Canadian Reid wins again

Sportswriters get excited when a professional sports team repeats a championship.

So I think the efforts of Newmarket’s Sheila Reid need to get more attention than two sentences in today’s Toronto Star.

Yesterday Ms. Reid, a senior at Villanova University in Philadelphia, captured her second straight NCAA cross country title at the Wabash Valley Sports Centre in Terre Haute Indiana.

Reid was apparently down by 2 strides with 100 metres to go but came from behind to best Oregon’s Jordan Hasay by .6 seconds in the 6,000 metre race.
Has any Canadian athlete had as phenomenal a record in NCAA competitions?

In addition to this NCAA cross country double, Reid was a double champ at the outdoor championships this past June winning the 1,500 and 5,000.  At the 2011 Indoors meet she led Villanova to victory in the Distance Medley Relay and finished second to Hasay in the 3,000.

Reid told the Associated Press:

"It is very satisfying to win my last collegiate cross country race.  I still have an outdoor season but coming in here as the defending champion I really wanted to finish cross country on a strong note and win the individual title again. It may sound trite but I love to win and after college the opportunities to race in cross country are limited."

The 22 year old attended Sacred Heart Catholic in Newmarket.

Way to go Sheila Reid!!

More on her accomplishments can be found at http://www.villanova.com/sports/w-track/mtt/reid_sheila00.html 

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