Five runners compete at Athletics NS meet

Halifax, NS - Five STFX track runners competed at the Athletics Nova Scotia Last Chance meet at the Canada Games Centre Friday night, all in the 3000m event.

For the X-Men, Landyn Cooke-Bithrey was the lone X representative in the race featuring 18 runners. He ran a time of 9:12.81 in sixth place overall.

In the women's 3000m race with 14 competitors, Caroline Ash came out on top with a time of 9:29.31. She was followed closely by her teammates Caden Lee and Eileen Benoit in second and third places. Lee finished at 9:34.35 and Benoit at 9:35.88. Also running for the X-Women was Eden Hildebrand in fifth spot overall with a time of 10:34.92.

Ash's time automatically qualified her for the U SPORTS championship standard time.

This meet marks the only one of the indoor season that X will be competing in prior to the Christmas break. They will be back on the circuit on Saturday, January 17th, again at the Canada Games Centre in Halifax. 

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