LMS has unofficially sponsored it’s first team! The UNB Cross Country team (of which both Cliff and I are proud alumni) has been supplied with some LMS/UNB XC gear. This season, the team has made quite a resurgence in both numbers and talent despite being cut from Varsity status by the University! (to read about this controversial decision, please read: open letter and the many passionate responses to it).

This past weekend the XC team raced in Halifax at the Saint Mary’s Invitational and showed off their new LMS hoodies. Some of the UNB athletes raced very well, including a 3rd place finish by Matt Pieterson, who actually won the Canadian National Elite Duathlon Championship on September 13th. Adam Campbell (the boyfriend of Canadian Olympic Triathlete Lauren Groves) ran two laps with the lead pack, then dropped back from a sure-fire top 5 finish to help pace fellow UNB runners Shawn Miller (right) and Derek Ferguson. Thanks to him, they both ran huge PB’s leading to 13, 14, and 15th place finishes in times of around 26 minutes for the 7.5KM course. This time was critical, because the university (in accordance with the decision to cut the team), set forth a time standard in which the runners must meet in order to allow them to run in the Atlantic University Championships at the end of October. The times of these runners beat the 26:15 standard and means they can run! The men’s team also secured a solid 2nd place finish - the best in about three years! Full Men’s results

The UNB womens team made huge strides this season after a few down years.  The team has grown in numbers with some solid results.  In Halifax, the team was led by Heather Bray in 16th place and Jill Seymour in 29th. The team finished 5th of 7 overall. Full Women’s results can be seen here. 
Pics from the race can be found here and here.

If you’d like to get something like this for your team, just drop us a line at LiveMultiSport@gmail.com

Chris