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Staehli leads women's team to Queen's Invitational win, men take 2nd
KINGSTON, Ont. (October 17, 2015) - The final race for the Gaels prior to the OUA Championship was their own Queen's Invitational held on Saturday afternoon at Fort Henry.

Full results

Queen's took a first place finish on the women's side beating out the other eight schools thanks to a first place finish by Julie-Anne Staehli (Lucknow, Ont.) who won the women's 6km race in a time of 20:45.47. The men's team finished with a second place standing among the 10 visiting schools just behind the McMaster Marauders who took the first place finish as a team.

Individually behind Staehli on the women's side was a third place finish overall from Claire Sumner (Calgary) who ran a time of 21:04.97 just behind Staehli by a little over a minute. Charlotte Dunlap (Ottawa) took a ninth place finish in a time of 21:40.93 and Erin O'Higgins followed up with a 13th place standing at a time of 22:22.56.

On the men's side it was once again Alex Wilkie (Almonte, Ont.) leading the way for Queen's as he took a second place finish coming in at a time of 31:06.53 in the 10km run. Wilkie finished just over four seconds behind the first place finisher Kevin Tree from Lakehead University who clocked in at a time of 31:02.47. Eric Wynands (Lyn, Ont.) ran a 31:37.28 good enough for sixth overall and Jeff Archer (Kingston, Ont.) ran a 32:04.09 which placed him in 14th overall.

Men's Top 3 Teams
1. McMaster 37
2. Queen's 62
3. Lakehead 69

Women's Top 3 Teams
1. Queen's 30
2. McMaster 46
3. Toronto 77