High School Runners Compete at OFSAA Cross-Country Championships

Cobourg Collegiate Institute photo

By Jeff Gard/Today’s Northumberland

Local athletes competed Saturday at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations cross-country running championships Dagmar Ski Resort in Uxbridge.

While cross-country is a team sport, some runners also qualified for the provincial championship meet as individuals.

In the novice girls 4km race, Cobourg Collegiate Institute placed 16^th with 525 points as Lena Smyth was 93^rd in 18:58, Sofia Jones 107^th (19:17), Audrina Harris 128^th (19:35) and Zara Khosla-Vucko 197^th (22:01).

Collingwood CI was the top team with 177 points (low score of top four finishers on the team) and the winner of the race was Birchmount Park’s Eleanor Voykin in 14:54.

CCI’s novice boys placed 21^st in that division with 535 points after completing the 4km course. Adrian Linton was 88^th in 16:01, David Cullen 115^th in 16:25, Ty Tomlinson 124^th in 16:31 and Jack Duncan 208^th in 17:60.

Brighton’s East Northumberland Secondary School placed 33^rd as a team with 862 points, including the top four of Chase Eddy in 178^th (17:12), Nate Boomhouwer 204^th (17:54), Owen McDougall 237^th (18:54) and Orion Kovacs 243^rd (19:53) as well as Jonathon Trescher 246^th (20:56).

Tyler Calvert-Challice, from Cobourg’s St. Mary, placed 35^th in 15:22 as an individual.

Brockville’s Thousand Islands Secondary School is the novice boys champion with 198 points. The race was won by Napanee District’s Jack Gregory in 13:58.

In the junior girls 5km race, Port Hope’s Trinity College School placed sixth overall with 311 points. The division was won by Sarnia Northern with 226 points. Ava Moric from John Diefenbaker Sr won the race in 17:60.

Competing for TCS were Abby Richards in 70^th (21:09), Bianca Rigamonte 71^st (21:11), Charlotte Belanger 84^th (21:29) and Charlotte Patterson 86^th (21:32) as well as Hannah Thompson 151^st (22:57).

East Northumberland placed 25^th with 625 points, including Abby Clitherow in 115^th (22:09), Cadence Tait 123rd (22:19), Claire McDonald 171^st (23:35) and Kaite Hazlewood 216th as well as August Nadolny in 217^th (25:05).

St. Mary’s Emily Goodall placed 89^th as an individual in 21:39.

Immaculata won the team title in the junior boys 5km race with 228 and the race was won by Glebe Collegiate’s Saul Taler in 16:03.

With 736 points, East Northumberland placed 29^th as Jacob Wamboldt finished in 143^rd (19:22), Carter Christian 167^th (19:49), Braeden Lay 205^th (21:16), Logan Rivard 221^st (21:59) as well as Dium Decoste 223^rd (22:09).

CCI’s William Urbach placed 71^st as an individual in 18:09.

In the 6km senior girls race, CCI’s Maria Linton placed 234^th in 37:35. The winner was Sarnia Northern’s Gabby Jones in 22:13.

Vincent Massey Secondary won the team title with 200 points. Trinity College School placed 30^th with 789 points. Accumulating those points for TCS were Avery Vrooman in 172^nd (30:56), Nina Gardes 191^st (31:38), Dagna Jezioro 208^th (32:54) and Xenia Blankenburg 218^th (33:58).

TCS captured the bronze medal in the 6km senior boys race with 269 points, following the division champion London Central which had 205 and Neil McNeil with 266. The race was won by London Central’s Ian McAllister in 19:08.

Aidan Small led the way for TCS in 35^th (21:23) followed by Liam Small 44^th (21:36), Liam Gibson 83^rd (22:28) and Andrew Richards 107^th (22:51). James Hassard finished 121^st in 23:12.

East Northumberland placed 29^th in the team standings with 713 points. Aidan Molenhuis was 146^th (23:49) followed by teammate Dominic Noreau 158^th (24:07), Aidan Miklos 204^th (25:59) and Owen Turner 205^th (25:60) as well as Carter Geens 215^th (26:39).