Tara Jeffrey
Sarnia-Lambton was well represented at the SWOSSAA (The South Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association) Cross Country Championships this week at Malden Park in Windsor, where a number of local athletes earned their tickets to the OFSAA finals, including three who won individual titles.
Chase Capes of St. Pat’s won the novice boys’ 4km race, while Northern Collegiate’s Lily Bressette won the junior girls 5km race, and LCCVI’s James Grant won the junior boys 5km race.
The junior boys’ team from St. Pat’s — Brady Colamenco, Noah Waybrandt, Mason Brown and Evan Iacobelli — also won the team title, with 9th, 10th, 12th and 13th place finishes, respectively.
In the novice girls division, Northern’s Harper Sieders (7th place) and Olivia Somers (10th place) earned OFSAA berths.
In the novice boys division, Capes’ first-place finish (13:13) was followed up by Northern’s Jack Metcalf (13:15) and North Lambton’s Wyatt Ferguson (13:17).
They’ll head to OFSAA along with the second-place St. Pat’s team of Greyson Levy (9th), Evan Macsweeney (10th), and Daynen Vanderveeken (21st).
In the junior girls’ division, Avery Norland of St. Pat’s secured her ticket to OFSAA with a fifth-place finish (19:25), along with Bressette who finished first with an impressive time of 17:30.
In the junior boys division, Dawson Moses of Northern finished 3rd (16:43) and Paxton Burnie of Great Lakes SS came in 5th (16:53); they’ll join James Grant at OFSAA, who finished with a leading time of 16:00.
The senior girls team from Northern also moves on after finishing second overall; that includes Mikayla Portiss (10th), Zoe Alexander (11th), Alyson Laird (13th) and Sydney Edwards (14th).
The 2023 OFSAA Cross Country Provincial Championships will be held Nov. 4 in Etobicoke.
For a full list of results, click here.