QUEBEC CITY -- Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire of Laval, Que., finished sixth of 73 entries overall, leading the McGill cross-country team to third place of seven teams in the women's division at the RSEQ university championship meet, Saturday, held on the Plains of Abraham.

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Laval swept all three podium spots en route to wrestling the Quebec conference crown away from McGill, the defending champions. Leading the way for the Rouge et Or was Jessy Lacourse, who completed the eight-kilometre circuit in a gold-medal winning time of 28 minutes, 43 seconds. Joining her on the podium were Laval teammates Catherine Beauchemin (28:53) and Jade Berube (29:37).

Fleurent-Gregoire, a 24-year-old master's student in nutritional science, paced the Martlets, crossing the finish line in 30:30. Other McGill teammates in the scoring included senior Maia Watson (12th, 31:01) of Victoria, B.C., senior Meggie Dargis (17th, 31:24) of Trois-Rivieres, Que., sophomore Katherine Brown (22nd, 31:53) of Calgary, and Emma Betty (29th, 32:17), a sophomore from Ottawa.

The race's top seven finishers earned first-team all-conference honours, while the next seven qualified for RSEQ second-team status. So McGill's Fleurent-Gregoire earned a first-team nod, while Watson, a 21-year-old environmental science major, made the second team.

Laval scored 19 points in the team standings to capture the Quebec conference championship. The Montreal Carabins were second with 64, followed by McGill (82), UQAM (112), Sherbrooke (124), UQTR (159) and Concordia (211).

McGill will return to Quebec City in three weeks when Laval plays host to the U SPORTS national championship meet, an 8k race slated for Nov. 20.

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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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