This past weekend marked the end, or the beginning of the end, for most of the Marauders cross country seasons. The racing got underway on Saturday at the Arboretum as the University of Guelph played host to the 2015 CIS XC Championships. The women got the Marauders off to a strong start with a 6th place showing, led by team captain Maddy McDonald in 29th place. Following Maddy in 38th place was veteran Chelsea Mackinnon, with PhD student Gabrielle Foran and Emily Nowak finishing side by side in 47th and 48th, and Maddie Benjamin rounded out the scoring with a 51st place finish. Acting as displacers, second year Lauren Locco finished in 68th and rookie Soren Meeuwisse in 97th. The 5 scorers were only separated by an impressive 54 second spread.
On the men's side, after a tight start that caused some falls, the Marauders ran to another strong 4th place finish. They were led by captain Blair Morgan finishing in 8th to earn his 2nd All-Canadian title, and Connor Darlington earned his first All-Canadian title in 12th. Following Connor, Taylor Forbes narrowly missed out on the top 14, finishing 15th. Austen Forbes in 42nd and Luke Charbonneau in 50th rounded out the top 5. Derek Van Schepen and Gabe Ghiglione took 66th and 70th as the displacers.
Full Results
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The next day, the championship season continued at Centennial Park in Etobicoke, where the AO XC Championships took place. 4 Marauders competed, as well as several alumni. In the junior men's race, rookies Jonathon Favero and Christian MacGillivray finish close together in 4th and 5th, respectively. 2nd year Matt Napier finished 16th. On the senior men's side, Paul Rochus was 11th. The Hamilton Bombers, a club composed of McMaster alumni, took second place with Andrew Yorke finishing 7th, Larry Abbott 13th, Jordan Bierema 15th, and Noah Fleming 17th. For the senior women, alumnus Megan Beverly finished 11th.
AO Results
Up next for many of the athletes is the Athletics Canada National XC Championships in Kingston on November 28th, and following that on December 5th the Bob Vigars Season Opener track meet in London.
Also, congratulations to our triathletes on their 2015 Triathlon Ontario Awards: Taylor Forbes for being named Short Course Triathlete of the Year, Elise Bolger for being named Junior Triathlete of the Year, and alumnus Lionel Sanders as the Long Course Triathlete of the Year.
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