University of Toronto Varsity Blues cross country and track and field standout Lucia Stafford was named the 2019-20 OUA female athlete of the year across all sports as announced on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Stafford was named both the OUA and U SPORTS cross country athlete of the year after winning gold at both championships this season. The OUA first-team all-star and U SPORTS first team all-Canadian dominated the season, winning the OUA title by six seconds and the U SPORTS crown by a whopping 14 seconds.
 
On the track, she helped the Blues to a bronze-medal finish at the conference meet, claiming silver in the 4x800 relay. At the national championships, the engineering major won both the 1000m and 1500m, while earning silver and bronze in the 4x800 and 4x400 relays, respectively.
 
Earlier in the season, the U SPORTS first team all-Canadian broke two Canadian under-23 records in the mile and 1000m and also recorded two fifth-place finishes while representing Canada at the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.
 
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