Women’s Cross Country News

The Queen’s Gaels (women) and reigning national champion Guelph Gryphons (men) are the top-ranked cross country programs to start the 2018 season.

The Gaels, who captured the team silver medal last fall in Victoria, kicked off their season on Saturday, winning the Queen’s Invitational on home course at Fort Henry Hill, the host of the next two U SPORTS national championships. The Gryphons meanwhile, won their 10th national title in 12 years last November, but first since 2014. Both teams head to London, Ont., for the Western Invitational this weekend.

In other U SPORTS rankings, Cape Breton (men’s soccer), Trinity Western (women’s soccer) and Ottawa (women’s rugby) remain national leaders for another week.

New this season, U SPORTS is implementing the ELO Rating System for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. Powered by RankR, ELO’s unique algorithm blends a statistical calculation with customized variables that is adaptable across a range of sports. For more information, click here.

Men's Cross Country

Rank School Points Previous
1 Guelph 100 -
T2 Laval 75 -
T2 McMaster 75 -
T2 Calgary 75 -
5 Queen’s 56 -
T6 UBC 43 -
T6 Western 43 -
8 Victoria 30 -
9 Windsor 23 -
10 Regina 10* -
Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (10)*, Lakehead (5),
Dalhousie (3), Toronto (3)

*Regina is ranked No.10 over Trinity Western due to a high number of higher-placed votes

Women's Cross Country

Rank School Points Previous
1 Queen’s 95 -
2 Toronto 85 -
3 Guelph 80 -
4 Laval 63 -
5 McGill 60 -
6 Victoria 56 -
7 Calgary 28 -
8 Dalhousie 23 -
9 Alberta 18 -
10 Trinity Western 15 -
Other teams receiving votes: Western (10), UBC (5), Saskatchewan (5),
Sherbrooke (3), Acadia (3), Regina (3), McMaster (3)

Women's Rugby

Rank School Season ELO Previous
1 Ottawa 3-0 1870.7 1
2 StFX 2-0 1757.2 2
3 Laval 2-1 1722.4 3
4 Guelph 2-0 1711.1 4
5 Queen’s 2-1 1710.4 7
6 Carleton 3-0 1666.2 NR
7 Calgary 1-0 1658.9 6
8 Acadia 2-0 1631.6 8
9 Brock 2-0 1610.1 10
10 McMaster 1-1 1601.7 5
Honourable Mention: Victoria (1590.0), York (1518.8), Concordia (1516.9)

Men's Soccer

Rank School Season ELO Previous
1 Cape Breton 3-0-1 1783.5 1
2 York 5-0-2 1758.9 2
3 UBC 5-0-1 1737.8 5
4 Montreal 4-0-0 1735.7 3
5 Carleton 7-0-1 1732.2 4
6 Ryerson 6-0-1 1720.3 6
7 Guelph 6-1-1 1686.3 7
8 Alberta 6-0-1 1663.3 8
9 Acadia 4-0-0 1615.6 NR
10 StFX 2-1-1 1611.6 9
Honourable Mention: Trinity Western (1601.5), Laval (1598.5), UQAM (1581.1),
McMaster (1578.9), Toronto (1564.1), Queen's (1544.2), Western (1530.6),
UNB (1528.4), Thompson Rivers (1526.6), UFV (1521.1), Dalhousie (1519.8),
Waterloo          (1517.0), Victoria (1507.0), UNBC (1503.8)

Women's soccer

Rank School Season ELO Previous
1 Trinity Western 4-0-0 1782.8 1
2 Montreal 4-0-1 1764.5 2
3 Cape Breton 4-0-0 1758.3 3
4 Laval 2-1-2 1696.3 4
5 Western 4-0-3 1694.2 8
6 Acadia 4-0-0 1679.7 10
7 Queen's 5-1-0 1677.7 7
8 Ottawa 6-1-1 1667.8 5
9 Guelph 6-0-2 1662.8 9
10 UBC 3-2-0 1661.3 6
Honourable Mention: Alberta (1650.5), UOIT (1627.1), Victoria (1610.8),
Calgary (1609.1), Dalhousie (1598.0), York (1569.1), Memorial (1562.9),
McGill (1538.6), MacEwan (1534.9), Saskatchewan (1523.8), Toronto (1517.6),
StFX (1515.4), McMaster (1500.5)