Haw-X Country Invitational

Small but talented fields toed the line at the Haw-X Country Invitational which served as the first tune up races to be run on the course that will be used for the Conference, NC and ultimately the 2011 OFSAA XC Championships. While teams came from as far as St. Catherine's and Hamilton, very few Ottawa schools attended the meet, likely due to the meet being on a Saturday. One meet official commented, "It's a shame when we have a meet of this calibre here on Ottawa that we can't get more support from our NCSSAA schools." Those who did not attend missed out on some quality races.

Thousand Islands (Brockville) dominated the girls side, winning all three titles and also the Senior Boys title enroute to the Overall Aggregate. Frontenac (Kingston) and Sir Winston Churchill (St. Catherine's) won the Midget Boys and Junior Boys respectively. The top NC performance was turned in by the Glebe MG who placed a close 2nd (32-45) and the Lisgar JG who placed 3rd.

Hillcrest's David McHugh took advantage of the 4 athletes in front of him running off course to post a 4 second victory and brought home the NC's only individual gold medal. Emma Galbraith placed second in the Senior Girls race, while McHugh's teammate, Kelsey Grimes was a bronze medalist in the Junior Girls race along with Lycee Claudel's Alec Trapeau in the Junior Boys race.

Full results are available at www.sportstats.ca

Louis Riel Invitational

The Louis Riel Invitational wrapped up three back to back days of racing for National Capital Schools. Colonel By was perfect (10 points) in the Senior Girls race, helping the Cougars to the Girls, and Overall Aggregates. Meet Director Seb Lalonde led his Rebelles to the Boy's Aggregate title and a tie for second place overall with Bell.

Full Meet Results can be found on the Glebe XC Results page.

Turkey Trot

All Saints finished second overall, winning the Girl's Aggregate (SG 1st and JG 2nd) at the Turkey Trot in Kemptville on Thursday, Oct 6th. Notre Dame (Carleton Place) was the overall winner.

Kayla Jones (Nepean) was the lone NC Champion of the day, winning the SG race.

Full Results available on the Glebe XC Results page

Pirates Invitational

Only a few NC schools made the trip to Brockville this year for the Pirates Invitational but though the numbers were few, the performances were outstanding. Glebe placed 3rd overall in the 30 school meet with 25 points, while Beatrice Desologes was 7th with 15 points.

Yves Sikubwabo (Glebe) opened the day with his third victory in as many races this season. Yves ran unchallenged from the gun to a comfortable 54 second victory and claiming his second course record of the season, covering the 7200m course in 22:12. Philip Marshall (Glebe) also cracked the top 5 to help Glebe to a 2nd place finish in the Senior Boys race behind hosts Thousand Islands.

Charlene Rhead made it 2 for 2 for Glebe in the Senior races, winning the Senior Girls race, posting the third fastest time ever run on over the 5K course (18:58).

In the Junior Girls race, Garneau's Maggie Schuenert held off a hard charging Kendra Ridley (Glebe) by 0.2 seconds to claim silver, 24 seconds back of OFSAA MG 800m champion Nicole Armstrong (Sydenham). The Glebe Junior Girls matched their Senior Boys team finish, placing 2nd behind Thousand Islands, while Beatrice Desloges earned the bronze.

Full results are available on the Glebe XC results page.

Several more Ottawa schools will see action tomorrow at the Turkey Trot in Kemptville and Friday at the Louis Riel Invitational.

Gryphon Open

Glebe Collegiate had a strong showing at their home meet, winning the Overall and Girls' Aggregates, while sharing the Boys' Aggregate with Renfrew Collegiate.

Glebe won the Midget Girls with a solid score of 18, placing 3 runners in the top 4 (Livingstone 2nd, Smith, 3rd, and Robinson 4th), the Senior Girls and placing second in the Junior Girls category.

On the Boys side, Glebe won the Senior Boys race, behind Sikubwabo and Marshall who placed 1st and 3rd respectively, the Junior Boys and placed third in the Midget Boys race, while Renfrew won the Midget Boys title and was runner up to Glebe in the Junior and Senior races.

In the elementary races, Franco Cite, paced by individual champion Marshall, won the Girls race while Rideau Valley won the boys.

Full results available on the Glebe XC results page.

Cookie Run

Cookie Run Team Results:

Girls
1. Louis Riel 38
2. St. Michael (Kemptville) 51
3. All Saints 51

Boys
1. All Saints 33
2. Louis Riel 50
3. St Michael 51

Overall
1. All Saints 84
2. Louis Riel 88
3. St. Michael 99

Full Results available on the Glebe XC results page

NC Harriers Open Season

Glebe CI was the first NC school to see action in the 2011 XC season at the Trinity Invitational, on a sunny, warm, Sept. 21st.

Three athletes made the trip to Port Hope with Alexa Livingstone placing 7th in the Midget Girls race, Charlene Rhead 6th in the Senior Girls and defending OFSAA Champion Yves Sikubwabo winning the Senior Boys race.

Sikubwabo became the first athlete to break 20 minutes on the 6.8K course, running 19:57 to slice almost a full minute off Matt Hughes' (20:56, 2007) previous record. Jeremie Bourget (Theriault - Timmins, 20:24) and Ben Flanagan (St. Mary's - Kitchener, 20:33) who ran together with Sikubwabo for the first 4 kilometers also broke the previous record.

Other NC schools will open their seasons tomorrow at the Louis Riel Cookie Run.

Full results available on the Glebe XC results page.