(Ottawa, Canada---13 October 2018) University of Ottawa GeeGees Athletes racing in the 2018 Jim Howe Memorial XC Challenge at Mooney's Bay Park in Ottawa, Canada.

Brennan leads Gee Gees in Sherbrooke

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It was a return to action for both the University of Ottawa Gee Gees and Carleton University of Ravens as they spent Saturday at the Sherbrooke Vert et Or Invitational.

Despite the week off, the Gee Gees Rebecca Brennan picked up where she left off in Quebec City as she posted the best finish of the group with her eighth place finish in the women’s six kilometre event. Brennan’s time of 25 minutes and 25 seconds put her 65 seconds off the podium.

Following the results of the season opener, third year runner Keili Shepherd was second across the line for the Gee Gee women as she crossed the line in a time of 26:32 to finish 21st.

Pippa Norman was Carleton’s top finisher in 44th with a time of 27:52.

On the men’s side, Gee Gee sophomore Stephen Robinson was the top finisher in 19th with a time of 29 minutes and 58 seconds over the eight kilometre course. Much like in Quebec, it was a tight bunching of Gee Gees as teammates Adrian Fournier and Robert Mitchell were two and three spots back, respectively.

The top finisher for Carleton was Cameron Bruce, who placed 46th with a time of 31:50.

Next up for both teams is the Capital Cross Country Challenge this weekend at Mooney’s Bay. Action starts Friday with the High School section and culminates Saturday with the Eastern Ontario Elementary Schools XC Championship and the Capital XC Open.

For more information on the event, head over to www.ottawalions.com/capital-cross-country-challenge

(Ottawa, Canada---13 October 2017) Adam Sanger of Glebe Collegiate Institute (finished second) leads the pack over the hay bales early in the boys Junior Varsity High School Capital Challenge Cross Country Race in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Sean Burges / Mundo Sport Images)

Adam Sanger – XC Athlete of the Week

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Part of new endeavour to recognize the hard work put in by our athletes, Coach Kirk Dillabaugh will be naming the Cross Country Athlete of the Week this fall as we progress through the school and university seasons to the Canadian Championships this November in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Our first XC Athlete of the Week goes to high schooler Adam Sanger for the week of September 16-22.  Representing Glebe Collegiate, Adam placed second to OFSAA Steeplechase silver medalist Liam Walsh at the prestigious Trinity Invitational in Port Hope, ON, leading his Gryphon senior boys team to victory and contributing to Glebe’s overall team title.
Sanger covered the 6.4 kilometre course, which included two trips up the dreaded Mount Trinity, in 22 minutes and 18 seconds.
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Lions post top 10 finishes at Army Run

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The pinnacle of the fall road racing schedule took place Sunday morning through the streets of downtown Ottawa and Gatineau as thousands of runners took part in the annual Canada Army Run which includes races of 5 and 10km as well as a half marathon.

The 5km event had a strong concentration of Lions athletes with 800 metre specialist Sebastian Saville posting the top overall finish among Club members, finishing fifth in a time of 17:00.4. Finishing just outside the top 10 was 15 year old Jack Link who crossed in 17:35.2 for 11th. Also in the top 20 for the men was Jay Sneddon in 17th.

For the women, both Skye Pellerin and Charlotte Murchison cracked the top 10 with the pair finishing seventh and eighth respectively. Pellerin, a recent  National Finalist in the RBC Training Ground competition,  finished in 19:47.7 while Murchison was two and a half seconds back.

In the half marathon event, Jason Dunkerley was 12th overall in a time of one hour, 20 minutes and 34.1 seconds. We believe Sunday’s run may have been the first half marathon for the five time Paralympic medalist who has previously run two marathon’s including a third place finish in last year’s Boston Marathon. Guiding Dunkerley Sunday were veteran Jeremie Venne and a recent addition to the club, Jean Marie Uwajeneza.

Finishing six minutes back of Dunkerley was Cameron Porter. The 16 year old Aspire athlete crossed in one hour, 26 minutes and 47.9 seconds to finish tops among the 14-19 year olds competing and 45th overall among the men.

Also putting forth a very strong effort in the half marathon was former Lion and University of Ottawa Gee Gee runner Erika Houde-Pearce finished fourth among the women with an impressive personal best of 1:29:24.3.

The Lions head on the road this weekend to compete at the University of Sherbrooke Vert et Or Invitation cross country event.

(Ottawa, Canada---13 October 2018) Athletes racing in the 2018 Jim Howe Memorial XC Challenge at Mooney's Bay Park in Ottawa, Canada.

Alie-Lamarche leads Gee Gee men to silver at McGill XC Open

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The cross country season officially kicked off last Friday afternoon in Montreal as athletes from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University took to the rolling hills of Mont Royal Park. The event, host by McGill University, featured a full field of teams from Quebec in an early season preview of next month’s RSEQ Championships.

The Gee Gee men had a strong finish, placing second in the eight team field to the Laval Rouge et Or by the narrowest of margins 52 to 51. The team was led by sophomore Andre Alie-Lamarche who completed the six kilometre course in a time of 19 minutes and 25 seconds. Teammates Adrian Fournier, Stephen Robinson, Nic Roberts and Paul Bates moved as a pack through the course as the quartet placed 11-12-13-14, all crossing the line within five seconds of each other.

The women’s team was led by Rebecca Brennan who placed 13th overall, completing the four kilometre course in 15 minutes and 24 seconds. Brennan had a breakout summer season on the track, including numerous personal bests over 5000m, should be one of the Gee Gees top runners throughout the season. Teammate Keili Shepherd was next across the line for the Gee Gees, placing 28th in 16:03. The women’s team placed sixth overall with 151 points.

The Ravens fielded just two runners, with Pippa Norman taking 48th in the women’s race and Darrell Hill placing 81st among the men.

This weekend will be a break from competition with the season resuming on September 28 with the Sherbrooke Vert et Or Invitation.