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LAURENTIAN WOMEN HOLD 1^ST XC MEET OF YEAR

September 10^th, 2007

SUDBURY, Ont. - The Laurentian University women's cross-country running team hosted the Laurentian Open/Ramsey Tour race on Sunday, competing against Northern rivals Nipissing University, on a 5km course. In the end, Laurentian came out the faster team scoring 17 points to Nipissing University's 46 points. Meghan Juuti, Maggie Robins and Kirsti Dolson paced the Laurentian squad finishing 1-2-3, while Nipissing's Carly Drake was fourth with an excellent time of 20:44 over home course.

"The girls have been training extremely hard since last winter, and they've improved dramatically," said head coach Dick Moss. "Six of our top-eight from last year have graduated, so we're definitely rebuilding, but our result today shows we're capable of strong team running."

"It was a nice debut for the squad, including Kelly Laing and Natalie Daley, who both scored in our top-seven," said assistant coach, Darren Jermyn.

Women's Team Results

(Participants: Laurentian & Nipissing U)

1. Meghan Juuti             20:01    Laurentian

2. Maggie Robins        20:06   Laurentian
3. Kirsti Dolson,            20:24    Laurentian
4. Carly Drake              20:44    Nipissing
5. Stephanie Flieler        20:45    Laurentian
6. Kelly Laing               20:47    Laurentian
7. Hilary Kilbreath         20:54    Laurentian
8. Natalie Daley            21:31    Laurentian
9. Ashleigh Bowins    21:48    Nipissing
10. Amanda Seed        21:52   Laurentian
11. Katie Hicks             22:12    Nipissing
12. Celeste Woods      22:24   Laurentian
13. Andrea Poryckyj   22:29   Laurentian
14. Mathilde Demory  23:06   Laurentian
15. Becky Van Zeyl    23:10   Laurentian
16. Emily Pearson         23:15   Laurentian
17. Nicole Good            24:31   Laurentian
18. Stephanie Wiens   24:46   Laurentian
19. Celynn Marceau    24:47   Nipissing

20. Taralynn Ray        24:48    Nipissing

Team Scores - Women
Laurentian: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (7,8) = 17

Nipissing: 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 = 46

Next up for the team is the Western International in London, Ont. on September 22^nd,

2007.

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Alex Graham

Laurentian University Sports Information Coordinator