BURLINGTON, Ont. – For the third time during the 2025-26 season, a University of Guelph student-athlete has been named 'OUA Athlete of the Week.'
Alexandra McDougall from the Guelph Gryphons women's cross country team has earned conference-wide honours. McDougall, alongside Jude Wheeler-Dee (Queen's men's cross country), Rosie O'Brien (Carleton women's rowing) and Riley Watson (Brock men's rowing) has been named 'OUA Athlete of the Week' for the week of October 20 to 26, 2025. McDougall, a biomedical engineering major at the University of Guelph, won the women's individual title at the 2025 OUA Cross Country Championships in Kingston.
OUA Athletes of the Week (Oct. 20 - 26, 2025)
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country, Guelph Gryphons |
| Jude Wheeler-Dee |
Men's Cross Country, Queen's Gaels |
| Riley Watson |
Men's Rowing, Brock Badgers |
| Rosie O'Brien |
Women's Rowing, Carleton Ravens |
Alexandra McDougall's remarkable 2025 continues as she has been named 'OUA Athlete of the Week.' The Port Perry, ON native can add provincial champion to her list of 2025 accomplishments as she was the first person to cross the line out of 94 racers to claim the women's individual championship at the 2025 OUA Cross Country Championships in Kingston on Saturday (Oct. 25). The fourth-year biomedical engineering major had a dominant race from start to finish, finishing the women's 8km race with a time of 26:50.5, which was :48 seconds ahead of her next closest racer. For McDougall, this marked her third race win of the season as she earned wins at the Vigars and Salter Western Invitational and Marauder BayFront Open. The 1st-place finish for McDougall also earned her OUA First Team All-Star status and MVP status as the individual race winner. The Gryphons women's cross country team narrowly missed out on a podium finish, coming in 4th-place in the overall team standings. McDougall and the rest of the Gryphon cross country team will head to Sherbrooke for their final event of the season in two weeks (Nov. 8) when they compete in the 2025 U SPORTS Cross Country Championships, hosted by Sherbrooke.
Guelph Gryphons named OUA Athletes of the Week in 2025-26
| Alexandra McDougall |
Women's Cross Country |
Oct. 20-26, 2025 |
| Gianni Green |
Football |
Sept. 22-28, 2025 |
| Olivia Rizakos |
Women's Soccer |
Sept. 22-28, 2025 |
