2009 West Conference Championships

Glebe Collegiate and Nepean High School tied for the Overall Aggregate, based on the four best scores in the six categories, at the West Conference Cross Country Running Championships Tuesday at the Kanata Recreation Centre. Merviale was 3rd with 25 points.

Glebe, Nepean and Merviale, tied for the Boys Aggregate (20 points), while Nepean took the Girls Aggregate (22 points) ahead of Franco-Ouest (14) and Glebe (11).

Midget Girls
Without Lindsay Kary (St. Matthew) for company, Bell's Samantha Klus had an easy time of it running to a comfortable 20 second victory. Klus led her teammates to a very close team title, edging out Sir Robert Borden. Both schools finished with 42 points, Borden being led by bronze medallist Kayla Adenok and placing three runners in the top 7, but Bell's 4th (Montana Mason) finished 19th, while Borden's 4th (Kyffin de Souza) finished 27th. NCSSAA tie-breaking procedures give the victory to the team with the higher placing 4th place finisher. Bridget Hayes (Mother Teresa) finished in the runner up position.

Midget Boys
Mickey Day (Holy Trinity) and Kyle McCleery (South Carleton) ran together stride for stride for most of the race before Day pulled away over the final 200m for a 4 second victory. Rubin Kataki (Merivale) finished 3rd. Colin Foley (Glebe) finished 4th to pace his team to a narrow 6 point victory over South Carleton.

Junior Girls
Emma Galbraith (Franco Ouest) pushed hard early and only Kayla Jones (Nepean) and Sheniz Eryuzlu (All Saints) where brave enough to try and match the pace, but both paid for it later. Galbraith went on to a 51 second victory while Jones held on to second with Charlene Rhead (Glebe) overtaking Eryuzlu with just over one kilometer to go to earn the bronze. Rhead's teammates placed 5 runners in the top 15 (3-6-10-13-15) for a 29 point victory over Franco Ouest.

Junior Boys
Nepean's Scott Donald hung on to Adam Palamar (Merivale) for nearly 5,600 m, but Palamar opened up some daylight around the finishing loop and down the stretch for an 8 second victory. Both boys were over 1:30 ahead of bronze medalist Drew Bursey of AY Jackson. Merivale Coach Jamey Pender had bumped up a few of his Midget runners to Junior in hopes of challenging East Conference powers Colonel By and Beatrice Desloges next week and his Marauders ran to a comfortable 30 point victory over Nepean.

Senior Girls
Joanna Brown (All Saints) and Emily Kemp (Nepean) ran together for the first half before Brown surged away to open a comfortable lead. Daniela Arrieta (Mother Teresa) made a huge move over the final kilometre, coming from almost 100m back to overtake Kemp and finish only 4 seconds behind Brown. Kemp's teammates placed 5 runners in the top 19 to take the team title over runner up Sacred Heart. (above: Brown #5, and Arrieta #253, at the bottom of the hill slowly work their way through the field).

Senior Boys
Kieran Day (Holy Trinity) made it two for two in the Senior race, matching his younger brother's victory earlier in the day, posting a 1:09 victory over Keith Colwell (West Carleton). Merivale's Sam Milliken finished 3rd while his teammates packed 5 runners in the top 15 (3-4-9-13-15) for the largest victory of the day, a 31 point win over Sir Robert Borden.

The East Conference Championships run tomorrow at the Hornet's Nest.

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