Saturday, at the University of California Trail running race, Breville, Que. - UBCO's Veronika Fagan first crossed the finish line to win the gold medal.

The trail running championship is a competition held by Blainville at the University of Canada.

Fagan ran for 6km in 21 minutes and 42 seconds, making the Heat team a bronze medal in the process.

Fagan set the pace of the match and set itself apart from the first three-thirds of the game with host Collège Lionel-Groulx Nordique during home games. In the last kilometer, Fagan established a gap and crossed the finish line.

She said entering home is a weird feeling as she has never won such a contest before. She felt she chose the right college and the best coaching staff, team and family support to let her pass each game. She was very fortunate to UBCO for her three years of work.

Fagan will finish second with 130 seconds, nearly 20 seconds ahead of third place. The third-year nursing student from West Kelowna is not only a national winner, she also won the CCAA full bonus.

The next Terminator for UBCO women is Camille Galloway. Nurse students and former team soccer players finished the match at 23:08, finishing 12th. Juliana Noyndorf and Alex Bessev were the other two Heat scorers, respectively, in the 25th and 30th respectively 9 seconds (23:57, 24:06) won the rankings .

With these four results, the Heat hit a third with 68 points. The host Collège Lionel-Groulx Nordiques won the gold medal, while the SAIT from Calgary won the silver medal. The highlight of SAIT was Alea Stockton, a gold medalist with UBC Okanagan last year.

The first year coach John Machuga appointed a simple and effective strategy to rank his top runners - to win or to win.

she says. She is very good at preparing and visualizing her game. She won today. This was her goal at the beginning of the season, and he felt he worked very hard this weekend to accomplish that goal. "

Fagan said she was not sure how it felt, but she crossed the finish line as a national champion. Obviously she was nervous, but very excited. The pacemaker on the bike is cheering for her and the girls who have been running because it is her hometown.