Axewomen finish third in Cross Country Championship meet

HALIFAX, N.S. - The Dalhousie Tigers raced to a first-place women's team finish at the 2018 Subway AUS Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon. The Axewomen finished third overall in the team standings.

The championships were hosted by Dalhousie University at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, N.S.

WOMEN'S RACE RESULTS

In the women's 8km race, the Tigers claimed two individual medals and three of the top four finishers.

Dalhousie senior Michelle Reddy captured first-place honours with a time of 29:23.21.

Second-year Tiger Savanna Jordan (Calgary, Alta.) was the women's silver medallist, finishing with a time of 29:56.81.

Katie Robinson (Saint John, N.B.), a senior runner with the Acadia Axewomen, captured bronze with a time of 30:14.69.

Dalhousie's Sophia Watts finished fourth with a time of 30:36.83.

This marks Dalhousie's 25^th AUS women's cross country banner win and their sixth consecutive year claiming the title. They finished with 37 team points.

The StFX X-Women earned a second-place team finish with four runners in the top 10. Hana Marmura (Antigonish, N.S.) finished sixth with a time of 30:51.85, Zoe Johnston (Pembroke, Ont.) came in eighth with a time of 31:08.10, Rachel MacDougall (Antigonish, N.S.) claimed ninth finishing in 31:13.43, and Jane Hergett (Port Williams, N.S.) rounded out the top 10, posting a time of 31:13.45.

The X-Women finished with a team score of 45.

The Acadia Axewomen claimed team bronze, with a team score of 74. They had two top 10 finishers—bronze medallist Robinson, and Madalyn Higgins (Halifax, N.S.) who finished seventh with a time of 31:03.37.

Moncton's Carol-Ann MacDonald (Irishtown, N.B.) finished in fifth place with a time of 30:43.43.

Moncton earned a fourth-place team finish with 144 points, closely followed by UNB in fifth with 146 points, Saint Mary's in sixth with 152, UPEI in seventh with 159 and St. Thomas in eighth with 231.