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U SPORTS National Cross-Country
Running Championships
The Laurentian cross-country running
teams raced at the U SPORTS National championships this
weekend. Running in cold weather and winds gusting to
70km/hour on Kingston’s Fort Henry course, the
women’s team tied a school record by placing 10th,
matching their national ranking and finishing as the
third OUA squad across the line. The men placed a surprise
13th in only the fourth season since their reinstatement.
They entered the contest ranked 16th in the country.
Over 150 women competed, including runners
from 20 women’s teams plus individuals from an
additional 11 universities. The men’s race included
over 160 runners including 19 full squads plus runners
from an additional 14 schools.
Jenny
Bottomley
Jenny Bottomley led the women’s
team with a 23rd-place finish in a time of 29:43 over
the 8km course. Megan Crocker placed 36th in a time
30:17; Nicole Rich placed 44th in 30:30; Breanne Steven
was 90th in 31:30 and Jessie Nusselder completed the
scoring by placing 113th in a time of 32:06. Displacers
were both rookies: Pascale Gendron, who placed 123rd
in 32:35 and Sarah Thackeray who was 142ndth in 33:29.
Megan Crocker
“This is a veteran team and they
showed it today with their composure under some difficult
conditions,” said coach, Dick Moss. “The
goal since the start of the season was to crack the-top
four at the OUAs and top-10 at Nationals, and they did
exactly that. On the negative side, our entire top-five
graduates this year and it will be really hard to say
goodbye to them.”
Individual Results – Laurentian
– 8km
23, Jenny Bottomley, 29:43
36, Megan Crocker, 30:17
44, Nicole Rich, 30:30
90, Breanne Steven, 31:30
113, Jessie Nusselder, 32:06
123, Pascale Gendron, 32:35
142, Sarah Thackeray, 33:29
Team Scores - Women
1. Laval, 55 points
2. Queen’s, 62
3. Guelph, 108
4. UBC, 191
5. McGill, 195
6. Victoria, 206
7. Trinity Western, 224
8. Calgary, 227
9. Dalhousie, 277
10. Laurentian, 306
11. Montreal, 376
12. St. Francis Xavier, 381
13. Toronto, 386
14. Western, 389
15. McMaster, 402
16. Sherbrooke, 417
17. Saskatchewan, 450
18. Laurier, 501
19. Regina, 596
20. Manitoba, 701
Partial Teams: Acadia, Alberta, Carleton,
Lakehead, MacEwan, Moncton, Ottawa, St. Mary’s,
Thompson Rivers, UBC Okanagan, UQTR, Waterloo
Paul
Sagriff
Liam Passi
Paul Sagriff led the men’s team
with a 39th-place finish in a time of 32:34 over the
10km course. Liam Passi placed 41st in 32:37; Caleb
Beland was 94thh in 33:45; Dylan McKevitt was 100th
in 34:02 and Eric Gareau completed the scoring by placing
111th in a time of 34:23. Displacers were Alexandre
Fishbein-Ouimette, who placed 132nd in 35:30 and Jarod
Milford who was 153rd in 37:50.
“This is a gritty, dedicated group
of guys, and to improve from reinstatement to the national
stage in only four years is exceptional” said
coach, Darren Jermyn. “And things should keep
improving. This entire squad should be back next year.”
This concludes the 2018 cross-country
season. The teams now begin a short recovery phase before
joining their indoor-track teammates at practice.
Individual Results – Laurentian
– 10km
39, Paul Sagriff, 32:34
41, Liam Passi, 32:37
94, Caleb Beland, 33:45
100, Dylan McKevitt, 34:02
111, Eric Gareau, 34:23
132, Alexandre Fishbein-Ouimette, 35:30
153, Jarod Milford, 37:50
Team Scores - Men
1. Calgary, 75 points
2. Guelph, 89
3. McMaster, 94
4. Laval, 131
5. Queen’s, 149
6. Western, 173
7. UBC, 235
8. Trinity Western, 8
9. Victoria, 243
10. Toronto,279
11. Manitoba, 331
12. St. Francis Xavier, 334
13. Laurentian, 385
14. Alberta, 14
15. Sherbrooke, 15
16. Regina, 540
17. Laurier, 541
18. UQAM, 650
19. Montreal, 700
Partial teams: Concordia, Dalhousie,
Lakehead, MacEwan, McGill, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, St.
Mary, Thomson Rivers, UBC Okanagan, New Brunswick, UQTR,
Waterloo, Windsor,
Photos (Attribution to Adam Kalab)
1. "Megan_Crocker_sm.jpg"
- Megan Crocker (#66)
2. "Bottomley_sm1" - Jenny
Bottomley (#65)
3. "Liam Passi_sm.jpg" - Liam
Passi (#75)
4. "Paul_Sagriff_sm1.jpg"
- Paul Sagriff (Left - #76)
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