KINGSTON, Ont. - Queen's Gaels women's cross country head coach Steve Boyd is proud to announce that local running sensation Brogan MacDougall (Kingston, Ont.) has signed on to join the women's cross country program at Queen's in the Fall of 2018.

Brogan has been a star not only at the national level but on the international scene as a runner in her young career. She is set to join a Gaels program that has been ranked No.1 in all of Canada for the entire season and features some of the top Canadian university runners, including her older sister Branna MacDougall.

Some of her accomplishments to date include:
-Pan Am Junior XC Champion
-Commonwealth Youth Bronze medalist
-National Junior Champion over 3,000m (while still youth age).
-National Youth XC Champion.
-29th at World Junior XC Championships (while still youth age).
-Penn Relays Collegiate 5,000m (while in grade 11)
-Fastest youth performer over 5,000m in Canadian history.
-Fastest grade 11 in North America over 5,000m in 2017
-OFSAA Senior Girls Silver Medalist (while in grade 10).
-OFSAA Junior Girls Champion and Record Holder over 3,000m

"We've never had an athlete of this calibre, really because there has never been an athlete of this calibre come into U SPORTS," said head coach Steve Boyd. "Brogan has been my athlete since grade eight, she's out of our local club, the same as Branna, and she joined the group a few years after her sister did. I had the inside track as far as recruiting her, but we tried to do what was best for her, and she decided this was the best decision for her for running."

Brogan has run with coach Boyd with Physi-Kult in Kingston and is currently a grade 12 student at Marie-Rivier Catholic School in Kingston.

"I'm just really excited to make this next step in my running career," said Brogan MacDougall with local media in attendance for the announcement. "It means a lot to have everyone coming out to support me. I'm looking forward to training with her (Branna) again so we can keep pushing each other to new limits."