LANCER MEN REPEAT NATIONAL TITLE
Kristina Rody, from the University of Guelph, and Windsor's Cristiano Mauricio captured individual gold medals. Mauricio led a clean sweep for the Lancers as teammates Brandon Young and James Gosselin joined him on the podium, marking the first 1-2-3 finish in CIS men's cross country since Ottawa's John Halvorsen, Bob Rice and Alain Boucher accomplished the feat in 1986.
Windsor repeats as men's national champions for the first time. They also claimed the gold medal in 1998.
In the men's 10-kilometer race, Mauricio led a field of 99 runners and stopped the clock at 31:02.9, just in front of Young (31:05.6). Gosselin wasn't far behind, finishing in 31:13.0. Gosselin and Young were respectively fourth and sixth at the 2003 championship in Moncton.
Paul Chafe (Dalhousie), Kristjan Hunter (Manitoba), Scott Arnald (Waterloo) and Cleve Thorson (Guelph) rounded out the first all-Canadian team.
The two other scorers for Windsor finished ninth and 17th to give the Lancers 32 points. The host University of Guelph Gryphons took team silver for a second consecutive season with 88 points, while the University of Alberta Golden Bears claimed bronze with 114 points.