XC | Wallingford Crosses Line in 59th at U SPORTS Championship
Laurentian's Keon Wallingford (North Bay) ran to a 59th place finish at the U SPORTS Cross Country Championship this past weekend in Quebec City. Competing on the historic Plains of Abraham, Wallingford covered the 8 kilometre course in 26 minutes and 26 seconds. The men's field included 130 athletes from 30 different universities from across Canada.
"Not my best day as I fell on three separate occasions navigating some of the tight corners on the first few laps so I sort of lost my focus for a bit" Wallingford noted. "But I pulled things together over the final two kilometres and was able to pass eighteen guys so I'm happy with how I finished the race".
Laurentian Head Coach, Darren Jermyn commented, "I'm very proud of how Keon fought back today, even after the falls which left him scrapped and bloody from literally head to toe. Prior to the falls, he was in pretty good position but that's cross-country racing, anything can happen. Maybe not the placing we were looking for based on his result at the OUA Championships, but Keon, as he always does, definitely represented Laurentian very well."
This marks the end of the cross-country season for the Voyageurs. They will now begin training for the OUA Indoor Track and Field regular season.