XC | Women 8th, Men 9th at Western
Laurentian's Cross Country Running team competed at the 49th annual Vigars and Salter Western Invitational this past weekend in London, ON. Thirteen universities contested the eight-kilometre race on the rolling Thames Valley Golf Course.
The Voyageur women ran to an 8th place finish with a final score of 231 points. Fourth year nursing student, Kristen Mrozewski (Sudbury) led the Vees by placing 44th in the field of 111 competitors, in a time of 32 minutes and 54 seconds. Placing next for the Voyageurs was Angela Mozzon (Sudbury), who placed 46th in a time of 33:00. Also scoring for Laurentian were fifth year education student, Sarah Booth (Peterborough), 60th in 33:57, third year health promotion student, Abby Lanteigne (Sudbury), 79th in 35:08 and first year kinesiology student, Georgia Lepage, 85th in 35:53. Also competing for the Voyageurs were Charlotte Grenier (Sudbury), 99th in 37:18 and Ariel Gibbons (Renfrew), 109th in 40:08.
Competing without their top senior runner, Keon Wallingford due to injury, the Voyageur men still managed a top-ten placing by finishing ninth in the team scoring with 287 points. In a field of 135 runners, third year nursing student Brandon Radey (Sudbury) paced the Vees with a 68th place finish in 28 minutes and 22 seconds Fourth year kinesiology student Patrick Leroux (Wingham) as the next Voyageur across the line in 75th place in a time of 28:35. Also scoring for the Vees were second year SPAD student Owen Roney (Sudbury), 81st in 28:52, third year mining engineering student Travis Annett (Sudbury), 103rd in 29:55 and first year kinesiology student TJ Green (Manitoulin), 104th in 30:02. Also competing for the Vees were Renato Zegarra (Sudbury), 115th in 30:41, Alan Wilkin (Manitoulin), 128th in 32:27 and Patrick Wiss (Sudbury), 131st in 33:47.
"The temperature jumped to around 30 degrees Celsius by the time the women raced today so I was pleased with how we managed the heat", noted Vees Head Coach, Darren Jermyn. "Despite the warm temperatures, several of our veterans ran to new lifetime bests on this course, so that is a good indication of our current fitness. Both squads are ahead of where they were last year so we'll look to build upon that as the season continues."
The Vees will return to action next weekend, racing over six kilometres at the Don Mills Open at the University of Waterloo.
Final Team Scores (Low score wins):
Women's 8km
1. Western – 29 points
2. Guelph – 84 points
3. McMaster – 87 points
4. Waterloo – 119 points
5. Toronto – 124 points
6. University of New Brunswick– 155 points
7. Windsor – 162 points
8. Laurentian – 231 points
9. Laurier – 235 points
10. Brock – 278 points
11. Nipissing – 327 points
Men's 8km
1. Western – 56 points
2. University of New Brunswick – 57 points
3. Guelph – 65 points
4. McMaster – 71 points
5. Windsor – 105 points
6. Toronto – 172 points
7. Waterloo – 212 points
8. Wilfrid Laurier – 233 points
9. Laurentian – 287 points
10. Brock – 292 points
11. York – 336 points
12. Nipissing – 348 points