Fall is within the air, and which means one factor: it’s time for our annual pre-season U Sports activities cross-country energy rankings.
Right here’s how the rankings work: if a workforce is successful, they are going to climb the rankings. If a workforce is dropping, they slide. We’ll replace the rankings each three weeks through the season within the ramp-up to the 2023 U Sports activities Championships on Nov. 12, from London, Ont.
We’re eight weeks away from the 2023 U Sports activities Championship, so listed below are the rankings of the highest 10 ladies’s groups within the nation, along with a few athletes to observe for this season of their respective conferences.
10. Toronto Varsity Blues (OUA)
9. UBC Okanagan Warmth (CanWest)
8. Victoria Vikes (CanWest)
7. St. Francis Xavier X-Girls (AUS)
6. Queen’s Gaels (OUA)
5. McMaster Marauders (OUA)
4. Laval College (RSEQ)
3. Guelph Gryphons (OUA)
2. Western College (OUA)
1. UBC Thunderbirds (CanWest)
The highest-ranked UBC Thunderbirds are locked and loaded after a second-place end at nationals final yr behind Laval Rouge-et-Or, who received their second consecutive U Sports activities ladies’s championship in Halifax. Laval has misplaced two of their top-four runners heading into the season, with 2021 U Sports activities champion Jessy Lacourse and Florence Caron graduating—two spots that can certainly be troublesome to exchange. The Thunderbirds have most of their workforce getting back from 2022 (other than the reigning U Sports activities champion Glynis Sim). The UBC Thunderbirds have a greater prime six than another program within the nation proper now, and they are going to be out to show that as they tackle #2 Western Mustangs and #3 Guelph Gryphons on Sept. 23 on the Western Invitational.
Particular person title contenders
Jade Berube (Laval Rouge-et-Or)
Anna Carruthers (Western Mustangs)
Sophie Coutts (Western Mustangs)
Cameron Ormond (Guelph Gryphons)
Marley Beckett (UBC Thunderbirds)
Catherine Beauchemin (Laval Rouge-et-Or)
Hannah Goodjohn (McMaster Marauders)
