Antigonish, NS – The Tigers men's cross country team finished in third place at the StFX Invitational interlock meet on Saturday afternoon.
The interlock meet attracted 99 intercollegiate runners from AUS and RSEQ schools. Laval took the team title with 27 points, with the X-Men close behind at 32. Dalhousie was third with 85 points.
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot from Laval was the individual race winner, completing the 8k course in a time of 25:43.76. His teammate Benjamin Raymond was second at 25:36.50.
Matt McNeil was the fastest Tiger on the day finishing 9th with a time of 25:58.90. Matthias Mueller and and Jake Wing placed in the top 20 finishing 13th and 17th, respectively.
Also competing for the Tigers were Nick Wood (22), Will Russell (29), Graeme Wach (37) and Angus MacIntosh (42).
The Tigers have wrapped up regular season competition and will have a weekend off before competing at the Subway AUS championship on October 25th in Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, hosted by Saint Mary's University.