REDS 6th In London

(LONDON, ON) Ivy Bialowis (Ottawa, ON) was the top UNB REDS finisher, placing 12^th, in the women's eight-kilometre race at the Vigars and Salters Invitational, hosted by Western University, in London, Ontario.

The race was won by the University of Windsor's Madelyn Eybergen.

Bialowis' time of 31:24.6 was more than 90 seconds off Eybergen's winning time of 29:50.2.

UNB's Emily Doucet (Aldouane, NB) was 24^th in the field of 111, while Georgia Bernhard (Guelph, ON) was 26^th.

"It was a solid bunch of runs from our women's group today," said REDS' head coach Chris Belof. "Ivy did a great job of leading, and she'll continue to grow as her season continues."

"It was a good opener in tough conditions," said Bialowis. "I started out controlled, because of the heat, and slowly moved through the pack."

Claire Hamilton (Kingston, ON) ran 54^th and Alexandra Benevides (Antigonish, NS) was 78^th.

The REDS women were sixth of 11 in the team standings.

"Claire and Alexandra ran very well in their first U SPORTS races," said Belof. "We're excited to continue preparing for a challenging AUS championship meet."

The next event on the Atlantic University Sport women's cross country schedule is October 5^th, in Moncton.

"I'm looking forward to AUS, in just over a month," said Bialowis. "It's time to get back to training and sharpen up for championship season."

The Atlantic conference championship meet, hosted by Memorial, goes October 26^th, in St. John's.

STORY BY: Andy Campbell/UNB Athletics

PHOTOS BY: Ryan Robinson/Mustang Athletics