KELOWNA, B.C. - The UBCO Heat women's cross country team will head to the U SPORTS Championships in Sherbrooke, Que., ranked eighth in the country after U SPORTS released its final Top 10 rankings of the season on Tuesday.

After bringing home a bronze medal from the Canada West Championships on the weekend, the Heat rose one spot in the rankings, moving from a tie for ninth with the Guelph Gryphons into a tie for eighth with the Gryphons.

The team, who will feature Canada West individual champion Lauren McNeil, Canada West all-stars Sophie Hamilton and Tori Bouck, Canada West All-Rookie team member Maraid Johnson, along with Ella Wigmore and Sharanya Vijayaraghavan at nationals, will look make a run at UBCO's all-time best finish at the U SPORTS Championships, a fifth-place showing in 2022.

Last year, UBCO finished sixth at the national championship when it was hosted on their home course at Mission Recreation Park in Kelowna.