CAMROSE, Alta. - Saturday afternoon at the Stoney Creek Centre in Camrose, Alberta, the Saskatchewan Huskie cross country competed among conference rivals at the 2024 Cross Country Championships, hosted by the University of Alberta. The Huskie men captured the team bronze, making their first podium appearance since 2002, meanwhile the USask wowen earned a 4th-place finish.
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TEAM RESULTS (M)
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (W) |
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (M)
The Huskie men saw two runners earn all-star status with to-14 finishes in
Alexander Webster and
Quincy Fast. Webster completed the 8km race in a time of 26:21.22 to claim 12th while Fast finished just behind him in 13th with a time of 26:22.42.
Anthony Antaya (15th, 26:29.25),
Kaiden Deck (18th, 26:42.25), and
Jacob White (26th, 26:59.66) rounded out the Huskie scorers. The quintet of Dogs combined for a score of 84 points, just one point more of the 2nd-place uVic Vikes. The UBC Thunderbirds would take the Canada West Championship with a score of 64.
"Hats off to the men's squad," said Huskie Cross Country head coach
Jason Reindl. "The leadership and commitment from the team overall was amazing all season. The goal was to get back on the podium after 22 years and not only did these guys do that but were 1pt out of second and only 20pts from 1st which is by far our best results in a long time and a huge accomplishment."
On the women's side,
Kaitlyn Harrison led the way with an impressive run to claim 4th-place with a time of 30:00.47.
Jenica Swartz would make it two Saskatchewan all-stars with time of 30:48.35, finishing in 10th. The remaining three Huskie scorers would be
Jaira Cross Child (36th, 33:03.16),
Rayne Butler-Siemens (37th, 33:05.55), and
Sarah Novakowski (39th, 33:13.59), to combine for a score of 111. The women's podium saw the uVic Vikes earn the banner with a score of 45, followed by the UBC Thunderbirds in 2nd, and UBCO Heat in 3rd.
"Our women's team ran hard today," continued Reindl. "We have had some unfortunate injuries this year and as such our team placing wasn't what we wanted when we set our team goals for the year. But our ladies ran as hard as they could and to get two conference all-stars is something that we can celebrate around".
The Huskies also saw two major award winners in Camrose in
Kaiden Deck and
Jaira Cross Child who were each recognized as the Canada West Student-Athlete Community Service award winners for their athletic excellence, community service, and academic success.
2024 Canada West Major Award Winners
Men's Team Coach of the Year: Steve Weiler, UBC Thunderbirds
Women's Team Coach of the Year: Hilary Stellingwerff, uVic Vikes
Rookie of the Year, Male Competition: Yemane Mulugeta, TWU Spartans
Rookie of the Year, Female Competition: Sophie Hamilton, UBC Heat
Athlete of the Year, Male Competition: Ron MacLean, Alberta Golden Bears
Athlete of the Year, Female Competition: Constance Nankivell, TWU Spartans
Student-Athlete Community Service, Male Competition: Kaiden Deck, Saskatchewan Huskies
Student-Athlete Community Service, Female Competition: Jaira Cross Child, Saskatchewan Huskies
Men's Team Standings
- UBC, 64
- Victoria, 83.5
- Saskatchewan, 84
- Trinity Western, 95
- Alberta, 121
- Calgary, 137
- Regina, 149.5
- Manitoba, 187
- UBC Okanagan, 204
Women's Team Standings
- Victoria, 45
- UBC, 52
- UBC Okanagan, 72
- Saskatchewan, 111
- Alberta, 164
- Calgary, 166
2024 Canada West All-Stars
Men's First Team
- Ron MacLean, Alberta
- Yemane Mulugeta, Trinity Western
- Jaiveer Tiwana, UBC
- Jonathan Podbielski, Regina
- Daniel Damien, Victoria
- Justin Kiplagat, Trinity Western Spartans
- Will Cebuliak, Alberta
Men's Second Team
- Max Filion, UBC
- Sacha Schimmelpennick, UBC
- Ian Teichler, Regina
- Jacob Webster, Victoria
- Alexander Webster, Saskatchewan
- Quintan Fast, Saskatchewan
- Max Cook, Calgary
Women's First Team
- Constance Nankivell, Trinity Western
- Lauren McNeil, UBC Okanagan
- Holly MacGillivray, UBC
- Kaitlyn Harrison, Saskatchewan
- Erin Owens, Victoria
- Marisha Thompson, Victoria
- Kristen Smith, UBC Okanagan
Women's Second Team
- Rachel Mortimer, UBC
- Elise Coates, Victoria
- Jenica Swartz, Saskatchewan
- Amelia Pfohl, UBC
- Colette Reimer, Victoria
- Delaney Chan, Victoria
- Abby Ylipahkala, UBC
2024 Canada West All-Rookie Team
Men's
- Yemane Mulugeta, Trinity Western
- Ian Teichler, Regina
- Hayes McMillian, Manitoba
- Brett MacLean, Regina
- Ian McAllister, Victoria
Women's
- Sophie Hamilton, UBC Okanagan
- Sophie Jensen, Calgary
- Rachel McDonald, UBC
- Csenia Irvin, Calgary
- Natalie Irvin, Calgary
