(NOTE: MEN"S RESULTS & RECAP IS POSTED BELOW)

Women's Race:
Host Gaels crowned champions, claim first national title at home in Kingston
 
KINGSTON, Ont. – An injured Elizabeth Hirsch of Melrose, Mass., finished 23rd of 156 runners, leading the McGill Martlets to eighth place at the U SPORTS cross-country championship, Saturday, at Fort Henry Hill in Kingston, Ont. The wind was strong and the snow lightly fell on the grass at the Fort but the competition stayed strong throughout the afternoon.

The 21-year-old biology senior completed the eight-kilometre race in 29 minutes and 30 seconds. Other Martlets in the scoring included Sandrine Veillette (32nd, 29:45), Brianna Mendes (61st, 30:33), Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire (69th, 30:44) and Laura Carlton (76th, 30:55).

McGill was the second-highest scoring Quebec school on the women's side. Laval finished third with 96 points, followed by McGill (8th, 244 pts), Montreal (10th, 259) and Sherbrooke (19th, 502).

The Queen's Gaels, ranked No.1 throughout the season, came through on the final race of the year scoring a team total of 53 points to claim their first-ever national title.
 
Hometown native Branna MacDougall (28:01.0) was the top placing Gael, who reached the podium in third behind overall winner Lucia Stafford (27:30.3) from Toronto and silver medalist Anne-Marie Comeau (27:44.2) from Laval. The top seven finishers merited All-Canadian first-team status, while the next seven made the second team.
 
The Gaels' title was a true team effort, with Kara Blair (28:17.3) and Brogan MacDougall (28:19.6) – younger sister to Branna – finishing in fourth and fifth place respectively, while Marley Beckett (29:08.3) came in 16th and Tori Bouck (29:29.7) came in 24th to round out the Gaels' total 53 points.
 
The Guelph Gryphons came in second place with 74 points as Hannah Woodhouse (28:26.7) finished seventh overall and Danielle Jossinet (28:33.1) came in ninth.
 
Laval closed out the team podium earning bronze led by Comeau and Catherine Beauchemin (29:14.4), who finished 18th.
 
As the individual champion, Stafford took home athlete-of-the-year honours, completing the conference and national double-gold winning both the OUA and U SPORTS titles.
 
Full Results
 
TEAM STANDINGS
 
1. Queen's, 53
2. Guelph, 74
3. Laval, 96
4. UBC, 120
5. Toronto, 182
6. Western, 185
7. Saskatchewan, 234
8. McGill, 244
9. Trinity Western, 251
10. Montreal, 259
11. Calgary, 268
12. Victoria, 294
13. McMaster, 332
14. Dalhousie, 375
15. Windsor, 378
16. Waterloo, 379
17. Laurier, 404
18. StFX, 452
19. Sherbrooke, 502
 
First Team All-Canadians
 
1. Lucia Stafford, Toronto, 27:30.3
2. Anne-Marie Comeau, Laval, 27:44.2
3. Branna MacDougall, Queen's, 28:01.0
4. Kara Blair, Queen's, 28:17.3
5. Brogan MacDougall, Queen's, 28:19.6
6. Kate Current, Western, 28:20.4
7. Hannah Woodhouse, Guelph, 28:26.7
 
Second Team All-Canadians
 
8. Nicola Symonds, UBC, 28:30.8
9. Danielle Jossinet, Guelph, 28:33.1
10. Joanna Williams, Trinity Western, 28:47.4
11. Naomi Lang, UBC, 28:56.5
12. Lizzy Laurie, Laurier, 29:00.8
13. Kaitlyn Harrison, Saskatchewan, 29:01.3
14. Eoldie De Coene, Montreal, 29:02.5
 
INDIVIDUAL HONOURS
 
Athlete of the Year: Lucia Stafford, Toronto
Rookie of the Year: Naomi Lang, UBC
Fox 40 Coach of the Year: Steve Boyd, Queen's
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Caitlin Vail, Victoria
 
 
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Men's Race:
Twice is nice in Kingston for Dinos as Calgary defends national title at Fort Henry
 
KINGSTON, Ont. – For the second straight year, it was the Calgary Dinos atop the team podium in Kingston scoring 63 points for the championship banner. Laval, which finished fourth, was the top-scoring team from the Quebec conference. No runners from McGill qualified for the competition.
 
In an extremely tight race, Calgary repeated as U SPORTS national champions as Russell Pennock (30:55.2) and Matthew Travaglini (30:58.4) finished in third and fourth place respectively.
 
Dinos mentor Doug Lamont, who was named Fox 40 Coach of the Year.
 
UBC's Kieran Lumb (30:41.8) won the competition and was trailed by silver medalist Mitchell Ubene (30:49.3) and Pennock, who rounded out the podium.
 
"I'm really proud of everyone on our team, the coaches, everyone has done such a great job this year and it's nice to see the results pay off," said Lumb, the U SPORTS Athlete of the Year as individual champion. "All the work that I've done in the last two months really allowed me to stay comfortable and really relaxed through that first nine kilometres or so and really push hard at the end."
 
In a tight battle for second overall, the McMaster Marauders (82 points) narrowly edged the Guelph Gryphons (82 points), as McMaster's fifth-place runner Evan Ubene's time of 32:13.1 provided the Marauders with the advantage to break the tie between the two OUA powerhouses. 
 
The Marauders posted three runners within the top 10, as Alex Drover came in fifth (30:59.3), followed closely behind by Max Turek (31:01.9) in sixth and Andrew Davies (31:08.8) finished in ninth.
 
The host Queen's Gaels finished in seventh place, as Mitch de Lange rounded out the top 10 with a 10^th-place result (31:09.8) earning a spot with the second team All-Canadians.
 
Full Results
 
Team Standings
 
1. Calgary, 63
2. McMaster, 82
3. Guelph, 82
4. Laval, 110
5. Windsor, 140
6. UBC, 150
7. Queen's, 175
8. Alberta, 215
9. Victoria, 264
10. Toronto, 310
11. Western, 312
12. Laurentian, 350
13. Dalhousie, 367
14. Montreal, 394
15. Sherbrooke, 406
16. StFX, 445
17. Manitoba, 461
18. Trinity Western, 475
19. Laurier, 563
 
First Team All-Canadians
 
1. Kieran Lumb, UBC, 30:41.8
2. Mitchell Ubene, Guelph, 30:49.3
3. Russell Pennock, Calgary, 30:55.2
4. Matthew Travaglini, Calgary, 30:58.4
5. Alex Drover, McMaster, 30:59.3
6. Max Turek, McMaster, 31:01.9
7. Joshua Martin, Windsor, 31:04.9
 
Second Team All-Canadians
 
8. Kalum Delaney, Guelph, 31:07.7
9. Andrew Davies, McMaster, 31:08.8
10. Mitchell de Lange, Queen's, 31:09.8
11. John Perrier, Guelph, 31:12.1
12. Stefan Daniel, Calgary, 31:15.1
13. Thomas Broatch, UBC, 31:17.0
14. Félix Lapointe-Pilote, Laval, 31:18.9
 
INDIVIDUAL HONOURS
 
Athlete of the Year: Kieran Lumb, UBC
Rookie of the Year: Marcel Scheele, Western
Fox 40 Coach of the Year: Doug Lamont, Calgary
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Paul MacLellan, StFX