Running in her first cross country race since the ninth grade, second year Lancer Madelyn Eybergen had an outstanding run and captured the women's individual gold medal at the Vigars & Salter Western Invitational this past Saturday in London, ON.
 
Eybergen finished the race with a time of 29:51, crossing the finish line a full 10 seconds ahead of the silver medalist.
 
Overall, the Lancer women placed seventh overall in the team standings. Joelle Olla was the second Lancer across the finish line in a time of 32:16, Natalie Fortier was next in 32:54, followed by rookie Natalie Adam in 33:47, and Karen Castillo at 34:03.
 
FULL WOMEN'S RESULTS
 
On the men's side, Jacob Fitzpatrick led the blue and gold to an overall fifth place team finish. The senior runner finished eighth overall in a time of 25:58.
 
Noah Costa was the next scorer to cross the finish line, completing the 8km race in 26:14. Luke Mahwhinney finished in a time of 26:19, while rookie Andreas Pardalis completed the race in a time of 26:48, and Brayden DeGrace in 27:31.
 
FULL MEN'S RESULTS
 
UP NEXT
The blue and gold will now travel to the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Friday, September 27th in South Bend, Indiana.