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Gryphons five-peat as dual cross-country champions
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons men's and women's
cross-country teams are once again champions in Ontario University
Athletics (OUA) after leading the field in blustery conditions at
Brock University on Saturday.
Five of the top six men come from Guelph, including two-time
individual champion Allan Brett (Ottawa) who
finished the 10 kilometre course in a time of 30:08. Finishing
three seconds behind Brett was 2007 OUA champion Kyle
Boorsma (Guelph, Ont.), earning a silver medal. Teammate
and defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) champion
Matt Brunsting (Stirling, Ont.), who won OUA
silver last year took bronze in a time of 30:18.
Only Dave Weston (Windsor, Ont.) of the Windsor
Lancers was able to infiltrate the lead Guelph pack, finishing in
fourth spot with a time of 30:26. Rounding out the top six were
Gryphons John Parrott of Newmarket, Ont. (30:38)
and Nigel Wray of Oshawa, Ont. (30:44). All earn
OUA first-team all-star recognition, along with Kyle
O'Neill (Aylmer, Ont.) of the Western Mustangs who
finished seventh with a time of 30:54.
The Gryphons earned 17 points for the OUA team title, their fifth
straight and ninth since 1999. Team points are based on placement
of top five runners from each school (1+2+3+5+6=17 for Guelph).
Weston's Lancers placed second with 63 points, followed by the
Queen's Gaels who earned 120 points.
On the women's side, the Gryphons may have claimed their sixth
straight OUA championship, but it was a pair of Toronto Varsity
Blues that dominated individually. Two-time CIS individual champion
Megan Brown (Toronto) picked up where she left off
last year, claiming her second straight OUA individual crown and
her third in four years with a time of 17:07 on the five kilometre
course. Teammate Erin McClure (Waterloo, Ont.)
took the silver medal with a time of 17:41.
Three Gryphons completed the Top 5, including Rachel
Cliff of Vancouver (17:47), Courtney
Laurie of Toronto (17:52) and Genevieve
Lalonde of Moncton, N.B. (17:54). Lalonde was the top
rookie in the competition and named OUA women's rookie of the year.
The top seven finishers earn OUA first-team all-star recognition,
with Dayna Pidhoresky (Tecumseh, Ont.) of the
Windsor Lancers and Jessica Pearo (Richmond Hill,
Ont.) of the McMaster Marauders rounding out the list.
The Gryphons earned 30 points to claim their sixth consecutive OUA
women's title, winning nine of the last 11. The McMaster Marauders
placed second in the women's team standings with 67 points, with
the Gaels finishing third with 105.
Pre-race favourite Lindsay Carson (Cambridge,
Ont.) of the Guelph Gryphons was held out of the competition due to
injury, but she is expected to return for the CIS Cross-Country
Championships hosted by Queen's University on Saturday, Nov.
14.
Student-athletes who placed eighth to 14th are named OUA
second-team all-stars. The male second-team all-stars (in order of
finish) are Adam Kellar (French Village, N.B.) of
the Lancers, Mike Del Monte (Guelph, Ont.) of the
Varsity Blues, Robert Koziarski (Mississauga,
Ont.) of the Gryphons, Andrew Nixon (Thunder Bay,
Ont.) of the Lakehead Thunderwolves, Matt Hulse
(Hartington, Ont.) of the Gaels, Andrew Aguanno
(Etobicoke, Ont.) of the Lancers and Robert
Jackson (Guelph, Ont.) of the Gryphons. Nixon was the top
rookie with a time of 31:17 and earns OUA rookie of the year
honours.
The female second-team all-stars (in order of finish) are
Lindsay Furtado (Brampton, Ont.) of the Gryphons,
Lynn Mockler (London, Ont.) of the Mustangs,
Jess Van Hie (Alisa Craig, Ont.) of the Gryphons,
Sara Giovannetti (Mississauga, Ont.) of the
Marauders, Laura McIvor (Burnaby, B.C.) of the
Gryphons, Jillian Wyman (Dundas, Ont.) of the
Marauders and Lorelle Convery (Toronto) of the
Mustangs.
2009 OUA CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
OUA
Men's Results (html)
OUA
Men's Results (pdf)
OUA
Women's Results (html)
OUA
Women's Results (pdf)
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