Sea-Hawks Cross Country Team To Push Their Limits this Saturday

The Memorial Sea-Hawks Men's Cross Country team will be traveling to Saint Mary's University for the AUS Cross Country Championships. They will hit the trail on Saturday October 28th.

""As for the Memorial SeaHawks, who finished fifth in 2022, second-year head coach Mark Miller said that his student-athletes are "feeling really, really good."

"We have most of our team back from last year," he added. Miller offered that his roster will be "a little bit stronger and more prepared."

He predicted Memorial should make a move up the team standings, from fourth in 2022, while adding one or two conference all-stars to the ranks.

Leading the way will be fifth-year senior Levi Moulton (Paradise, NL), who garnered a second-team AUS all-star nod in 2022. "Levi is in really, really good shape," Miller said, noting he has recovered from an injury. He added, "I think he will be even better than last season."

Noah Dufreyne (Toronto, ON) is coming off a strong summer season, one in which he finished first in the prestigious Tely 10 road race this summer in St. John's. "He is in great shape," Miller said, adding that he expects Dufreyne to move up the ladder in the conference.

James Power (Goulds, NL), Evan Youden (St. John's, NL) and Patrick Tarrant are returnees expected to be key contributors. "They have all made great strides," Miller said.

As for newcomers, he said there is a "whole flock," noting the program has 12 student-athletes; last year, there were only seven. "It's huge," Miller added of the expanded roster, explaining how that benefits the program in areas such as improved training. Describing it as "raising the floor to raise the ceiling," he noted how the competition will make everyone on the team stronger.

Miller pointed out that Memorial will also benefit – for the first time in several years – from participating in multiple AUS meetings; one at Acadia, along with the scheduled interlock meet at UNB.""

-Taken From the AUS Website https://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/sports/wxc/2023-24/releases/20230908mc8zxw

"It's been a long season of hard training. I'm looking forward to finally getting to show how fit we are" says Sea-Hawks James Power, who is expected to have a strong showing this weekend. 

The Sea-Hawks Men's Cross Country team will be gearing up and giving their all this Saturday, October 28th where they will be fighting to increase their standings from last year.

Photo By: Udantha Chandraratne