West 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Veronika Fagan placed 16th overall in a very fast field on Saturday at Clearbrook Park in Abbotsford.

Fagan鈥檚 race led the UBC Okanagan Heat women鈥檚 team to fourth-place over all in the tune up for the upcoming CCAA national championships.

Fagan ran with the lead pack and fought hard to hold position her (20:13) in the 6km track was sixth amongst women in the university portion of the race.

Coach John Machuiga highlighted the effort from Camille Galloway.

鈥淲e had a gutsy performance from Camille Galloway who had to stop for almost two minutes mid-race but still managed to get back up and finish the race in 63rd spot,鈥� said Machuga. 鈥淪he ran down several TRU runners after stopping which secured the win over TRU.鈥�

Also running from the women鈥檚 team was Alex Beswick (23:14) who placed 55th overall (25th in the university portion of the race). Julianna Neudorf (23:52, 60th / 26th), Camille Galloway (24:19, 63rd / 28th), Rachel Garrett (25:02, 70th / 32nd).

The Heat will next run on Saturday, Nov. 11 when they will defend their national championship from last fall.

Only 20 minutes away from Montreal, the 2017 CCAA Cross-Country Running National Championships will be hosted by Coll猫ge Lionel-Groulx.

Heat results (University/junior result):

鈥� 16th 鈥� Veronika Fagan 鈥� 20:13 (6th)

鈥� 55th 鈥� Alex Beswick 鈥� 23:14 (25th/13th)

鈥� 60th 鈥� Julianna Neudorf 鈥� 23:52 (26th)

鈥� 63rd 鈥� Camille Galloway 鈥� 24:19 (28th)

鈥� 70th 鈥� Rachel Garrett 鈥� 25:02 (32nd)