
St. FX, McGill, Dalhousie and Sherbrooke rounded out the top five.
In the women's six kilometre race, Melanie Myrand, of McGill, was the winner.
She beat unattached Ashley Ryer by just over two seconds.
Aureli Dube-Lavoie, of Laval, finished third.
Dalhousie's Sarah Myatt was the top AUS runner, finishing sixth.
Rachel Bennett was the top Varsity Red. She finished 68th in a field of 143.
McGill took the team title on the women's side, with Dalhousie second, and St. FX third.
Full Results Here
OUA
Queen's Invitational
Sumner wins first 8km women's cross country race at Fort Henry
KINGSTON, Ont. (October 15, 2016) - It was a historic homecoming for the Queen's cross country teams, namely for Claire Sumner (Calgary) took home a 1st place finish in the first 8km race for a women's program. The identical 8km runs for both women and men is believed to be the first collegiate cross-country meet in North America where both the men and women contested identical race distances.
FULL RESULTS
Sumner finished as the lead female in a time of 27:50.91 which was exactly one second ahead of her teammate, Julie-Anne Staehli (Lucknow, Ont.). Rounding out the top five for the Gaels were 6th place Beatrice Cigagna (Tottenham, Ont.), 7th place Taylor Sills (Odessa, Ont.) and 8th place Shannen Murray (Brucefield, Ont.) in times of 29:52.78, 30:15.00 and 30:18.75 respectively.
Finishing in third place overall was local high school runner Brogan MacDougall in a time of 27:51.91. The Western Mustangs were second to the Gaels 24 overall points with 31 of their own.
On the men's side the Gaels narrowly missed out on a 1st place overall finish as Western had 28 total points to the Gaels 29. Finishing in second place leading the way for Queen's was Eric Wynands (Lyn, Ont.) in a time of 24:48.94. Also in the top five were 4th and 5th place runners Mark Schmidt (Gads Hill, Ont.) and Robert Kanko (Toronto) in times of 25:19.28 and 25:20.24.
Jack Sheffar from the Western team finished first overall to win the men's 8km race in a time of 24:32.56.
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Source: Queen's University
U of T Invitational
SMART, STAFFORD WIN U OF T INVITATIONAL
Men's Results
Women's Results
Fifth-year veteran Sacha Smart and first-year standout Lucia Stafford placed first overall in leading the Varsity Blues men's and women's cross country teams to the team titles at the 2016 U of T Invitational on Sunday, October 16 at Centennial Park.
Stafford crossed the women's 5km finish line in 17:06.2, 41 seconds ahead of the next runner. The Blues placed 1-2-3-4-5 as Jazz Shukla placed second in 17:55.3, Charlotte Dunlap was third in 18:09.8, Christiana Agustin fourth in 18:19.8 and Honor Walmsley was fifth in 18:20.1.
Toronto finished with a combined team score of 15 points, ahead of Laurentian (57) and Waterloo and Brock (109).
Smart completed the men's 8km race in a time of 25:15.2. Robert Lawand was third overall in 25:26.1, while Noah Defreyne finished fifth in 25:41.9.
Yousef LeHaye placed eighth in a time of 26:17.9, with Samuel Kinahan crossing the finish line in 10th in 26:26.5.
U of T's men finished first overall with 27 points, ahead of Waterloo (58) and Guelph (78).
Source: U of T Varsity Blues