LADY VEES TEAR UP HOME COURSE, ANDERSON WINS RAMSEY TOUR

SUDBURY, Ont. - The Laurentian Lady Vees cross-country tem kicked off their season on Sun., Sept. 13 at their annual home event, the Ramsey Tour. There were 160 participants, and two university teams. The Lady Vees rookie Lindsay Anderson of Ottawa won the five kilometre race.

The race which wound its way through the Laurentian campus and Lo-Ellen Park neighbourhood was a combination of road and crusher-dust trail. This did not faze the home-town Lady Vees as they placed first with at team total of 18 points led by Anderson in a time of 19:07. Maggie Robins of Port Perry, Ont. finished second at 19:12; third was Emma Tallman of Mindemoya, Ont. in 19:26. The other two scorers were Stephanie Flieler of Trenton, Ont. in fifth with a time of 19:48 and Mathilde Demroy of Sudbury, Ont. who ran 21:01 good for seventh place.

The complete list of Lady Vees finishers is below.

Pos.-Time-Name
1.-19:07-Lindsay Anderson
2.-19:12-Maggie Robins
3.-19:26-Emma Tallman
5.-19:48-Stephanie Flieler
7.-21:01-Mathilde Demory
9.-21:38-Hannah McCurdy-Adams
12.-22:00-Cayla Spencer
14.-22:24-Jessica Nanne

"It was an excellent start for us," said Laurentian head coach Dick Moss. "I can't remember when we've had four runners under 20 minutes in this race, and we held out several of our top runners because of illness and injury; we're off to a good start."

The Lady Vees next stretch out on Sat., Sept. 26 when they travel to London for the Western Invitational. Keep up-to-date with all your Lady Vees and Voyageurs news at www.luvoyageurs.com.