Simply because the autumn leaves start to alter colors, the Canadian college cross-country standings from previous years change too. That’s proper–it’s time for our annual pre-season U Sports activities cross-country energy rankings.
Right here’s how our rankings function: when a staff secures a win, their place within the rankings ascends, whereas any losses will knock them down within the standings. We’ll be offering updates to those rankings each two weeks all through the season as we construct as much as the 2024 U Sports activities Championships scheduled for Nov. 9 at Mission Recreation Park in Kelowna, B.C..
10. Western Mustangs (OUA)
9. McMaster Marauders (OUA)
8. McGill Redbirds (RSEQ)
7. Victoria Vikes (CanWest)
6. College of New Brunswick Reds (AUS)
5. Sherbrooke Vert et Or (RSEQ)
4. Guelph Gryphons (OUA)
3. UBC Thunderbirds (CanWest)
2. Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQ)
1. Queen’s Gaels (OUA)
In contrast to the ladies’s aspect, the boys’s staff rosters have seen main modifications. UBC’s Andrew Davies and John Perrier each capped off their ultimate yr of college eligibility with their top-five finishes on the 2023 U Sports activities Championships, serving to to deliver residence the staff title for the Thunderbirds. The Rouge et Or staff, final yr’s runner-ups, additionally enters the season with out two of their beneficial scorers, Jonathan Tedeschi and Paris Olympic finalist Jean-Simon Desgagnés. The absence of those athletes will definitely have an effect on the depth of the UBC and Laval squads–leaving the staff title up for grabs.
The Queens Gaels enter the yr because the top-ranked staff within the nation; all seven members of their third-place squad from the 2023 U Sports activities championships are returning. First-team all-Canadians Jude Wheeler-Dee and Roman Mironov might be key members of the staff as soon as once more, having helped carry the Gaels to a third-place end final yr. Ethan Rashid-Cocker and Angus Skinner each placed on spectacular performances final yr as rookies within the U Sports activities scene–they’re certainly set to deliver their A-game much more this yr with expertise below their belts. Staff veterans Will Cox, Miles Brackenbury and Tanner Hueglin spherical out the competitors roster that simply would possibly break a 40-year-old curse; the Queen’s males’s staff hasn’t gained a U Sports activities Championship staff title since 1984.
Particular person title contenders
Philippe Morneau-Cartier (Laval Rouge et Or)
Matthew Beaudet (McGill Redbirds)
Jared Howse (UNB Reds)
Jude Wheeler-Dee (Queen’s Gaels)
Max Davies (Guelph Gryphons)
Jonathan Podbielski (Regina Cougars)
Nolan Turgeon (Sherbrooke Vert et Or)
Jacob Benoit (Dalhousie Tigers)
2024 ladies’s U Sports activities cross nation pre-season energy rankings
This 2024 U Sports activities Cross Nation season might be delivered to you by Beneath Armour. Every week, we might be deciding on a high performer of the week within the run-up to the 2024 U Sports activities Championships. The winners will get unique UA gear and an interview on Canadian Operating.
