CALGARY — Red Deer College athletes Devin Woodland and Jordanna Cota placed third and ninth respectively among college runners during the open men’s and women’s races in ACAC Grand Prix cross-country races Saturday at Confederation Park.
Woodland finished the men’s eight km race in 28 minutes, four seconds and placed seventh overall. Cota was 16th overall in the women’s five km event with a time of 21:29.
Former standout RDC runner Jodi Nesbitt was second overall in the women’s race with a clocking of 18:48. Jessice O’Connell posted the winning time of 18:08.
Willy Kimosop of the Running Running Athletic Club in Edmonton claimed the men’s championship with a time of 26:25.
RDC finished fifth in the women’s college team standings and sixth in men’s, with Lethbridge and SAIT taking the respective titles.
Other RDC results:
Men — Noah Arychuk, 28:05, 24th (11th ACAC); Tyler Nelson, 35:05, 57th (36th ACAC); Kevin Buckel, 42:22, 79th (49th ACAC).
Women — Emily Maplethorpe, 22:56, 31st (19th ACAC); Samantha Debree, 23:31, 35th (23rd ACAC); Anna Duda, 23:51, 38th (25th ACAC); Laura Friesen, 24:03, 42nd (29th ACAC); Catherine Alcorn, 24:45, 51st (33rd ACAC); Sidney Moss, 26:56, 66th (51st ACAC); Nicole Willson, 27:59, 68th (53rd ACAC).