After a long
hard week of training the men and women’s UNB Cross Country team was off to St
Fx to run in their second meet. With only six boys and six girls traveling to
Antigonish the two teams dug deep and all ran extremely impressive races. With
the female race bumping up to 6km as opposed to the comfortable 5km that they
were all used to, the girls ran hard and made it look like it was no problem at
all. This meet was a bit bigger than the UNB invitational as Acadia and
Memorial University were both present.
The ladies
lined up on the start line at 12:00pm sharp and were ready to run hard despite
the wind and extra kilometer they had ahead of them. Captain Sarah Myatt, (who
says she hates anything longer then 5km) ran the race extremely hard, and had
enough kick in her at the end to pass two of her opponents finishing the race
in 6th place. Katie Robinson, Nathalie Cecire, Kelsey Hogan, and
Caroline MacIsaac all made the extra kilometer look easy and finished the race
with great times! As a team the girls walked away with another third place
overall.
The boys
were off at the sound of the whistle running proud in their red and white
singlets. With only six boys UNB ran a hard eight kilometers. Leading the pack
was first year runner Jonathan Bunn running his first university race coming
off an ankle injury. Following Jon were Colby Craig (who ran a 8km personal
best), Brent McCumber, Chris McNamara, and Clayton Holteen. As a team the boys
finished sixth despite the absence of some of their top runners.
The team is back
in Fredericton and ready for another tough week of hills, millage, gym
workouts, and fun. Stay tuned for the results from the Fredericton Fall Classic
where UNB has four of their runners competing in either the 10km or half
marathon races on Sunday September 22nd.
The next race for the UNB VREDs is October 5th at
Dalhousie University.
Results from todays race:
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