London, ON – The Mustangs Women's Cross Country team finished the 2023 U SPORTS Championship with a team silver medal and Erika Jordan got a podium finish in 3rd place as the team hosted the national championship.
"We can't be unhappy that we won the silver medal, our goal was to go out there and try to win the gold but after all is said and done winning a silver medal at nationals is pretty incredible," said Mustangs Cross Country Head Coach Guy Schultz.
The Mustangs team finished with 71 points, while the UBC Thunderbirds finished in top spot with 38 points.
Jordan finished the race with a final time of 29:24.7 to win the individual bronze medal.
"Medaling wasn't an expectation (coming into the day) but as soon as I was on that last kilometre I knew there was an opportunity to get that, I was so much more motivated and it was really fun," said Jordan "Being here on the home course, there was just so much great energy out there knowing that my team was with me and so many people here supporting us, it was just so great,"
Jordan was part of a solid group of runners coming into this race, with aspirations of moving from a Second Team All-Canadian last year to a First Team All-Canadian this year, she achieved that goal with her bronze medal finish.
"We expected Erika to definitely be up there and her goal was to improve on her finish from last year and be in one of those top seven positions but to get the bronze medal individually was pretty amazing," said Schultz "She has worked so hard towards this and deserves all the accolades,"
Other Mustangs finishes include Olivia Roussel (9th), Chloe Coutts (18th), Sandra Guga (20th), Sophie Coutts (25th), Heidi Ohrling (32nd) & Anna Carruthers (65th).
On the Men's side, they finished in 8th place with a team total of 219 points.
The team's top individual finisher was Marcel Scheele who finished in 20th place with a total run time of 25:26.6.
"Our goal was to finish in our ranking coming into the event which was 6
th, so finishing 8
th and honestly not that far from being in that 6
th place," said Schultz "I think all in all, they ran really well today,"
Other Mustangs finishes include: Ben Fox (29th), Tom Boers (65th), Owen Parkes (69th), Mark Royce (72nd),
Kyle Koyanagi (79th) & Justin Sanders (122nd).
Other awards presented on the day include:
Coach of the Year
Women's Team Coach of the Year - Steve Weiler, UBC Thunderbirds
Men's Team Coach of the Year - Steve Weiler, UBC Thunderbirds
Female Rookie of the Year
Lena Klassen - Manitoba Bisons (42
nd place out of 147 finishers)
Male Rookie of the Year
Xavier Lemaitre - Sherbrooke Vert et Or (18
th place out of 157 finishers)
Community Service Award Winners
Julia Agostinelli, Guelph Gryphons (Finished 17th out of 147 finishers)
Jason Ushko, Alberta Golden Bears (Finished 83rd out of 157 finishers)
Men's Race Team Total
| Place |
Team |
Score |
| 1 |
UBC Thunderbirds |
52 |
| 2 |
Laval Rouge et Or |
60 |
| 3 |
Queen's Gaels |
90 |
| 4 |
Guelph Gryphons |
97 |
| 5 |
Victoria Vikes |
177 |
| 6 |
UNB Reds |
202 |
| 7 |
Sherbrooke Vert et Or |
207 |
| 8 |
Western Mustangs |
219 |
| 9 |
McMaster Marauders |
251 |
| 10 |
Toronto Varsity Blues |
288 |
| 11 |
St FX X-Men |
298 |
| 12 |
Lakehead Thunderwolves |
332 |
| 13 |
Montreal Carabins |
334 |
| 14 |
Windsor Lancers |
383 |
| 15 |
Manitoba Bisons |
389 |
| 16 |
Alberta Golden Bears |
396 |
| 17 |
Saskatchewan Huskies |
408 |
| 18 |
Trinity Western Spartans |
441 |
| 19 |
Brock Badgers |
534 |
| 20 |
York Lions |
556 |
Women's Race Team Total
| Place |
Team |
Score |
| 1 |
UBC Thunderbirds |
38 |
| 2 |
Western Mustangs |
71 |
| 3 |
St FX X-Women |
95 |
| 4 |
Guelph Gryphons |
161 |
| 5 |
McMaster Marauders |
175 |
| 6 |
Victoria Vikes |
185 |
| 7 |
Laval Rouge et Or |
204 |
| 8 |
UNB Reds |
218 |
| 9 |
Sherbrooke Vert et Or |
260 |
| 10 |
Queen's Gaels |
271 |
| 11 |
Alberta Pandas |
280 |
| 12 |
Saskatchewan Huskies |
288 |
| 13 |
Windsor Lancers |
309 |
| 14 |
Montreal Carabins |
327 |
| 15 |
Waterloo Warriors |
368 |
| 16 |
Toronto Varsity Blues |
450 |
| 17 |
UQAM Citadins |
467 |
| 18 |
Brock Badgers |
550 |
| 19 |
York Lions |
588 |
Women's Individual Finishers – First & Second Team All-Canadians
| Place |
Name |
Time |
| 1 |
Katie Newlove - UBC |
29:06.8 |
| 2 |
Catherine Beauchemin - Laval |
29:18.2 |
| 3 |
Erika Jordan - Western |
29:24.7 |
| 4 |
Jennifer Erickson – UBC |
29:27.4 |
| 5 |
Kaitlyn Harrison - Saskatchewan |
29:28.2 |
| 6 |
Mairin Canning - St FX |
29:28.2 |
| 7 |
Eileen Benoit - St FX |
29:29.2 |
| 8 |
Holly MacGillivray - UBC |
29:30.5 |
| 9 |
Olivia Roussel - Western |
29:31.1 |
| 10 |
Allie Sandluck - St FX |
29:31.5 |
| 11 |
Marley Beckett - UBC |
29:33.5 |
| 12 |
Emily Doucet - UNB |
29:35.1 |
| 13 |
Rosalyn Barrett – McMaster |
29:37.1 |
| 14 |
Tori Bouck - UBC Okanagan |
29:37.3 |
Men's Individual Finishers – First & Second Team All-Canadians
| Place |
Name |
Time |
| 1 |
Philippe Morneau-Cartier - Laval |
24:17.6 |
| 2 |
Jean-Simon Desgagnes- Laval |
24:20.9 |
| 3 |
Andrew Davies - UBC |
24:24.7 |
| 4 |
Jacob Benoit - Dalhousie |
24:42.5 |
| 5 |
John Perrier - UBC |
24:44.4 |
| 6 |
Thomas Laviolette - Montreal |
24:46.2 |
| 7 |
Jared Howse - UNB |
24:48.1 |
| 8 |
Jude Wheeler-Dee – Queen's |
24:58.1 |
| 9 |
Roman Mironov – Queen's |
25:00.8 |
| 10 |
Jaiveer Tiwana - UBC |
25:01.4 |
| 11 |
Jonathan Podbielski - Regina |
25:01.5 |
| 12 |
Nicholas Bannon - Guelph |
25:03.8 |
| 13 |
Jonathan Tedeschi - Laval |
25:07.0 |
| 14 |
Max Davies - Guelph |
25:14.3 |
Full race results can be found at
https://live.athletic.net/meets/28794
