FERNDALE, Wash. – Abigail Yakemchuk earned her first top-three university result with a second-place showing at the Bill Roe Cross Country Classic at Hovander Homestead Park on Saturday. 

"Today was a great start to the season with some very strong performances led by Abigail," said head coach Malindi Elmore. "We were impressed by how the women moved up really well in the field and finished strong. This was a solid start to the year, and we will be ready to face more Canada West teams in two weeks." 

The UBCO Heat women's team finished fourth in the team standings in the 6-kilometre race, while the men's team was ninth in the 8-kilometre event. 

Yakemchuk's time of 21 minutes, 2.8 seconds placed her just over 12 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Madeline Harrison of the Central Washington Wildcats. 

Ethan Nozick finished with the top men's team result, placing 46th in 26:21.9. 

The Western Washington Vikings swept the team titles at their home meet. 

Up next, the Heat will attend the Western Challenge on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Vancouver.

WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS 
1. Western Washington Vikings – 44
2. Central Washington Wildcats – 53
3. Simon Fraser Red Leafs – 68
4. UBCO Heat – 118 
5. Club Northwest – 131
6. San Francisco State Gators – 153
7. Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks – 170
8. Trinity Western Spartans – 212
9. Saint Martin's Saints – 228 
DNP. Green River College Gators 
DNP. Edmonds College Tritons 

MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS 
1. Western Washington Vikings – 31
2. Trinity Western Spartans – 46
3. Club Northwest – 95
4. Premature Acceleration – 132
5. San Francisco State Gators – 153
6. Simon Fraser Red Leafs – 159
7. Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks – 182
8. Central Washington Wildcats – 198
9. UBCO Heat – 251
10. Saint Martin's Saints – 252
11. Unattached – 270
12. Green River College Gators – 348
13. DNP. Keep Chasin'
14. DNP. Edmonds College Tritons
15. DNP. Vancouver Thunderbirds 

HEAT WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
2. Abigail Yakemchuk – 21:02.8 
24. Maraid Johnson – 23:03.8 
28. Ella Wigmore – 23:07.4 
34. Anna-Veronika Titova – 23:24.9 
44. Tessa Coyle – 23:48.5 
63. Sharayna Vijayaraghavan – 24:43.2 
72. Maya Robinson – 25:15.2 
  
HEAT MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
46. Ethan Nozick – 26:21.9
65. John Kwon – 27:00.8
68. Justin Monteleone – 27:08.3 
74. Basil Parkins – 27:14.7
81. Ethan Peregrym – 27:33.8
94. Brody Cormier – 28:07.4
95. Evan Iacobelli – 28:18.4