Rattlers women’s XC enjoys winning weekend

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 13, 2022.

The Medicine Hat College Rattlers cross-country team opened their season Saturday with a women’s win on the back of two rookie runners.

Madison Scrimger and Becky Ross made their college XC debuts on Saturday at the ACAC’s first event of the season, The MHC Cross-Country Running Race at the MHC campus.

Scrimger placed second in the women’s 6 km race with a time of 24:12, 73 seconds behind defending CCAA XC champion Makenna Fitzgerald from SAIT. Collectively, the Rattlers women captured the team title with a score of 38 points, two ahead of Red Deer Poly.

The win was historic, with it being over 30 years since a Rattlers women’s XC team had won an ACAC race. In addition to Scrimger and Ross, Cheldynn Molnar (15th), Pyper Gill (17th), and Annika Marshall (25th) also represented the Rattlers in the women’s 6 km race.

The Rattlers men’s XC team were without their team captains, Brannon Sumner and Carson Schiller, on Saturday for their 8km race. Jaiden Romaniuk was the top MHC finisher, placing 14th in a time of 32:15. Romainiuk was followed by Gage Smith (17th), Harrison Lawson (19th), Shintaro Iwata (23rd) and Justin Jaeger (24th). The Rattlers men placed 5th in the team scoring.

The Rattlers next event is the Jordan Fish Memorial Race hosted by SAIT in Calgary on Saturday.

Prior the ACAC races, a community race was held for local schools. Winners included:

Elementary Girls 2 km: Myra Murray, Medicine Hat Bulldogs

Elementary Boys 2 km: Andrew Vis, Medicine Hat Panthers

Junior High Girls 4 km: Ember Jacober, Medicine Hat Panthers

Junior High Boys 4 km: Zaide Kolody, Medicine Hat Panthers

Senior High Girls 4 km: Montserrat Mir, Hat High

Senior High Boys 4 km: Nick Lefeve, Eagle Butte High

Senior High Girls 6 km: Hannah Kozakewich, Hat High/Panthers

Senior High Boys 6 km: Askia Tahirou

Open Men 6 km: Keegan Kolody, Medicine Hat Panthers

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