CIS Cross Country 2011 Results

CIS Cross Country 2011 Results - Men
CIS Cross Country 2011 Results - Women

Haliburton leads women to a team bronze in 18th place.
Bowes leads men to 3rd best all-time finish in 21st place.

CIS Preview

Race: CIS Cross Country Championships
Location: Plains of Abraham, Quebec
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
Start Times:
Women 5k: 1:00pm
Men 10k: 1:40pm

CIS Info

CIS.ca Preview

Last Years Results
Men & Women
Find results up to 2006 in Results Archive tab above.

All-Time List
Men
Women

Weather

Course Map

The course is 2.5km loop on the Plains of Abraham. The women do the loop twice and the men do it 4 times. See the following video of a Quebec race this year on the course to get an idea of the course.

Up to Date Action

I'll be sitting at home trying to follow as many twitter feeds and texts as I can, and will post someone to follow here, as well as summarizing Mac results as soon as I can receive them.

Preview

Women

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a crucial battle in the Seven Years' War fought between the British and French Armies over North America. Prior to the war the French dominated nearly all of Canada, but the stand made at the Plains of Abraham was enough to swing the tide in favour of the British. Foreshadow? Will this year's CIS cross country championship be a remake of the ancient battle? Can the Marauder Women overthrow the current dominators of Canada in the Guelph Gryphons? 

Mac will need strong performances from the likes of Lindsay Carson and Victoria Coates upfront as they strive to best the lowsticks of the Gryphons. The depth will have to come fast and hard as Wymann, Haliburton, MacNeil, Patterson, and Anderson will have to all be searching for Guelph singlets. Silver at a National Championship is nothing to be upset with, but these girls want the gold.

Photo Curtsey of Ryan Tice

Men

With Yorke, Bowes, McCurry, Bysice, and Tice all moving on next year, this is a do or die race for most of the squad. They have done the mediocre, and are now ready to turn some heads on the big stage. All of these boys have had sub-par races this year, but word on the street is they are rolling now and ready to make it hurt. Competition for the Bronze this year is tough with Victoria, Laval, and Queens, but these Mac boys are going to go out with a blaze.

Photo Curtsey of Ryan Tice

OUA Cross 2011 Recap

Women's Highlight Video

Men's Highlight Video

SportingCanada.com Summary

Women's Results
OUA Champs

Saturday, October 29 2011 at University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Conditions: sunny, pleasant, 8ºC
Race Distance: 5km

Teams Participating: 16
Winning Score: 25
Winner Name/Time/Team: Guelph

Teams You Beat: 14
Teams You Lost To: 1
CIS Teams You Beat: 14
CIS Teams You Lost To: 1

Course Rating: 3

McMaster Team Result: 2    Team Score: 57

Individual McMaster Results:

Place	Athlete Name	Time	Comments
4	Coates, Victoria	17:50
9	Wyman, Jillian	18:20
11	Haliburton, Sarah	18:29
13	MacNeill, Stephanie	18:32
20	Patterson, Courtney	18:44
28	Giovannetti, Sara	19:02
34	Mackinnon, Chelsea	19:17

Team Members Not Participating Katie Anderson, Lindsay Carson, Rachel Lamb, Sarah Wilson

Next Competition: 12-Nov-2011 - CIS Champs
Next Race Distance: 5km





Men's Results
OUA Champs

Saturday, October 29 2011 at University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Conditions: sunny, pleasant, 8ºC
Race Distance: 10km

Teams Participating: 15
Winning Score: 20
Winner Name/Time/Team: Guelph

Teams You Beat: 10
Teams You Lost To: 4
CIS Teams You Beat: 10
CIS Teams You Lost To: 4

Course Rating: 3

McMaster Team Result: 5    Team Score: 135

Individual McMaster Results:

Place	Athlete Name	Time	Comments
19	Bowes, Graham	32:17
23	Yorke, Andrew	32:27
27	Reid, Taylor	32:43
31	McCurry, Cory	32:50
35	Bysice, Andrew	33:04
39	Bierema, Jordan	33:16
45	Tice, Ryan	33:39

Team Members Not Participating Zac Brown, Sean Bowen

Next Competition: 12-Nov-2011 - CIS Championships
Next Race Distance: 10km


A good weekend for the Marauders this weekend. The women were back of guelph but well ahead of the other teams as they finished second. Coates had a huge kick on the track as predicted, but had to settle for 4th. The Mac men had some solid runs and some not so solid runs. This coupled with stellar runs from Queens and Toronto meant yet another 5th at OUAs for the maroon and grey. But Head Coach Rory Sneyd said it best, "You ain't seen nothing yet"

See you at CIS.

Conference Summaries:
Quebec - Laval Team Recap
East - AUS Video, AUS Results
Canada West - Stewart Cup Results and a couple videos

OUA Results

Women 2nd, Men 5th

Coates leads women with a 4th place finish. Bowes leads men in 19th.

Videos and recap to come tomorrow.

Marauders.ca Recap

Mens Team

Mens Individual

Womens Team

Womens Individual

OUA Cross Preview

Updated Slanders and Speculation


Race: OUA Cross Country Championships
Location: Mooney's Bay Park, Ottawa
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011
Start Times:
Women 5k: 11am
Men 10k: 12:15pm

OUA Info

Last Years Results
Men & Women
Find results up to 2006 in Results Archive tab above.

All-Time List
Men
Women

Weather

Course Maps

Mens Course

Two starting loops, 4 big yellow loops and finish on the track. Something tells me track season is coming :D.

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Women's Course

Two big yellow loops and finish.

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Women

It looks like the girls might have to settle for second again this year at OUAs. Okay settle probably isn’t the right word for it. More like kick butt, and place just about as low as possible without winning a team title. Of course we do need to keep in mind that anything can happen on a cross course, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Coach Rory will have these girls peaking come CIS’s and they will be looking for a great pre-CIS tune-up Saturday.

Sarah Haliburton will try to keep her steady rise through the ranks as she feasts on mere mortal's flesh that didn’t spend their summer working in India. Victoria Coates will be flying around the course in her Nimbus 2000, with mud and mondo in her eye. Maybe we will see a huge kick on the track like CIS indoors last year. Jill Wyman will also be dangerous on the track finish. I wouldn’t want to be ahead of any of these girls come that final 300m (flashbacks of every Halloween movie chase scene). Rounding out the scoring will be Steph MacNeill and Sara Giovannetti, who both have had rock solid performances this season. Close on their heels will be Courtney Patterson and the top female rookie for Mac, Chelsea Mackinnnon.

Men

The men have not looked better than this in over 10 years. Could this be the year that they claim the programs second ever OUA team medal? Well let's set the scene a bit.

The Western Mustangs have been the favourite for the early part of the season for the Bronze at OUAs and CI’s, as Guelph and Windsor have solidified themselves as distant 1^st and 2^nd teams. But Mac beat Western handedly in Chicago at the Loyola Lakefront. Why on Earth is Western still ahead of Mac in some rankings? Well, the crux of their success is hindered on their consistency. Western’s top 5 has run very inconsistently over the past two years. With a lack of depth, and injury prone front runners, they have disappointed on many occasions. However, when all their guns are firing on the same day they are lethal (see the CIS Bronze they pulled off last year). If Western has an on day on Saturday, Mac will have some serious competition.

Queens is the other team with a legitimate case for a top 3 position at OUAs. Under new coach Steve Boyd’s, Queens is transitioning into an aerobic powerhouse. Boyd has impressive personal credentials, and has lead Queens to dominance in the past as an athlete, but his team has yet to really show results indicative of beating the Marauder men this year. Some close to the team claim they have been waiting until the championship races to show their cards. I think we’ll find out Saturday.

For the Maruaders, Andrew Yorke will keep carrying on his beet-infused stellar season as the top dog. He finished an impressive 9^th at OUAs last year, and this year seems to be on track for a top-7 performance. No pressure. Graham Bowes, Taylor Reid, and Jordan Bierema are going to be the Ghost Busters this Halloween weekend. Will this trio be able to win battles against the provinces’ best, and bust the myth that the men are just waterboys for the women’s team. Normally I just look at the last race to list off the team members, but I know Cory will come in here for at least the 5^th spot (sorry Bysice). Cory was built for 10k cross and is the team’s X-factor that can push the team onto the podium. Challenging for scoring positions will be Andrew Bysice and Ryan Tice. With this veteran top 7 the boys will be looking to trick and treat Saturday.

Speaking of Ryan Tice, he is one of the top reason’s you should make the trek to Ottawa Saturday. Not only to see him race, but to see the pure genius of the flag he has made for this year.

Treat yo self
Jeremy

Vic Matthews Preview

Race: Vic Matthews Open (Formally Guelph Open)
Location: University of Guelph Arboretum, Guelph Ontario
Date: Saturday October 15, 2011
Start Times
11:30 am Women 5km
12:15 pm Men 8km

Meet Information
http://gryphons.ca/sports/2011/9/6/CROSS_0906113247.aspx?path=cross

Trail Video

2010 Results
Women (4k)
Men (7.5k)

See results back to 2007 in Results Archive tab

Weather Report

OUA Teams Present
Guelph, Windsor, Laurier, Queens, UofT, Waterloo, Trent, York, Nipissing
9/15 total teams in OUA
430 Entries
Plus Eastern Michigan, Regina, Detroit Mercy


Women

The Marauder women's team will march into the rival guelph's neck of the woods Saturday and try to shame them on their home turf. Linday Carson will be making her first return to racing at her past home, and though she's not expected to be booed everytime she goes for the lead like a high-profile hockey player  might, we do expect the Guelph girls to put up a fight in the race. Luckily she's not fighting this battle on her own. Close on her heels will be Victoria Coates (who was crowned Jr. National champion on this course last year), and Jill Wyman. Not to be outdoed will be the likes of Sarah Hali(burden)  and Steph MacNeil amongst a slew of Maraduer depth runners as they not only try to prove their worth against Guelph, but also amongst themselves as they battle for the hotly contested top 7 OUA and CIS racing positions. Although nothing really matters until we get OUAs and CIS, if the Mac girls are going to take home the top prize they are going to need to show that they can win some battles this weekend.

Men

With 9 out of the 15 OUA teams representing this weekend, the Vic Matthews Open should be a great indicator of how OUAs will turn out in 2 weeks. Missing only Western out of the big name teams (but how can you really miss Western ;)),  the finally full Marauders squad will be looking to prove their worth to all those doubters that make the polls. Yorke wants to mix it up this weekend with the Guelph lads as he will continue his duties as the lowstick. Taylor Reid will be riding his strong performance in Chicago into this meet with Graham Bowes chasing closely. Expect to see Jordan Bierma to slot in around here as he will be trying to pull off a redemption race after a rough go in Chicago. Captain Cory McCurry should round out the scoring as he waits patiently to get in another 10k at OUAs and CIS. The odds seem to be in the favour of Brown, Bysice, Rasmussen and Forbes to finish out the Marauder top 9, but on a tough course like this where the real grinders stake their claim, who knows what may happen. Maybe we'll see a darkhorse.

If you've got some free time Saturday make sure you get down to Guelph to watch will definitely be an amazing couple of races with a strong McMaster presence.

Go Mac Go!