West Kelownaѻýs Veronika Fagan placed 16th overall in a very fast field on Saturday at Clearbrook Park in Abbotsford.
Faganѻýs race led the UBC Okanagan Heat womenѻýs team to fourth-place over all in the tune up for the upcoming CCAA national championships.
Fagan ran with the lead pack and fought hard to hold position her (20:13) in the 6km track was sixth amongst women in the university portion of the race.
Coach John Machuiga highlighted the effort from Camille Galloway.
ѻýWe had a gutsy performance from Camille Galloway who had to stop for almost two minutes mid-race but still managed to get back up and finish the race in 63rd spot,ѻý said Machuga. ѻýShe ran down several TRU runners after stopping which secured the win over TRU.ѻý
Also running from the womenѻýs team was Alex Beswick (23:14) who placed 55th overall (25th in the university portion of the race). Julianna Neudorf (23:52, 60th / 26th), Camille Galloway (24:19, 63rd / 28th), Rachel Garrett (25:02, 70th / 32nd).
The Heat will next run on Saturday, Nov. 11 when they will defend their national championship from last fall.
Only 20 minutes away from Montreal, the 2017 CCAA Cross-Country Running National Championships will be hosted by Collège Lionel-Groulx.
Heat results (University/junior result):
ѻý 16th ѻý Veronika Fagan ѻý 20:13 (6th)
ѻý 55th ѻý Alex Beswick ѻý 23:14 (25th/13th)
ѻý 60th ѻý Julianna Neudorf ѻý 23:52 (26th)
ѻý 63rd ѻý Camille Galloway ѻý 24:19 (28th)
ѻý 70th ѻý Rachel Garrett ѻý 25:02 (32nd)