Queen's Men's Cross Country are national champions after winning the Men's team event at the U SPORTS Cross Country Championships in Kelowna, B.C. on Saturday. It was Queen's first national championship in Cross Country since 1984.
The Gaels team of
Jude Wheeler-Dee,
Roman Mironov,
Will Cox,
Tanner Hueglin,
Angus Skinner,
Peter Neill, and
Miles Brackenbury finished with a combined 94 points, 36 points less than the second place finishers, the Sherbrooke Vert et Or, who combined for 130 points.
Gallery: (11-9-2024) Queen's Men's XC - U SPORTS Champions
With the victory, Queen's Cross Country Head Coach
Mark Bomba was named the U SPORTS Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Wheeler-Dee (Chemistry) was the top finisher for the Gaels, crossing the finish line 13
th overall with a final time of 0:23.49, followed closely by Mironov (Commerce), with finished 14
th with the same time.
Cox (Graduate Studies) finished 20
th overall at 0:24.03, Hueglin (Arts & Science) was 26
th overall at 0:24.07, and Skinner (Education) was 30
th overall at 0:24.14.
Neill (Applied Science) finished with a time of 0:24.30 for 48
th overall and Brackenbury (Concurrent Education – Political Studies Major) finished with a time of 0:25.11 in 98
th overall.
Wheeler-Dee and Mironov earned U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian recognition for their performances.
On the Women's side, the Gaels finished fifth overall in the team event.
Queen's team of
Alyshia Alkerton,
Elizabeth Vroom,
Ella Lane,
Olivia Baggley,
Lauren Lowther,
Katherine Taylor, and
Emma Graham finished with 112 combined points, 26 points more than the fourth place finishers, the StFX X-Women, and 45 points off the podium.
Alkerton (Arts & Science) was the Gaels' top finisher, crossing the finish line 13
th overall with a final time of 0:27.39, followed by Vroom (Engineering) with a time of 0:28.23 in 30
th place overall. Lane (Arts & Science) was 39
th overall with a time of 0:28.41, Baggley (Arts & Science) finished 49
th overall with a time of 0:28.51, and Lowther (Graduate Studies) finished 63
rd overall with a time of 0:29.06.
Taylor (Graduate Studies) was 66
th overall with a time of 0:29.11 and Graham (Concurrent Education – Political Studies Major) was 67
th overall with a time of 0:29.15.
Alkerton was named a U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian for the result.
