XC | 24 Season Recap

SAIT’s men's and women's cross-country teams dominated the field this season. After four successful grand prix, with four total 1^st place finishes, the Trojans runners showed out at the ACAC championships, including Makenna Fitzgerald and Nathan Woyessa both taking home first place in their respective races.

At the championships, the four women’s runners all finished in the top 20 of 47. Makenna Fitzgerald took 1^st, Sonjaa Schmidt 4^th, Hallee Pilling 15^th and Kerigan Frampton 18^th. With a time of 21:43, Fitzgerald beat second place by over two minutes.

On the men’s side, three Trojans came top five, including first place, and three more finished in the top 25 of 61. Nathan Woyessa finished on top, with Maximus Thiessen claiming 3^rd, Keiran Marchand 5^th, Elsami Rosa-Molina 14^th, Maxwell Reisinger 21^st and Brian Rono 24^th.

All 10 runners would make their way to nationals on Nov. 11 in Nova Scotia.

At nationals, Makenna Fitzgerald continued to prove herself as the best college runner in Canada, taking another first place with a time of 20:59. Sonjaa Schmidt finished 29^th, Kerigan Frampton 59^th, and Hallee Pilling 72^nd.

The women’s team impressively finished 6^th in the country.

Maximus Thiessen capped off his amazing season - after winning Grand Prix 2 and 3 - by finishing 5^th in Canada at nationals with a time of 25:17. Nathan Woyessa, who won at the ACAC championships, finished 17^th, and right behind his was Keiran Marchand in 20^th. Elsami Rosa-Molina finished 43^rd, Brian Rono 71^st and Max Reisinger 77^th.

The men’s team ended nationals with a podium finish, in third place.

Congratulations to every Trojan runner on such a successful season, proving again that SAIT is a top cross-country school in Canada.

Article written by Will Fisher.