KINGSTON, Ont. – For the second straight year, it was the Calgary Dinos atop the team podium in Kingston scoring 63 points for the championship banner.
In an extremely tight race, Calgary repeated as U SPORTS national champions as
Russell Pennock (30:55.2) and
Matthew Travaglini (30:58.4) finished in third and fourth place respectively.
"I think we just had to be prepared the best we could so we just had to commit to the plan today and execute. Whatever's meant to be happened and we came out on top this year," said Dinos head coach Doug Lamont, who was named Fox 40 Coach of the Year.
"It's been a great group of athletes that we have and I've been lucky enough to work with (them), so we will have to rebuild again next year and see what we can do."
UBC's Kieran Lumb (30:41.8) won the competition and was trailed by silver medalist Mitchell Ubene (30:49.3) and Pennock, who rounded out the podium.
Stefan Daniel finished 12th for the Dinos to add second team All-Canadian honours to his individual title at Canada West, while
Eric Lutz (20th) and Maximus Thiessen (26th) also scored for the Dinos, who won by a narrow 19-point margin.
Jonathan Guidinger (51st) and
Alexander James (55th) rounded out the seven finishers for Calgary.
In a tight battle for second overall, the McMaster Marauders (82 points) narrowly edged the Guelph Gryphons (82 points), as McMaster's fifth-place runner Evan Ubene's time of 32:13.1 provided the Marauders with the advantage to break the tie between the two OUA powerhouses.
The Marauders posted three runners within the top 10, as Alex Drover came in fifth (30:59.3), followed closely behind by Max Turek (31:01.9) in sixth and Andrew Davies (31:08.8) finished in ninth.
On the women's side, the Dinos women finished in 11th place with a score of 268 points.
Emily Simpson ws the Dinos' top finisher in 35th position, with
Meghan Manor following in 51st and
Kelsey Serviss 67th.
Mikaela Aholy was one further back at 68th, with
Rhian Paterson (74th),
Sarah Forman (102nd), and
Kate Anderson (130th) rounding out Calgary's scorers.
Full Results
TEAM STANDINGS - MEN
1. Calgary, 63
2. McMaster, 82
3. Guelph, 82
4. Laval, 110
5. Windsor, 140
6. UBC, 150
7. Queen's, 175
8. Alberta, 215
9. Victoria, 264
10. Toronto, 310
11. Western, 312
12. Laurentian, 350
13. Dalhousie, 367
14. Montreal, 394
15. Sherbrooke, 406
16. StFX, 445
17. Manitoba, 461
18. Trinity Western, 475
19. Laurier, 563
First Team All-Canadians - MEN
1. Kieran Lumb, UBC, 30:41.8
2. Mitchell Ubene, Guelph, 30:49.3
3. Russell Pennock, Calgary, 30:55.2
4. Matthew Travaglini, Calgary, 30:58.4
5. Alex Drover, McMaster, 30:59.3
6. Max Turek, McMaster, 31:01.9
7. Joshua Martin, Windsor, 31:04.9
Second Team All-Canadians - MEN
8. Kalum Delaney, Guelph, 31:07.7
9. Andrew Davies, McMaster, 31:08.8
10. Mitchell de Lange, Queen's, 31:09.8
11. John Perrier, Guelph, 31:12.1
12. Stefan Daniel, Calgary, 31:15.1
13. Thomas Broatch, UBC, 31:17.0
14. Félix Lapointe-Pilote, Laval, 31:18.9
INDIVIDUAL HONOURS - MEN
Athlete of the Year: Kieran Lumb, UBC
Rookie of the Year: Marcel Scheele, Western
Fox 40 Coach of the Year: Doug Lamont, Calgary
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Paul MacLellan, StFX
TEAM STANDINGS - WOMEN
1. Queen's, 53
2. Guelph, 74
3. Laval, 96
4. UBC, 120
5. Toronto, 182
6. Western, 185
7. Saskatchewan, 234
8. McGill, 244
9. Trinity Western, 251
10. Montreal, 259
11. Calgary, 268
12. Victoria, 294
13. McMaster, 332
14. Dalhousie, 375
15. Windsor, 378
16. Waterloo, 379
17. Laurier, 404
18. StFX, 452
19. Sherbrooke, 502
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