North Bay, ON – The Mustangs Women's Cross Country team is back-to-back OUA Champions after a dominant performance at the 2024 OUA Cross Country Championship this weekend in North Bay.

The Women's team showcased exactly why they are ranked #1 in Canada for most of this season as they finished 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th,6^th & 7^th in their scoring positions, which counted for 23 scoring points. The 2^nd place team, the Queen's Gaels had a team points total of 65.

"What a team performance! They put themselves in the lead pack and just kept supporting each other to stay in the hunt." said Mustangs Head Coach Guy Schultz "When the race broke open in the last 2k, they all responded and stormed home with all 5 scorers being among the First Team OUA All -Stars,"

Ashley Maguire finished with the silver medal individually with her final time of 28:51.5, she was followed almost immediately by teammate Olivia Roussel, who finished at 28:51.7, which gave her the bronze medal.

On the men's side, the Mustangs finished in 4^th place in the team standings. Western's scoring athletes finished 10^th, 16^th, 17^th, 22^nd & 26^th.

The Mustangs top individual finisher was Ben Fox who ran a final time of 25:12.8.

"Really proud of the guys this season. A few guys were fighting a cold this week, but they went for it." said Schultz "They were in a good spot through 8k but they just ran out of gas on the last set of hills."

Mustangs Results

Women
2^nd – Ashley Maguire (28:51.5)
3^rd – Olivia Roussel (28:51.7)
5^th – Sandra Guga (28:56.2)
6^th – Anna Carruthers (28:59.0)
7^th – Erika Jordan (29:03.7)
28^th – Chloe Coutts (30:22.4)
32^nd – Eliza Jane Boston (30:33.2)

Men
10^th - Ben Fox (25:12.8)
16^th - Marcel Scheele (25:29.1)
17^th – Rory McGarvey (25:30.4)
22^nd – Owen Parkes (25:38.3)
26^th – Tom Boers (25:43.4)
31^st -  Mark Royce (25:57.9)
39^th – Ethan Loucks (26:18.1)

Event Results
Men
Jude Wheeler-Dee (Queen's) – Gold - 24:32.9
Max Davies (Guelph) – Silver – 24:37.4
Jack Lehto (Guelph) – Bronze – 24:37.7

Women
Madelyn Eybergen (Windsor) – Gold – 28:42.5
Ashley Maguire (Western) – Silver – 28:51.5
Olivia Roussel (Western) – Bronze – 28:51.7

Team Results
Men
Queen's Gaels – 29
Guelph Gryphons – 51
McMaster Marauders – 70

Women
Western Mustangs – 23
Queen's Gaels – 65
McMaster Marauders – 91
 
First Team All-Stars
Men
1 Jude Wheeler-Dee - Queen's Gaels
2 Max Davies - Guelph Gryphons
3 Jack Lehto - Guelph Gryphons
4 Roman Mironov - Queen's Gaels
5 Will Cox - Queen's Gaels
6 Alec Purnell - McMaster Marauder
7 Christian Rachner – Guelph Gryphons

Second Team All-Stars
8 Tanner Hueglin - Queen's Gaels
9 Jacob Fitzpatrick - Windsor Lancers
10 Ben Fox - Western Mustangs
11 Angus Skinner - Queen's Gaels
12 Samuel Patrick - McMaster Marauder
13 William Weist - McMaster Marauder
14 Leif Buxton - Lakehead Thunderwolves

Runner of the Year
Jude Wheeler-Dee - Queen's Gaels

First Team All-Stars
Women
1 Madelyn Eybergen - Windsor Lancers 
2 Ashley Maguire - Western Mustangs
3 Olivia Roussel - Western Mustangs
4 Alyshia Alkerton - Queen's Gaels
5 Sandra Guga - Western Mustangs
6 Anna Carruthers - Western Mustangs
7 Erika Jordan - Western Mustangs

Second Team All-Stars
8 Julia Agostinelli - Toronto Varsity Blues
9 Ana Morariu - McMaster Marauder
10 Paige Breedon - Waterloo Warriors
11 Ella Lane - Queen's Gaels
12 Elizabeth Vroom - Queen's Gaels
13 Hillary Clark - Waterloo Warriors
14 Victoria Lamb - McMaster Marauders

Runner of the Year
Madelyn Eybergen - Windsor Lancers