Men’s Cross Country Win National Bronze

Medicine Hat, AB – The St. Clair College Men's Cross Country team ran to a National Bronze Medal Saturday afternoon in frigid conditions at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championships hosted on the campus of Medicine Hat College (Alberta).  This makes consecutive bronze medals for the Saints and the fourth straight year with a podium finish at the nationals.

Tyler Jones (LaSalle, ON/Sandwich) led St. Clair with a 4^th Place finish in a time of 26:00 over the 8km snow covered loop and will complete his Saints career as a 5-time CCAA All-Canadian team member.  2^nd year runner Jacob Fitzpatrick (Tecumseh, ON/Tecumseh Vista) also earned All-Canadian status after placing 7^th in a time of 26:10 with 5^th year teammate Rick Nepomuceno (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) finishing 12^th (26:33).  2^nd year captain Matt Lafleur (Kingsville, ON/Kingsville District) was 49^th (29:00) for the Saints after battling through illness over the final 2km.  Other finishers for the Saints were rookies Russell Niedre (Ottawa, ON) in 91^st position (31:49) and Michael Horrobin (Wallaceburg, ON) in 93^rd place (31:53) in a field of 114 competitors. 

The St. Clair Women were 15^th out of the 18 schools entered and were led by 3^rd year runner Mya Palumbo (Amherstburg, ON/General Amherst) in 55^th position with a time of 26:10 in a field of 117 finishers over the 6km course.  3^rd year captain Natasha Atherton (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) was 67^th in 26:47 while 2^nd year runner Melody Knight (Tecumseh, ON/Tecumseh Vista) finished 89^th in a time of 28:06.  Rookie Victoria Skoyles (Mount Elgin, ON) was 98^th (29:18) followed by Narjis Sharifi (Windsor, ON/Vincent Massey) in 107^th position (31:04) and Montana Wilkins (Cottam, ON/Essex) in 110^th (32:23 to round out the Saints team.