Canadian Operating and Below Armour have teamed up for the 2024 Canadian U Sports activities cross-country season to spotlight a number of the high homegrown abilities throughout the nation. Every week, main as much as the 2024 U Sports activities Cross-Nation Championships in Kelowna, B.C., in November, Canadian Operating will choose the highest athlete because the Below Armour Athlete of the Week.
The award will go to a U Sports activities cross-country athlete who achieved a standout efficiency at their meet. These athletes can be featured on Canadian Operating and awarded an Below Armour prize pack that includes the brand new UA Infinite Professional path shoe. This week we spotlight Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) athlete Elisa Tripotin for her efficiency on the Laval Invitational in Quebec Metropolis on Oct. 5.
Tripotin’s efficiency on the Plains of Abraham–one of the crucial rigorous cross-country programs in Canada–marked her second win of the 2024 cross-country season. The 26-year-old from Montreal clocked 30:07 over the 8K distance, beating the next-best athlete by greater than 26 seconds.
Humid climate resulted in a muddy area and brought about the course’s steep climbs to be much more menacing; Tripotin believes these circumstances performed to her benefit as a 3,000m steeplechase runner. “It’s somewhat stunning, however I actually do like muddy programs,” she admits. “The Plains of Abraham is a superb course–because of the large hill you climb 4 occasions. The extra technical the race, the happier I’m.” The PhD pupil additionally took dwelling the win on the McGill Invitational in Montreal on Sept.7; she accomplished the 6K course in 22:06.
“I’m hoping for an awesome race on the U Sports activities XC Championships,” Tripotin says. “Final yr, I used to be amazed to see the density of ladies in the course of the race–we virtually ran the entire race in a pack of 30 individuals! I’m so proud to be a part of this dazzling development in girls’s cross-country and need to elevate this stage even increased.” Tripotin completed thirty third within the 2023 championships, and was the primary finisher for the UQAM Citadins.
Tripotin’s success this fall continues exterior of U Sports activities. On Sept. 20, she took half in Montreal’s Beneva Marathon street mile, taking second place in 4:53 behind Quebec’s Jessy Lacourse–a former U Sports activities XC champion with Université Laval.
Tripotin is working towards her PhD in Sociology and English research at UQAM. She is in her third yr competing for the Citadins.
Full outcomes for the Laval Invitational may be discovered right here.
2024 girls’s U Sports activities cross nation mid-season energy rankings