Fitzgerald repeats and Garneau claims its first Women's Team Title
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Makenna Fitzgerald, from the ACAC's SAIT Trojans repeated as the women's individual CCAA Champion, crossing the line in a blistering time of 22 minutes and 15 seconds. The Medicine Hat College Rattlers played host to the 2022 CCAA Cross-Country Championship presented by Mint SmartWash on a cold, November day in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Makenna finished a full 22 seconds ahead of Marika Couture (22 minutes, 37 second) of the Élans de Garneau who earned the individual silver medal. Reese Bendiksen from the Augustana Vikings finished third in a time of 22 minutes and 40 seconds, just 3 seconds out of second. Jenica Swartz from Red Deer, ACAC and Amelie Simard from Alma rounded out the top five. In the team event, the Élans de Garneau of the RESQ were crowned CCAA National Champions with a team score of 40 point and an average team time of 23 minutes and 58 seconds. The team consisted of Marika Couture, Magalie Lessard, Raphaelle Leblond, Marianne Alarie and Alice Marsh. Bringing home, the team silver medals were the RESQ's Sherbrooke Volontaires who had a team score of 84 points and an average time of 24 minutes and 58 seconds. The team consisted of Rose-Emanuelle Binette, Elisa Vaillancourt, Natasha Bolger, Gabrielle Mercer, Meliann Briere and Laura Belanger. The Champlain Saint-Lambert Cavaliers made it three for three for the RESQ as they took the bronze medal. They had a team score of 96 points and an average time of 25 minutes and 8 seconds. The team was made up of Emmanuelle Paquet, Sofia Veilleux, Emmanuelle Chaput, Jeanne Burton, Shelby Lajeunesse and Lea Boucher. |
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Women's All-Canadians
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Makenna Fitzgerald, SAIT
