Local runners qualify for OFSAA cross county championships

Journal staff Students from across Sarnia-Lambton punched their tickets to the OFSAA Cross Country Championships after qualifying at this week’s SWOSSAA event held in Windsor. Northern Collegiate dominated the Oct.

Journal staff

Students from across Sarnia-Lambton punched their tickets to the OFSAA Cross Country Championships after qualifying at this week’s SWOSSAA event held in Windsor.

Northern Collegiate dominated the Oct. 26 event, with several first-place finishes and team titles, including the overall team championship.

Students from St. Patrick’s High school and LCCVI also earned their spots at the Ontario championships, to be held Nov. 5 at the Dagmar Ski Resort in Uxbridge.

The starting line with LCCVI’s James Grant in the foreground by the pilon. (Thom Paine photo)

The following individuals and teams qualified for OFSAA at Wednesday’s SWOSSAA event:

Novice Girls’ 4km run

6th place – Lily Bressette, Northern Collegiate

8th place – Lily Odolphy, Northern Collegiate

Novice Boys’ 4km run:

2nd place – James Grant, LCCVI

4th place – Sully Toenders, Northern Collegiate

1st place team – St. Patrick’s: Brady Colamenco (6th place); Mason Brown (7th place); Noah Waybrandt (10th place); Ashton Fraser (17th place)

LCCVI’s James Grant placed second out of 72 runners at the SWOSSAA 4km novice boys cross country competition held at Windsor’s Malden Park Wednesday. Grant crossed the finish line with a time of 13:31. (Thom Paine photo)

Junior Girls’ 5km run:

1st place – Mikayla Portiss, Northern Collegiate

5th place – Mya Glaister, Northern Collegiate

1st place team – Northern Collegiate: (Mikayla Portiss, Mya Glaister, Alyson Laird (8th place); Shannon James (12th place); Zoe Alexander (30th place)

Junior Boys’ 5km run:

4th place – Alex Pretty, Northern Collegiate

1st place team – Northern Collegiate: (Alex Pretty, Conner Freer (6th place); Michael Ray (10th place); Aidan Arndt (15th place); Caleb Houghton (21st place)

Northern’s Junior Boys’ first-place cross country team at SWOSSAA. From left: Zach Houghton, Caleb Houghton, Aidan Arndt, Conner Freer, Michael Ray, Alex Pretty, Lucas Chapman. (Tara Pace-James photo)

Senior Girls’ 6km run:

1st place – Gabby Jones, Northern Collegiate

4th place – Alaina Burns, Northern Collegiate

2nd place team – Northern Collegiate: (Gabby Jones, Alaina Burns, Rebecca Haney (8th place); Sophie Victor (12th place); Sydney Edwards (20th)

Ryan Davies won first place in the 6km run, and led his Senior Boys’ team from Northern Collegiate to a 2nd place overall finish and a ticket to OFSAA. (Bruce Davies photo)

 

Senior Boys’ 6km run:

1st place – Ryan Davies, Northern Collegiate

3rd place – Charlie Shaw, LCCVI

2nd place team – Northern Collegiate: (Davies, Jackson Policicchio (11th place); Alex Desrochers (13th place); Achille Vanloubbeeck (14th place), Jack Girardi (16th place)

Northern’s cross country team, including coaches Lisa Jackson, Tara Odolphy, Kelly Winegard, Joelene McCallum, Brandi Victor and Mark Scott. (Tara Pace-James photo)

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