November 12, 2007
DOUBLE GOLD AGAIN FOR GRYPHONS
VICTORIA (CIS) - The University of Guelph Gryphons entered the record books on Saturday at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria when they swept the 2007 CIS women's and men's cross country titles becoming the first school in history to return home with double gold in consecutive years.
It marked the third straight CIS crown for the Gryphon women, who finished with 57 points for a comfortable 39-point lead over the silver-medalist Calgary Dinos (96) and an 88-point advantage over the third-place St. Francis Xavier X-Women (145).
The Guelph men, winners of six of the last nine championships, scored 59 points to distance OUA arch-rivals, the Windsor Lancers (79) by 20 and the Sherbrooke Vert & Or (111) by 52.
Windsor had claimed four straight men's banners before Guelph ended its title run in 2006.
Gryphon rookie Lindsay Carson captured individual gold in the women's five-kilometre race crossing the finish in 17:41.3. Carson, one of four Gryphons to place in the top ten (1, 7, 8, 10), left Beacon Hill Park with both the CIS female athlete-of-the-year and rookie-of-the-year awards.
Alberta's Paula Findlay (18:02.1) and Western's Leila Angran (18:04.7) rounded out the podium.
Vert & Or sophomore Alex Genest won the men's 10-kilometre event in 31:40.3 to claim male athlete-of-the-year honours, 12 months after being named the nation's top rookie following a silver-medal finish in his first CIS championship race.
Genest barely beat out Manitoba's Kristjan Hunter (31:41.6) to the line, with David Gerych (31:46.7) of StFX also coming in within seconds of the winner.
The team champion Gryphons placed three runners in the top ten, with Matt Brunsting just missing the podium in fourth place (31:53.1 seconds). Teammates Kyle Boorsma, this season's OUA individual champion, and Joe Brunsting were seventh and 10th, respectively.
Calgary's Geoff Kerr (32:09.4) also made history in his fifth and final appearance at the CIS event. Last year's gold medalist finished sixth to become only the fourth five-time all-Canadian in cross country history, following Memorial's Paul McCloy (1980, '81, '83, '84, '85), Ottawa's John Halvorsen (1985, '86, '87, '88, '90) and Moncton's Joel Bourgeois (1989, '90, '91, '92, '94).
In CIS cross country, the top seven finishers are named to the first all-Canadian team while finishers 8-14 place on the second squad.
Male rookie-of-the-year honours went to Dalhousie's Peter Corrigan (32:31.2), the first freshman to cross the line, in 11th position.
Caroline McInnes of Dalhousie and Saskatchewan's Matt Mazurik received the Student-Athlete Community Service Awards, while Guelph's Dave Scott-Thomas was named both women's and men's coach of the year for the second straight season.
Scott-Thomas wins the women's award for the third year in a row and fourth time overall, and now has six Fred Foot Awards as men's coach of the year.
For complete results: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/cross_country/2007
WOMEN RESULTS (5 km)
Team standings
1. Guelph, 57 points
2. Calgary, 96
3. St. Francis-Xavier, 101
4. Windsor, 145
5. Western, 147
6. Victoria, 156
7. Queen's, 180
8. Alberta, 189
9. Dalhousie, 199
10. Saskatchewan, 242
11. McGill, 259
12. McMaster, 278
13. Sherbrooke, 313
14. Manitoba, 328
Individual honours
Athlete of the year: Lindsay Carson, Guelph
Rookie of the year: Lindsay Carson, Guelph
Community Service Award: Caroline McInnes, Dalhousie
Coach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph
First-team all-Canadians (finishers 1-7)
1. Lindsay Carson, Guelph, 17:41.3
2. Paula Findlay, Alberta, 18:02.1
3. Leila Angran, Western, 18:04.7
4. Monika, Preibischova, St. FX, 18:06.4
5. Leslie Sexton, Queens, 18:07.1
6. Heather Sim, Calgary, 18:15.2
7. Rachel Cliff, Guelph, 18:16.2
Second-team all-Canadians (8-14)
8. Shantelle Novak, Guelph, 18:26.3
9. Claire Jean, Victoria, 18:26.7
10. Jess Vanhie, Guelph, 18:28.4
11. Jessica Pearo, McMaster, 18:30.6
12. Hannah Eberhard, Windsor, 18:31.0
13. Lisa Brooking, Windsor, 18:34.7
14. Gina Stewart, St. FX, 18:35.9
MEN RESULTS (10 km)
Team standings
1. Guelph, 59 points
2. Windsor, 79
3. Sherbrooke, 111
4. Calgary, 147
5. Queens, 151
6. Manitoba, 153
7. Victoria, 154
8. Dalhousie, 165
9. Western, 185
10. Laval, 217
11. St. FX, 261
12. Alberta, 286
Individual honours
Athlete of the year: Alex Genest, Sherbrooke
Rookie of the year: Peter Corrigan, Dalhousie
Community Service Award: Matt Mazurik, Saskatchewan
Coach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph
First-team all-Canadians (finishers 1-7)
1. Alex Genest, Sherbrooke, 31:40.3
2. Kristjan Hunter, Manitoba, 31:41.6
3. David Gerych, St. FX, 31:46.7
4. Matt Brunsting, Guelph, 31:53.1
5. Andrew Coates, Windsor, 31:55.9
6. Geoff Kerr, Calgary, 32:09.4
7. Kyle Boorsma, Guelph, 32:09.9
Second-team all-Canadians (8-14)
8. Dave Weston, Windsor, 32:13.1
9. Deng Marial, Windsor, 32:26.7
10. Joe Brunsting, Guelph, 32:30.4
11. Peter Corrigan, Dalhousie, 32:31.2
12. Geoff Martinson, Victoria, 32:31.8
13. Robert Kitz, Queens, 32:32.0
14. Christie Russell, Dalhousie, 32:34.8
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For more information:
Mike Tucker
Vikes Communications Officer
University of Victoria
Athletics and Recreation
Ph: (250) 721-8725
Fax: (250) 721-8956
vikes@uvic.ca
It marked the third straight CIS crown for the Gryphon women, who finished with 57 points for a comfortable 39-point lead over the silver-medalist Calgary Dinos (96) and an 88-point advantage over the third-place St. Francis Xavier X-Women (145).
The Guelph men, winners of six of the last nine championships, scored 59 points to distance OUA arch-rivals, the Windsor Lancers (79) by 20 and the Sherbrooke Vert & Or (111) by 52.
Windsor had claimed four straight men's banners before Guelph ended its title run in 2006.
Gryphon rookie Lindsay Carson captured individual gold in the women's five-kilometre race crossing the finish in 17:41.3. Carson, one of four Gryphons to place in the top ten (1, 7, 8, 10), left Beacon Hill Park with both the CIS female athlete-of-the-year and rookie-of-the-year awards.
Alberta's Paula Findlay (18:02.1) and Western's Leila Angran (18:04.7) rounded out the podium.
Vert & Or sophomore Alex Genest won the men's 10-kilometre event in 31:40.3 to claim male athlete-of-the-year honours, 12 months after being named the nation's top rookie following a silver-medal finish in his first CIS championship race.
Genest barely beat out Manitoba's Kristjan Hunter (31:41.6) to the line, with David Gerych (31:46.7) of StFX also coming in within seconds of the winner.
The team champion Gryphons placed three runners in the top ten, with Matt Brunsting just missing the podium in fourth place (31:53.1 seconds). Teammates Kyle Boorsma, this season's OUA individual champion, and Joe Brunsting were seventh and 10th, respectively.
Calgary's Geoff Kerr (32:09.4) also made history in his fifth and final appearance at the CIS event. Last year's gold medalist finished sixth to become only the fourth five-time all-Canadian in cross country history, following Memorial's Paul McCloy (1980, '81, '83, '84, '85), Ottawa's John Halvorsen (1985, '86, '87, '88, '90) and Moncton's Joel Bourgeois (1989, '90, '91, '92, '94).
In CIS cross country, the top seven finishers are named to the first all-Canadian team while finishers 8-14 place on the second squad.
Male rookie-of-the-year honours went to Dalhousie's Peter Corrigan (32:31.2), the first freshman to cross the line, in 11th position.
Caroline McInnes of Dalhousie and Saskatchewan's Matt Mazurik received the Student-Athlete Community Service Awards, while Guelph's Dave Scott-Thomas was named both women's and men's coach of the year for the second straight season.
Scott-Thomas wins the women's award for the third year in a row and fourth time overall, and now has six Fred Foot Awards as men's coach of the year.
For complete results: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/cross_country/2007
WOMEN RESULTS (5 km)
Team standings
1. Guelph, 57 points
2. Calgary, 96
3. St. Francis-Xavier, 101
4. Windsor, 145
5. Western, 147
6. Victoria, 156
7. Queen's, 180
8. Alberta, 189
9. Dalhousie, 199
10. Saskatchewan, 242
11. McGill, 259
12. McMaster, 278
13. Sherbrooke, 313
14. Manitoba, 328
Individual honours
Athlete of the year: Lindsay Carson, Guelph
Rookie of the year: Lindsay Carson, Guelph
Community Service Award: Caroline McInnes, Dalhousie
Coach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph
First-team all-Canadians (finishers 1-7)
1. Lindsay Carson, Guelph, 17:41.3
2. Paula Findlay, Alberta, 18:02.1
3. Leila Angran, Western, 18:04.7
4. Monika, Preibischova, St. FX, 18:06.4
5. Leslie Sexton, Queens, 18:07.1
6. Heather Sim, Calgary, 18:15.2
7. Rachel Cliff, Guelph, 18:16.2
Second-team all-Canadians (8-14)
8. Shantelle Novak, Guelph, 18:26.3
9. Claire Jean, Victoria, 18:26.7
10. Jess Vanhie, Guelph, 18:28.4
11. Jessica Pearo, McMaster, 18:30.6
12. Hannah Eberhard, Windsor, 18:31.0
13. Lisa Brooking, Windsor, 18:34.7
14. Gina Stewart, St. FX, 18:35.9
MEN RESULTS (10 km)
Team standings
1. Guelph, 59 points
2. Windsor, 79
3. Sherbrooke, 111
4. Calgary, 147
5. Queens, 151
6. Manitoba, 153
7. Victoria, 154
8. Dalhousie, 165
9. Western, 185
10. Laval, 217
11. St. FX, 261
12. Alberta, 286
Individual honours
Athlete of the year: Alex Genest, Sherbrooke
Rookie of the year: Peter Corrigan, Dalhousie
Community Service Award: Matt Mazurik, Saskatchewan
Coach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph
First-team all-Canadians (finishers 1-7)
1. Alex Genest, Sherbrooke, 31:40.3
2. Kristjan Hunter, Manitoba, 31:41.6
3. David Gerych, St. FX, 31:46.7
4. Matt Brunsting, Guelph, 31:53.1
5. Andrew Coates, Windsor, 31:55.9
6. Geoff Kerr, Calgary, 32:09.4
7. Kyle Boorsma, Guelph, 32:09.9
Second-team all-Canadians (8-14)
8. Dave Weston, Windsor, 32:13.1
9. Deng Marial, Windsor, 32:26.7
10. Joe Brunsting, Guelph, 32:30.4
11. Peter Corrigan, Dalhousie, 32:31.2
12. Geoff Martinson, Victoria, 32:31.8
13. Robert Kitz, Queens, 32:32.0
14. Christie Russell, Dalhousie, 32:34.8
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For more information:
Mike Tucker
Vikes Communications Officer
University of Victoria
Athletics and Recreation
Ph: (250) 721-8725
Fax: (250) 721-8956
vikes@uvic.ca