With two weeks to go before the ACAC Championships, the Wolves x-country running teams are rounding into top form.  Both teams had season’s best placings on Saturday in ACAC Grand Prix #5 – the Augustana Open in Camrose.

The men were again led by Devin Woodland who placed third amongst the college runners, his third ACAC podium placing this fall. Woodland clocked a time of 28:34 for the challenging 8 km course.  Rookie runners Jack Carrigan and Duncan Farrow were the next GPRC runners, placing 20^th and 24^th respectively in their first ACAC race.  Torlief Lansgaard (49^th), Evan Paul (50^th) and Bjorn Carlstad (53^rd) were the other Wolves runners recording a placing.

Overall, the men placed fifth, behind the victorious Lethbridge College.

Thirteen Wolves women, the most ever entered in a ACAC race, toed the line in the womens 5 km event.  Maddy Clough led the way for GPRC with a ninth place finish.  Following Clough, were Lena Farrow (20^th), Kaya Hardy (24^th), Davis Alton (38^th), Chassity Mohan (39^th), Vanessa Besharah(44^th), Carinal Ness (46^th), Calla Scott (26:11), Linnea Saltel (54^th), Erin Corcoran (58^th), Hannah Tighe (64^th), Alison Hodgins (66^th), and Carly Upshall (68^th).

In the team competition, the women placed 6^th,

 Next up for the x-c Wolves is the Wolves Alumni X-C Relay on Saturday at the Wapiti NordicSki Trails.