Thunder Athletics Weekly Recap - Week 4
Another week of Thunder Athletics has passed, with Soccer and Cross Country both having events over the weekend. Check out below how each team finished the week.
Cross Country
It was a successful Grand Prix for the Thunder Cross Country team as they travelled to Grande Prairie to take part in the event. Markus Boland and Owen Stewart both finished Top 10 individually in the men’s 8km, while Benjamin Colliou finished in the Top 20. For the women’s team, Ashlee Walker finished in second in the 6km event, with Kiera Greidanus and Ashley Schmaltz both ending in the Top 25.
In the team rankings, the men finished 2nd overall and the women finished 4th.
Here were the top three times for each team
Women’s 6km
1) Ashlee Walker - 21:51
2) Kiera Greidanus - 26:21
3) Ashley Schmaltz - 27:17
Men’s 8km
1) Markus Boland - 27:39
2) Owen Stewart - 27:45
3) Benjamin Colliou - 29:18
Thunder Cross Country is back at it again this coming weekend as they travel to Camrose for Grand Prix #4 hosted by U of A Augustana. The event will be held on Saturday October 4th.
Soccer
Thunder Soccer had their best weekend of the season with both teams playing on the road against the Lakeland Rustlers on Saturday and finishing at home vs Portage Voyageurs on Sunday.
The women’s team had their best scoring weekend of the year thus far, defeating the Rustlers 3-0 on Saturday and overwhelming the Voyageurs 9-0 on Sunday. Their 12 goals over two days bests their previous weekend high of 6 scored the weekend prior. Overall there were nine different goal scorers, with Abby Burton, Daniella Elyas, and Vanessa Pietramala each scoring two. The defence was also spectacular, allowing only 1 shot on goal the entire weekend.
For the men, it’s the first time this year that they’ve gotten two wins in one weekend, defeating the Rustlers 2-1 and the Voyageurs 3-0. Against the Rustlers, team captain Carlos Echeverria got the Thunder going with the first goal of the game 24 minutes in. Sam Viera chipped in at the 52 minute mark with another goal putting the Thunder up 2-0. Lakeland did their best to push, scoring a goal in the 74th minute, but Concordia held on for the win. Sunday vs. Portage was all CUE all game. Duke Naylor got the Thunder on the board and the team didn’t look back, with another goal from Viera and Evan Santos’ first goal of his ACAC career. Their defence was also phenomenal, allowing only one shot on goal the entire game.
Thunder Soccer look to continue their incredible weekend into their next group of games, when they travel to Lac La Biche to take on Portage on Saturday October 4th, followed by a Sunday home matchup versus Edmonton rival NAIT on October 5th.