Cross Country

April 4, 2025

Gaels celebrated during 89th annual Colour Awards

On the evenings of April 1 and 2, Queen’s Athletics and Recreation hosted their annual Colour Awards for both Varsity Clubs and the Varsity Teams.
April 4, 2025

‘The Journal’ staff crown this year’s top varsity athletes

In honour of the 89th annual Colour Awards taking place from April 1 to 2, The Journal completed its annual Staff Picks for Varsity Athlete of the Year.
April 4, 2025

Quotes of the Year: 2024-25

The 2024-25 season was filled with sweet victories and bitter defeats. Fortunately, The Journal was there to capture them all.
February 14, 2025

Jude Wheeler-Dee continues to make Queen’s history

In the sport of running, there are few achievements as prestigious as running a sub-four minute mile. In history, less than 2,000 athletes have achieved the mark.

Queen’s Distance Track starts season strong, secures 11 medals at University of Ottawa Winter Classic

January 21, 2025
The Gaels came into the 2025 U SPORTS Track and Field season carrying momentum with Men’s Cross-Country championship and fifth place finish for the Women’s team.

Aidan’s Angle: Top five moments of the fall semester

November 29, 2024
The start of the 2024-25 year brought with it many memorable moments for the Gaels. From the ice to the field, this edition of Aidan’s Angle will present my top five sporting moments and performances of the fall semester.

Gaels win big at Cross Country U SPORTS National Championships

November 15, 2024
The U SPORTS Cross Country Championships in Kelowna, B.C., brought together the top cross country teams from across the nation on Nov. 9.

Jude Wheeler-Dee is racing to the top

September 27, 2024
Almost all top athletes become the best by playing their sport since childhood. Wayne Gretzky started skating at the age of two and a half, and Lebron James started organized basketball in the fifth grade.

Gaels Cross-Country double down on wins at St. Lawrence’s Hoffman Invitational

September 24, 2024
The Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country teams travelled south to St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where they won big at the Hoffmann Invitational on Sept. 21.

Queen’s Colour Awards awarded

March 29, 2024
This week student-athletes and staff gathered in the ARC to celebrate the Colour Awards and the 2023-24 season, ‘The Journal’ recaps.

Queen’s roommates appointed to national cross country roster

January 12, 2024
Queen’s Men’s Cross Country teammates and roommates Ethan Rashid-Cocker and Angus Skinner were appointed to Team Canada’s roster for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championship.

Jude Wheeler Dee: Queen’s Track and Field golden boy

March 17, 2023
Jude Wheeler-Dee has been unstoppable this winter.

Queen’s Track and Field has record-breaking season

March 3, 2023
The Gaels sprinted their way into the spotlight after a stunning display of athleticism at the OUA Track and Field Championship on Feb 24 and 25.

Queen’s Jude Wheeler-Dee breaks 35-year-old record

January 31, 2023
On Friday at the McGill Team Challenge, Jude Wheeler-Dee broke a 35-year-old Queen’s Track and Field 1,000-metre record with a time of 2:22:15.

Cross Country wants to ‘leave a legacy’

January 20, 2023
Queen’s Cross Country had a season to , but it’s the team bonds they will never forget—theirs is a story of legacy creation.  

Cross Country Team aims ‘to be something bigger than yourself’

October 21, 2022
It’s been an accomplished season for the cross-country team so far, with the men currently ranked fifth and the women ranked sixth in Canada.

In internal emails, former provost Tom Harris referred to cross country team member’s email as ‘cult behaviour’

June 29, 2020
Former provost Tom Harris called a cross country team member’s response to the forced removal of former coach Steve Boyd from the OUA championships “cult behaviour,” according to dozens of emails obtained by The Journal through a freedom of information request.

Cross country team meets with Deane, new provost

March 6, 2020
On Monday, the Queen’s cross country team sat down with Principal Patrick Deane and the newly-instated provost Mark Green to discuss Steve Boyd’s firing.