The 2022 XC Season kicked off this past week with Glebe competing at the Trinity Invitational in Port Hope and Louis Riel hosting the XCookie Run at the Hornet's nest.
Saul Taler (Glebe) was the class of the field in Port Hope, capturing the Junior Boys race in rather convincing fashion. Taler hung back from the lead group over the first k before moving to the front alongside Bill Crother's Liu (Unionville, ON). Taler made his move just before Mt. Trinity and gapped Liu by over 35 seconds in the final kilometre. Taler's teamates, Whike, Carney and Craig ran well behind him as Glebe's Junior Boys finish 3rd.
Taler's teammates also had success findng the podium in Port Hope as Julia van Wesenbeeck (Novice Girl) and Lauren Alexander (Senior Girl) captured silver and bronze their respective races. Glebe's Senior Girls team of Alexander, Waddington, Thomas and Welburn placed second in the Senior Girls race.
The following day saw Junior Girl Adrienne Fraserswalls (Franco Cite) best the field in the Varsity Girls race at the XCookie Run. Colonel By's Soran Ghazal captured the Varity Boys race, which saw Colonel By place 4 grade 9's in the top 8 of the field, making them a very formidable team and stating their intention to capture the City Title in late October.
Up next week is the Capital XC Challenge at Mooney's Bay. The Friday afternoon races will feature Junior and Senior Divisions at shorter race distances and the XC season slowly gets underway.
Results and Meet Information can be found on the Glebe XC site
Best of luck to all this season and as always, Happy Training!
