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SHERBROOKE, Que. – Sacha Dernoncourt led the McGill men's cross-country team with a ninth-place finish as the Redbirds claimed bronze at the Sherbrooke Invitational, an eight-kilometre race held Saturday.

Dernoncourt completed the course in 24 minutes, eight seconds, finishing 28 seconds behind UQAC's Francis Bouffard, who won the 125-runner race in 23:40. Sherbrooke's Félix Quirion claimed silver in 23:48, while Vincent Abraham of UQTR took bronze in 23:49.

McGill placed two runners among the top 15. Joining Dernoncourt was Roman Bordo, who finished 15th in 24:19, followed by Emile Mignault, who placed 24th in 24:42. Thomas Andersen was 30th in 24:58 and Esteban Hidalgo-Gonzalez finished 41st in 25:19 to round out McGill's five scorers.

Those five combined for 102 points as McGill finished third in the 12-team field, edging the Montreal Carabins by a single point. Laval won the meet with 36 points, followed by the host Sherbrooke Vert & Or (59), McGill (102), Montreal (103), UQTR (111), UQAC (173), Carleton (205), Concordia (245), UQAM (256), ETS (271), UQAR (342) and CMR Saint-Jean (345).

McGill's other finishers were Gustave Imbaud, who placed 42nd in 25:21; Lucas Levenson, 53rd in 25:57; Younes Baba Saci, 65th in 26:27; Theo Fallon, 87th in 27:15; and Oliver Taback, 101st in 28:10.

The Redbirds return to action Oct. 31 at the RSEQ conference championship, the fourth meet of the season, hosted by Laval on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.

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