Zoe Painter with two olympians at nationals
Carmin Mazzotta

Cross Country Sports Information Officer

School records broken as Cross Country competes at Nationals

Zoe Painter with two olympians at nationals
School records were broken on Saturday (Nov 30) as the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack competed at the National cross country championships in Abbotsford, BC.
Zoe Painter (Whitehorse, YT) competed in a 10 kilometer women's race which included members of the Canadian Olympic team (Natasha Wodak and Genevieve Lalonde).   Painter was in the 39-44 women's category and finished the event in a time of 31:29.  That was a new school record. She finished 39 th out of 45 competitors.

Liam McGrath (Vernon, BC) competed in the senior men's 10 K event and ran it in a time of 35:02 which is a new TRU record.  He wound up 82nd out of 87 finishers.

In the U20 category, Calum Carrigan (Kamloops, BC) ran 26:39  to wind up 44th while Richard Midgely (Langley, BC)  covered the course in a time of 27:53 which was 62nd.   The other TRU runner—Riley Hall (Abbotsford, BC) suffered a bad fall over a hay bale and hobbled across the finish line in a time of 29:24 which was 75 th place.
 
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Players Mentioned

Calum Carrigan

Calum Carrigan

5' 11"
Second Year
Liam McGrath

Liam McGrath

Fourth Year
Zoe Painter

Zoe Painter

5' 6"
Third Year
Riley Hall

Riley Hall

5' 10"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Calum Carrigan

Calum Carrigan

5' 11"
Second Year
Liam McGrath

Liam McGrath

Fourth Year
Zoe Painter

Zoe Painter

5' 6"
Third Year
Riley Hall

Riley Hall

5' 10"
First Year