XC | Women Run to 9th Place Finish at OUA Championships

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 women ran to a ninth place finish in the overall team scoring. This matches their placing from a year ago.  The Vees were again led by Angela Mozzon (Sudbury), who was competing in her final OUA championship for Laurentian and placed 42^nd in a time of 31 minutes and 32 seconds.  Fourth year nursing student Kristen Mrozewski (Sudbury) was the next Vee across the line, placing 52^nd place in a time of 32:02.  Also contributing to Laurentian's team score was third year kinesiology student, Abby Lanteigne (Sudbury), 61^st in 32:47, first year kinesiology student, Georgia Lepage (Sudbury), 64^th in 33:01 and 5^th year education student Sarah Booth (Peterborough), 70^th in 33:32.  Displacers for the Vees were Maeve Blake, 82^nd in 34:33 and Charlotte Grenier, 84^th in 34:37.

"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)

Women

1.      Western University – 23 points

2.      Queen's University – 65 points

3.      McMaster University – 91 points

4.      University of Waterloo – 117 points

5.      University of Guelph – 119 points

6.      University of Toronto – 126 points

7.      University of Windsor – 159 points

8.      Brock University – 280 points

9.      Laurentian University – 286 points

10.   Wilfrid Laurier University – 295 points

11.   York University – 341 points

12.   University of Ottawa – 349 points

13.   Lakehead University – 406 points

14.   Nipissing University – 411 points

15.   Trent University – 432 points