We are actually two weeks into the 2023 U Sports activities cross-country season, and it’s time to replace our Canadian Operating males’s crew energy rankings based on mid-season outcomes.
Right here’s how our rankings work: if a crew is profitable, they may climb the rankings. If a crew is shedding, they slide. We are going to replace the rankings each three weeks throughout the season within the ramp-up to the 2023 U Sports activities Championships on Nov. 12, from London, Ont.
We’re lower than six weeks away from the 2023 U Sports activities Championship, so listed below are the rankings of the highest 10 girls’s groups within the nation, plus a few athletes to observe for this season of their respective conferences.
10. McMaster Marauders (OUA) -1
9. McGill Redbirds (RSEQ) +1
8. Western Mustangs (OUA) -3
7. St. Francis Xavier X-Males (AUS) -1
6. UNB Reds (AUS) *new*
In London, ON, in the present day, Jared Howse led the boys’s crew to a fourth place crew end out of 17 groups! Howse ran to a person third.
The ladies’s crew labored their method into the highest 10, ending in crew standings in tenth general, led by rookie Olivia Baggley in twenty ninth!#goredsgo pic.twitter.com/pXUMUjhpaC— UNB CC & TF (@UNBTrack) September 23, 2023
5. Dalhousie Tigers (AUS) +2
4. Guelph Gryphons (OUA) -1
3. UBC Thunderbirds (CanWest) +1
2. Queen’s Gaels (OUA) +/-
1. Laval College (RSEQ) +/-
Bonne journée pour ce trio sur les Plaines d’Abraham.
1-2-3 @rougeetor
Philippe Morneau-Cartier comme champion du jour.
De retour dans 2 semaines pour la rencontre Interlock à Fredericton. pic.twitter.com/kFGNFepC1z
— Felix A Lapointe (@CoachLapointe) September 23, 2023
The Laval Rouge-et-Or males made cross-country look simple on the first meet of their season on the Plaines d’Abraham, sweeping the rostrum at their hometown occasion. Philippe Morneau-Cartier took the win over his Laval teammates Jean-Simon Desgagnés and Jonathan Tedeschi, protecting 8K in 24:35. The highest-ranked Laval squad, led by these three males, is about to face harder competitors on the AUS/RSEQ Interlock meet at Kingswood Resort in Hanwell, N.B. on Oct. 7, the place they may compete towards Dalhousie, UNB Reds, and StFX X-Males. This weekend’s AUS/RSEQ Interlock meet ought to give us an concept of Laval’s power forward of the convention championships on the finish of the month.
The College of New Brunswick Reds broke into the highest 10 for the primary time this season following a formidable fourth-place end on the Western Invitational, surpassing Western, McMaster, and McGill to safe the #6 spot. The Reds had been led by Jared Howse, who completed third general within the males’s 8K race behind champion Nicholas Bannon and runner-up UBC’s Andrew Davies.
🏃♂️ Congratulations to Nicholas Bannon from the Gryphons Cross Nation crew on being named @usportsca Cross Nation Athlete of the Week!
📰 https://t.co/XAAjHDkaG0
#GryphonPride #GryphonCrossCountry pic.twitter.com/tBWjC95ifX— Guelph Gryphons (@guelph_gryphons) October 4, 2023
Additionally shifting up two spots within the rankings are the Dalhousie Tigers after a dominant victory on the Acadia Invite, the place they positioned 5 runners within the prime 11. OUA groups Guelph, Western and McMaster all slipped within the rankings after less-than-ideal performances on the Western Invite. Guelph’s prime two runners carried the load, however the crew lacked the depth that they had in earlier years, with their third runner ending exterior the highest 20. The Western Mustangs confronted an analogous state of affairs, falling wanting expectations, ending sixth.
Particular person title contenders
Jean-Simon Desgagnés (Laval Rouge-et-Or)
Phillipe Morneau-Cartier (Laval Rouge-et-Or)
Jared Howse (UNB Reds)
Max Davies (Guelph Gryphons)
Andrew Davies (UBC Thunderbirds)
Jude Wheeler-Dee (Queen’s Gaels)
Nicholas Bannon (Guelph Gryphons)
Jon Podbielski (Regina Cougars)
