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Posted: Oct 26, 2024

XC | Men 11th at OUA Championship

Patrick Leroux at the OUA Championship - Alexandre Fishbein-Ouimette
Patrick Leroux at the OUA Championship - Alexandre Fishbein-Ouimette

Laurentian's Cross Country Running team competed this weekend at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Cross Country Championships hosted by the Nipissing University.  Teams from seventeen OUA universities competed at the championships over a challenging eight-kilometre course at the Osprey Links Golf Course in Callander.

The Laurentian men dropped one position from last year's championship with an 11th place finish in the team standings.  Keon Wallingford (North Bay) again led the Vees by placing 32nd in 26:00.  Third year nursing student, Brandon Radey (Sudbury) was next in with a time of 26:56, good for 50th place.  Also contributing to Laurentian's team score were Patrick Leroux (Wingham), 64th in 27:39, Owen Roney (Sudbury), 74th in 27:52 and Travis Annett (Sudbury), 86th in 26:421. Also competing for Laurentian were TJ Green (Manitoulin), 98th in 30:57 and Alan Wilkin, 99th in 30:58.

"I'm extremely proud of how our senior athletes, Angela, Kristen, Sarah and Keon performed in what is likely their final cross-country race as a Voyageur",  noted Vees head coach, Darren Jermyn. "We also had four rookies compete for us today and they definitely held their own so things are looking good for the future.  Kudos to Nipissing University for hosting a great championship with an excellent course that tested all of the OUA schools, which is easily the strongest conference in the country."

This concludes the varsity cross country season for the Vees. All members of the team will join their track & field teammates with the competitive indoor season beginning at the end of November.

TEAM RESULTS: OUA Championships (low score wins)

Men

1.      Queen's University – 29 points

2.      University of Guelph – 51 points

3.      McMaster University – 70 points

4.      Western University – 91 points

5.      Windsor University – 157 points

6.      Lakehead University – 193 points

7.      University of Waterloo – 197 points

8.      University of Toronto – 251 points

9.      Brock University – 265 points

10.   Wilfrid Laurier University – 283 points

11.  Laurentian University – 305 points

12.   Ottawa University – 316 points

13.   York University – 381 points

14.   Nipissing  University – 416 points

15.   Trent University – 457 points