Lancers cross-country snags silver at CIS championship
By Chris Kerr
Sports Editor
November 18, 2009
 The Lancers Men’s Cross Country team stormed Kingston’s Fort Henry Hill and came back with a silver medal at the 2009 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Cross Country championship on Saturday.
Dave Weston, who’s been a force for the Lancers, finished the race in fourth place overall with a time of 30:54.
Weston was named a CIS First Team All-Canadian for his performance at this year’s national meet.
Lancer teammate Adam Kellar finished eighth overall with a time of 31:34, and was named a CIS Second Team All-Canadian.
The seemingly unstoppable Guelph Gryphons won the Men's national team title for their fourth consecutive year.
This year’s competition saw the Gryphons seize the record for the most CIS banners won by a single school with a staggering 15.
The Gryphons entered the event tied with the University of Victoria at 13.
Guelph’s Women’s team also entered the history books becoming the first team to earn five championship banners in a row.
The former CIS mark had been set by Western Ontario from 1981 to 1984 and equalled by Victoria from 1998 to 2001.
On the men's side, the Gryphons cruised through the 10-kilometre race finishing with 31 points. Windsor was second with 92 points and St. FX claimed team bronze with 170.
Three Guelph teammates were among the first five runners to cross the finish line, including individual champion Matt Brunsting, who earned back-to-back CIS gold medals.
Brunsting finished the course with a time of 30:34.3.
The silver medal went to Gryphon Kyle Boorsma with a time of 30:44.8, while University of Regina's Kelly Wiebe was third at 30:49.8.
The Guelph women won with a 57-point tally blowing away the competition as the Toronto Varsity Blues were second at 144 points and the McMaster Marauders third with 147.
"Our main goal all season was to win the team banners again," said Guelph head coach Dave Scott-Thomas, named both CIS women's and men's coach of the year for the fourth straight campaign.
"It was a battle out there and our teams held strong. We also broke three major records today which is great."
Lancers’ Dayna Pidhoresky named Second Team All-Canadian
The Lancer Women finished 11th overall in the team competition.
The top finisher for the Lancers was Dayna Pidhoresky who finished the five kilometre race in 14th overall position in a time of 17:41.
Pidhoresky was named a CIS Second Team All-Canadian for her gallant effort.
The event saw 25 schools compete, featuring 323 student-athletes from across Canada.
Fort Henry Hill will be the site of the 2010 International University Sports Federation Cross Country Championships on Saturday, April 11.
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