2017 U SPORTS Cross Country Championships: Rouge Et Or Men Look to Go Back-To-Back, Guelph Women Attempt to Extend Streak to 13 Straight Banners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2017 U SPORTS Cross Country Championships: Rouge et Or men look to go back-to-back, Guelph women attempt to extend streak to 13 straight banners November 11, 2017 Toronto (U SPORTS) – The Laval Rouge et Or (men) will try to defend their first-ever national title, while the Guelph Gryphons (women) will be in tough to capture their 13th straight banner at the U SPORTS Cross Country Championships this weekend. Championship website Laval, which won U SPORTS gold at home on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City last season, have been ranked No.1 in the U SPORTS Top 10 for the entire campaign. Meanwhile on the women’s side, the once-unbeatable Gryphons have watched the Queen’s Gaels take their spot as the team to beat in the nation this season. The 2017 U SPORTS Cross Country Championships, hosted by the University of Victoria for the first time since 2007 at Beacon Hill Park, runs Sunday with the women’s race followed by the men’s event. A championship schedule and conference by conference previews are available below. CANADA WEST Determined from the 2016 U SPORTS Championship MEN Conference champion: Trinity Western Last U SPORTS Championship: Never Individual Results Gold: Declan White, Trinity Western (30:56.0, 2nd overall finish) Silver: Joel De Schiffart, Trinity Western (31:15.9, 8th overall) Bronze: Adam Strueby, Regina (31.22.0, 13th overall) WOMEN Conference champion: Trinity Western Last U SPORTS Championship: Never Individual Results Gold: Emma Cook-Clarke, Calgary (21:15.0, 2nd overall finish) Silver: Lisa Brooking, Trinity Western (21:22.8, 4th) Bronze: Regan Yee, Trinity Western (21:29.2, 5th) The Trinity Western Spartans enter the competition looking to move up the national ladder, after finishing second (men's) and third overall (women's) respectively last season in the U SPORTS team results.
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