GUELPH, Ont. – Two Gryphon varsity teams are in postseason action this weekend, pursuing provincial and national championships. The Gryphons men's rugby team is aiming for an OUA four-peat, as they prepare to host the 2024 OUA Men's Rugby Championship game on Friday night, while our Gryphons cross country team flies to the west coast to compete with the best university runners in the country at the 2024 U SPORTS Cross Country Championships in Kelowna, B.C.
MEN'S RUGBY
OUA Men's Rugby Championship Final
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 7pm
Varsity Field | Guelph, ON
Guelph Gryphons (No. 1-seed) vs Queen's Gaels (No. 3-seed)
Broadcast: oua.tv
Tickets: gryphons.ca/tickets
Familiar foes meet once again for a chance to hoist the Turner Trophy. For the third time in four seasons, the Guelph Gryphons men's rugby team will battle the Queen's Gaels in the OUA championship game. The Gryphons will look to win their 4th consecutive OUA title, and 7th conference title in program history. Guelph has knocked off Queen's twice during their three-peat and they currently have a three-game win streak over their rivals from Kingston, including a dramatic 35-31 come-from-behind victory over the Gaels on September 14 where the Gryphs came back from a 24-7 deficit which earned them the right to host the title game as the top seeded team in the OUA. The Gryphons defeated Waterloo last week after earning the bye as the No. 1 seed while the Gaels, without the benefit of the bye week as the No. 3 seed, defeated the Badgers in the quarterfinals before traveling to London to earn a semifinal victory over the Western Mustangs. Both teams have qualified for the 2024 Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship in Ottawa (Nov. 13-17). Friday night's OUA championship game from Varisty Field in Guelph can also be seen live online at
oua.tv with tickets available at
gryphons.ca/tickets.
CROSS COUNTRY
U SPORTS Cross Country Championships
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Mission Recreation Park | Kelowna, B.C. | Hosted by UBC Okanagan
Women's 8km Race – 4pm ET | Men's 8km Race – 3pm ET
Broadcast: CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca & CBC Sports YouTube
The Gryphons men's and women's cross country team will make the trip to Kelowna, B.C for the 2024 U SPORTS Cross Country Championship on Saturday (Nov. 9). The Gryphon men are coming off a 2nd-place finish while the women earned a 5th-place finish in the team standings at the 2024 OUA Cross Country Championships from North Bay two weeks ago. On the men's side,
Max Davies and
Jack Lehto will look to wrap up their cross country season with another strong performance after both runners finished on the podium at the OUA Championship. Both
Christian Rachner and
Adam Schmidt have experience racing in nationals having raced in two previous occasions.
Charlie Mills,
Dylan Ferri and OUA Rookie of the Year,
Luke Feltham, will race in their first U SPORTS championships for the team. The men will look to win their 17th U SPORTS Championship after finishing last season just outside of the podium in 4th. The women are led by
Michelle Gray and
Laura Yantha as they both finished in the top 20 at OUA's and both have raced at nationals previously.
Alexandra McDougall also brings nationals experience after crossing the line in 26th last year in London.
Leah Stapleton,
Nicole Hartnell and OUA Rookie of the Year,
Kristina Etezadi, will compete at the U SPORTS championships for the first time. The women came just shy of a podium finish last season in 4th as they look to win their 14th national championship.
