Glebe Collegiate won the Girls, Boys and Overall Aggregates at the 2012 NCSSAA Cross Country Running Championships, sweeping all three girls races and winning the Midget and Junior Boys races as well. Nepean prevented Glebe from sweeping the boys by tying Glebe in the Senior Boys race and winning on the tie-breaker.
Midget Girls
Very little changed from the first 400 m in the Midget Girls race as Earl's Sophie Rodenburg went out to the front early, followed closely by Nepean's Olivia Gaudet. Rodenburg surged over the last kilometre to open up a comfortable 13 second gap. Talia Brennan (Franco Ouest) held off a fast closing Alison Pouw (Glebe). Pouw's teammates ran well behind her with all four scorers placing in the top 15 to give Glebe the Midget Girls title with 34 points. Earl of March was a close second with 39 points and Nepean rounded out the top 3 with 51.
Midget Boys
Owen Day (Holy Trinity) blasted up the opening hill and opened an early lead and was never challenged, running to the largest victory of the day (1:06) over Glebe's Darion Dillabaugh. Jake Weston (Glebe) worked his way from 20th at the 1K mark to over take Mortimore (Franco Cite) just before the homestretch. Glebe Collegiate won the midget boys race by 43 over Sir Robert Borden (30 - 73), while Nepean placed third.
Junior Girls
The Glebe junior girls turned in the most impressive performance of the day as they were near perfect, placing 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 for a team score of 11, well ahead of second place Louis Riel 62. Claire Smith (Glebe) took it out hard, followed only by Meagan Adams (St. Joseph). Smith's teammates Alexa Livingstone, Zoe Pritchard and Katherine Marshall formed a chase pack that caught the lead duo coming off the beach. Livingstone moved ahead over the final K, but stumbled and fell on the final decent and Marshall sprinted by to claim the victory. Smith closed hard, but could not catch Livingstone for the silver.
Junior Boys
No meet is seems can go off perfectly without a course glitch or two. In the Junior Boys race the top 4 boys were halted at the 2K mark for seemingly going off course, but it was the race director who was in error and the boys quickly resumed the race in the proper direction. Luckily these four boys, Arjun Walia (Borden), Alex Bernst (Glebe), Morel (Garneau) and Caughey (Bell) had a large enough lead already that the brief hiccup had no effect on OFSAA qualifying positions. Caughey, who had taken it out hard, fell off the lead pack the earliest and Walia started the break away and only Bernst was able to stay with him. Bernst powered away over the final 150 m to win, followed by Walia and Morel. The team results matched the individual results as Glebe doubled up on Borden (32 - 63) to win the team title.
Senior Girls
Charlene Rhead (Glebe) and Olivia Robertson (Brookfield) took out the Senior Girls race, with Rhead doing much of the leading over the first 2K, but Robertson powered up the hill at the beginning of the second loop and continued to pull away, opening up to a comfortable 20 second victory over Rhead. St. Matt's Lindsay Kary earned the bronze medal. Glebe's girls made it 3 for 3, posting a a 24 point victory (33 - 57) over Beatrice Desloges.
Senior Boys
Mickey Day (Holy Trinity) and the AY Jackson duo of Brendon Howard and Alec Jarvis stayed closely bunched over the first 4K of the final race of the day. Howard knew it was coming, was prepared for it, but couldn't match Day's mid-race move as Day surged ahead over the final 3K loop to a comfortable victory. Howard placed second while Jarvis finished third.** Nepean spoiled Glebe's hope of winning all 6 races with the narrowest of victories. Nepean (8-16-21-24) and Glebe (9-12-22-26) both tied with 69 points. NCSSAA by-laws state the tie-breaking procedure as the team with the highest fourth pace finisher.
**Finishing times for the top 8 Senior Boys are inaccurate due to a timing malfunction**
NC Blogger would like to thank all athletes and coaches for a great season and wish all the best to those competing at OFSAA.
Results can be found on the Glebe XC results page.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
NC Preview
Due to a lack of participation in exhibition meets and no Conference Meets this year, it is difficult to give an accurate preview of the upcoming NCSSAA Cross Country Championships. To date, only 11 of the 38 schools entered in XC have participated in any meets. Having said that, there should be very few surprises in the Senior races, although there are several top individual runners whose schools have elected not to field any runners this year.
The usual suspects, Glebe, Nepean and Earl of March have all fielded large teams and should compete for the overall titles.
Information about the upcoming championships, along with course maps and results from all exhibition meets this fall can be found on the Glebe XC results page.
The usual suspects, Glebe, Nepean and Earl of March have all fielded large teams and should compete for the overall titles.
Information about the upcoming championships, along with course maps and results from all exhibition meets this fall can be found on the Glebe XC results page.
Friday, October 5, 2012
NC Runners bring home Thanksgiving dinner from 2012 Turkey Trot
Glebe's Claire Smith and Charlene Rhead won the Junior and Senior Girl's races at the 2012 Turkey Trot, hosted by St. Michael CHS in Kemptville, Oct 4th, on a beautiful fall afternoon. Glebe's Katherine Marshall and Louis Riel's Lukensen Abdilahi just missed winning dinner as well, placing 2nd in the Midget Girls and Boys races respectively.
Glebe won team honours in the Junior Girls and Midgets Boys races, placing 2nd by a mere point in the Junior Boys, while All Saints captured the Senior Boys race. Individual results and team scores can be found on the Glebe XC results page.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Glebe dominates Gryphon Open
Glebe played the ungracious host at the 2012 Gryphon Open, winning 5 of 6 categories en route to capturing the Girls, Boys and Overall Titles. Garneau broke the Glebe streak capturing the Junior Boys race. Glebe individual athletes also won 5 of the 6 high school races, only failing to capture the Senior Boys race. Hopewell won the Elementary Girls race while Thousand Islands IS eeked out a narrow single point victory over Franco Cite to win the boys title.
Results available on the Glebe XC results page
Glebe played the ungracious host at the 2012 Gryphon Open, winning 5 of 6 categories en route to capturing the Girls, Boys and Overall Titles. Garneau broke the Glebe streak capturing the Junior Boys race. Glebe individual athletes also won 5 of the 6 high school races, only failing to capture the Senior Boys race. Hopewell won the Elementary Girls race while Thousand Islands IS eeked out a narrow single point victory over Franco Cite to win the boys title.
Results available on the Glebe XC results page
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
2012 Season Set to Kick Off
Fall Harriers are set to kick off their High School XC season shortly. National Capital runners will look to improve their strength and speed and aim to qualify for the OFSAA Cross Country Championships to be hosted at Heart Lake Conservation in Brampton on Saturday, Nov 3rd, 2012.
There are a host of meets local athletes will be participating in this year. Information about these meets, as well as results, as they come in will be made available on the Glebe XC page.
Trinity Invitational, Port Hope, ON Wednesday, Sept., 19th
Louis Riel XCookie Run, Hornet's Nest, Thursday, Sept., 20th
Gryphon Open, Mooney's Bay, Thursday, Sept., 27th
Pirates Invitational, Brockville, Wednesday, Oct., 3rd
Turkey Trot, Kemptville, Thursday, Oct., 4th
*NEW* Russell High School Open, Friday, Oct 12th
National Capital Championships, Mooney's Bay, Wednesday, Oct., 17th
OFSAA, Brampton, ON, Saturday, Nov., 3rd
Happy Training!
Fall Harriers are set to kick off their High School XC season shortly. National Capital runners will look to improve their strength and speed and aim to qualify for the OFSAA Cross Country Championships to be hosted at Heart Lake Conservation in Brampton on Saturday, Nov 3rd, 2012.
There are a host of meets local athletes will be participating in this year. Information about these meets, as well as results, as they come in will be made available on the Glebe XC page.
Trinity Invitational, Port Hope, ON Wednesday, Sept., 19th
Louis Riel XCookie Run, Hornet's Nest, Thursday, Sept., 20th
Gryphon Open, Mooney's Bay, Thursday, Sept., 27th
Pirates Invitational, Brockville, Wednesday, Oct., 3rd
Turkey Trot, Kemptville, Thursday, Oct., 4th
*NEW* Russell High School Open, Friday, Oct 12th
National Capital Championships, Mooney's Bay, Wednesday, Oct., 17th
OFSAA, Brampton, ON, Saturday, Nov., 3rd
Happy Training!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
OFSAA Recap
Glebe wins OFSAA Medals
Glebe Collegiate picked up the regions only OFSAA medals this year with Yves Sikubwabo defending his Senior Boys title and the Glebe Midget Girls picking up Antique Bronze in the Midget Girls race.
The conditions could not have been better and the runners were greeted with sunny skies, no wind and ideal racing temperatures.
The day was book ended by strong runs for NC competitors. In the Midget Girls race, Glebe had three scorers in the top 60, led by NC bronze medalist Claire Smith (19). Her teammates, Alexa Livingstone (51), Tara Robinson (58) and Emma Barrett (179) ran strong enough to hold off St. Igantius (Oakville) for fourth place and the NC regions only team medal since Colonel By won Junior Girls bronze in Sarnia in 2008.
Sikubwabo, kept his streak alive defending his OFSAA Senior Boys title and setting his 6th course record in 6 races this season. His winning time of 22:25 lowering his won previous record by just over 1:15. Sikubwabo had company through the first 3K, but once again pulled away on the hill to run to a comfortable 24 second victory.
NC's Top Finishers
Midget Girls
Erica Van Wyk (Earl of March) - 7th, Erinn Stenham-Fahey (Canterbury) - 18th, Claire Smith (Glebe) 19th
Glebe (307) - 4th Antique Bronze
Midget Boys
Arjun Walia (Sir Robert Borden) - 17th, Alex Bernst (Glebe) - 44th, Cameron Slupeiks (Colonel By) - 54th
Glebe (575) - 27th
Junior Girls
Olivia Robertson (Brookfield) - 10th, Maggie Scheunert (Garneau) - 33rd, Kelsey Grimes (Hillcrest) - 38th
Earl of March (405) - 15th
Junior Boys
Brendon Howard (AY Jackson) - 7th, Alec Jarvis (AY Jackson) - 15th, Lucas Trapeau (Lycee Claudel) - 33rd.
Immaculata (532) - 23rd
Senior Girls
Emma Galbraith (Franco Ouest) - 10th, Charlene Rhead (Glebe) - 13th, Erin O'Higgins (Bell) - 27th
Glebe (409) - 13th
Senior Boys
Yves Sikubwabo (Glebe) - Gold, Scott Donald (Nepean) - 8th, Alex Behre (Woodroffe) - 18th
Glebe (448) - 15th
Full Results available on www.sportstats.ca
Glebe Collegiate picked up the regions only OFSAA medals this year with Yves Sikubwabo defending his Senior Boys title and the Glebe Midget Girls picking up Antique Bronze in the Midget Girls race.
The conditions could not have been better and the runners were greeted with sunny skies, no wind and ideal racing temperatures.
The day was book ended by strong runs for NC competitors. In the Midget Girls race, Glebe had three scorers in the top 60, led by NC bronze medalist Claire Smith (19). Her teammates, Alexa Livingstone (51), Tara Robinson (58) and Emma Barrett (179) ran strong enough to hold off St. Igantius (Oakville) for fourth place and the NC regions only team medal since Colonel By won Junior Girls bronze in Sarnia in 2008.
Sikubwabo, kept his streak alive defending his OFSAA Senior Boys title and setting his 6th course record in 6 races this season. His winning time of 22:25 lowering his won previous record by just over 1:15. Sikubwabo had company through the first 3K, but once again pulled away on the hill to run to a comfortable 24 second victory.
NC's Top Finishers
Midget Girls
Erica Van Wyk (Earl of March) - 7th, Erinn Stenham-Fahey (Canterbury) - 18th, Claire Smith (Glebe) 19th
Glebe (307) - 4th Antique Bronze
Midget Boys
Arjun Walia (Sir Robert Borden) - 17th, Alex Bernst (Glebe) - 44th, Cameron Slupeiks (Colonel By) - 54th
Glebe (575) - 27th
Junior Girls
Olivia Robertson (Brookfield) - 10th, Maggie Scheunert (Garneau) - 33rd, Kelsey Grimes (Hillcrest) - 38th
Earl of March (405) - 15th
Junior Boys
Brendon Howard (AY Jackson) - 7th, Alec Jarvis (AY Jackson) - 15th, Lucas Trapeau (Lycee Claudel) - 33rd.
Immaculata (532) - 23rd
Senior Girls
Emma Galbraith (Franco Ouest) - 10th, Charlene Rhead (Glebe) - 13th, Erin O'Higgins (Bell) - 27th
Glebe (409) - 13th
Senior Boys
Yves Sikubwabo (Glebe) - Gold, Scott Donald (Nepean) - 8th, Alex Behre (Woodroffe) - 18th
Glebe (448) - 15th
Full Results available on www.sportstats.ca
Thursday, October 27, 2011
NC Championships
Glebe dominated the 2011 National Capital Secondary Schools Cross Country Running Championships winning 5 of 6 races and placing 3rd in the Junior Girls, qualifying all 6 teams for OFSAA at the Hornet's Nest next weekend.
The day started off with the MG showdown between East Champs Canterbury and West Champs Glebe. The upfront battle between Stenman-Fahey / Codrington and Livingstone / Smith looked promising as they reached the 'HILL' but Earl of March's Van Wyk pulled away on the downhill and then powered away from the lead pack coming up and ran unchallenged over the final kilometre to post an 8 second victory over Stenman-Fahey. Smith held off a fast closing Codrington to claim the bronze. The return to form of Tara Robinson gave the Gryphons 3 scorers in the top 10 to help secure the victory, with 51 points. Earl of March packed their remaining scorers within 20 seconds and four places of each other (21st-25th) to narrowly slip past Canterbury for second (71-74) . Franco Ouest (107) picked up the final OFSAA qualifying spot.
Cameron Slupieks (Colonel By) put his lack luster performance from last weeks East Conference Meet behind him. 11th in the East last week, almost 2 minutes behind Kinahan (Lisgar), Slupieks led from the gun and covered the 5220m course almost 3 minutes faster than last week. After Slupieks, things unfolded pretty much as expected, with West Champ Walia (SRB) finishing second, Bernst (Glebe) claiming the bronze and Kinhan (Lisgar) 4th. Slupieks wasn't the only one to improve his placing as a couple of Bernst's teammates had big improvements as well to help Glebe steal the team title from East Champs Beatrice Desloges. Ford moved up to 15th (17th @ West) and Sporell 22nd (28th @ West) and Marshall finished 25th to give Glebe a 20 point victory. Lisgar edged out Louis Riel (98-100) for third.
Illness may have slowed Earl's top runner, Niemi (17th), but her Lion's teammates certainly picked up the slack, including a big run from last weeks #5 Pappas who improved from 35th at the West to 15th at the NC Meet and the LIONS cruised to the largest victory of the day, 43 points (54-97), over West runner up Sir Robert Borden. Glebe and All Saints made it 4 for 4 for the West Conference, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. The lead pack remained tightly bunched, even up the 'HILL' as all the key players stayed in touch until the final kiolmetre. West Champ Robertson (Brookfield) pulled away slowly to post an 11 second victory over East Champ Scheunert (Garneau), with East runner up Grimes earning the bronze.
What is it with Junior Boys?? At the pre-OFSAA - Haw-X Invite, all runners stayed on course except for the lead juniors, who turned and headed off down the wrong side of the Dome. Despite running the course correctly last week, Howard led his teammate off in the wrong direction at the exact same spot. This time however, the mistake was due to marshall error, as some student spectators, thinking it might be funny to mess up the runners, moved a rope across the course, directing the two AY runners down the wrong path. The marshalls quickly corrected the mistake and the runners corrected the error, but lost some time. Despite losing his lead, Howard reclaimed the lead in the final kilometre and ran to a 7 second victory, while Jarvis, 2nd at the time of the misdirection, finished 5th. Lycee Claudel's Trapeau, claimed the silver ahead of last weeks East Champ McHugh (Hillcrest). Glebe placed all 4 runners within a minute of each other to earn the narrowest margin of victory over East Champs Immaculata (95-99). South Carleton edged Woodroffe for 3rd (109-111).
The Senior Girls race produced the same finish it had a week ago at the West Conference, with Emma Galbraith (Franco Ouest) winning her third consecutive XC gold. Last year's JG Champion Rhead (Glebe) was second while O'Higgins (Bell) won the bronze. East Champ Lindsay Kary (St. Matt) was 4th. Rhead's teammate Derksen improved upon her 8th place finish at the West, placing 7th and Glebe had it's top two in before Colonel By's Weidemann, which proved to be enough to defeat the Cougars for the SG title (66-79). Bell was third with 88, while Ashbury grabbed the fourth and final OFSAA qualifying spot.
The Senior Boys lead pack stayed together through the first couple of kilometres, with 10 - 12 athletes all tightly bunched as they went off down the paths towards the hill. Defending OFSAA Champion Yves Sikubwabo made his move just past the half-way mark, and by the time they came back out of the trails, Yves had a comfortable 15 second lead, which he stretched out to 48 seconds by the end of the race, setting his 5th course record in as many races this season. Alex Behre (Woodroffe) made a strong move through the final 1K loop in the woods to pull away from the chase pack which included Donald (Nepean), Marhsall (Glebe) and Day (Holy Trinity). Only Donald could stay close, while Day, who fell off the group earliest used his powerful finishing kick to mow down Marhsall in the homestretch. Glebe placed all four scorers in the top 17, while west rival Nepean placed 4 in the top 18 to finish 1 - 2 respectively (36-45) and post the two lowest team scores of the day. Colonel By was a close third (56), while Merivale (110) grabbed the final qualifying spot.
NC High School XC would like to thank all the volunteers who put in many long hours to not only put on today's race, but various events throughout the season. Hope to see you all next week at OFSAA!!
Full results are posted on the Glebe XC page
The day started off with the MG showdown between East Champs Canterbury and West Champs Glebe. The upfront battle between Stenman-Fahey / Codrington and Livingstone / Smith looked promising as they reached the 'HILL' but Earl of March's Van Wyk pulled away on the downhill and then powered away from the lead pack coming up and ran unchallenged over the final kilometre to post an 8 second victory over Stenman-Fahey. Smith held off a fast closing Codrington to claim the bronze. The return to form of Tara Robinson gave the Gryphons 3 scorers in the top 10 to help secure the victory, with 51 points. Earl of March packed their remaining scorers within 20 seconds and four places of each other (21st-25th) to narrowly slip past Canterbury for second (71-74) . Franco Ouest (107) picked up the final OFSAA qualifying spot.
Cameron Slupieks (Colonel By) put his lack luster performance from last weeks East Conference Meet behind him. 11th in the East last week, almost 2 minutes behind Kinahan (Lisgar), Slupieks led from the gun and covered the 5220m course almost 3 minutes faster than last week. After Slupieks, things unfolded pretty much as expected, with West Champ Walia (SRB) finishing second, Bernst (Glebe) claiming the bronze and Kinhan (Lisgar) 4th. Slupieks wasn't the only one to improve his placing as a couple of Bernst's teammates had big improvements as well to help Glebe steal the team title from East Champs Beatrice Desloges. Ford moved up to 15th (17th @ West) and Sporell 22nd (28th @ West) and Marshall finished 25th to give Glebe a 20 point victory. Lisgar edged out Louis Riel (98-100) for third.
Illness may have slowed Earl's top runner, Niemi (17th), but her Lion's teammates certainly picked up the slack, including a big run from last weeks #5 Pappas who improved from 35th at the West to 15th at the NC Meet and the LIONS cruised to the largest victory of the day, 43 points (54-97), over West runner up Sir Robert Borden. Glebe and All Saints made it 4 for 4 for the West Conference, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. The lead pack remained tightly bunched, even up the 'HILL' as all the key players stayed in touch until the final kiolmetre. West Champ Robertson (Brookfield) pulled away slowly to post an 11 second victory over East Champ Scheunert (Garneau), with East runner up Grimes earning the bronze.
What is it with Junior Boys?? At the pre-OFSAA - Haw-X Invite, all runners stayed on course except for the lead juniors, who turned and headed off down the wrong side of the Dome. Despite running the course correctly last week, Howard led his teammate off in the wrong direction at the exact same spot. This time however, the mistake was due to marshall error, as some student spectators, thinking it might be funny to mess up the runners, moved a rope across the course, directing the two AY runners down the wrong path. The marshalls quickly corrected the mistake and the runners corrected the error, but lost some time. Despite losing his lead, Howard reclaimed the lead in the final kilometre and ran to a 7 second victory, while Jarvis, 2nd at the time of the misdirection, finished 5th. Lycee Claudel's Trapeau, claimed the silver ahead of last weeks East Champ McHugh (Hillcrest). Glebe placed all 4 runners within a minute of each other to earn the narrowest margin of victory over East Champs Immaculata (95-99). South Carleton edged Woodroffe for 3rd (109-111).
The Senior Girls race produced the same finish it had a week ago at the West Conference, with Emma Galbraith (Franco Ouest) winning her third consecutive XC gold. Last year's JG Champion Rhead (Glebe) was second while O'Higgins (Bell) won the bronze. East Champ Lindsay Kary (St. Matt) was 4th. Rhead's teammate Derksen improved upon her 8th place finish at the West, placing 7th and Glebe had it's top two in before Colonel By's Weidemann, which proved to be enough to defeat the Cougars for the SG title (66-79). Bell was third with 88, while Ashbury grabbed the fourth and final OFSAA qualifying spot.
The Senior Boys lead pack stayed together through the first couple of kilometres, with 10 - 12 athletes all tightly bunched as they went off down the paths towards the hill. Defending OFSAA Champion Yves Sikubwabo made his move just past the half-way mark, and by the time they came back out of the trails, Yves had a comfortable 15 second lead, which he stretched out to 48 seconds by the end of the race, setting his 5th course record in as many races this season. Alex Behre (Woodroffe) made a strong move through the final 1K loop in the woods to pull away from the chase pack which included Donald (Nepean), Marhsall (Glebe) and Day (Holy Trinity). Only Donald could stay close, while Day, who fell off the group earliest used his powerful finishing kick to mow down Marhsall in the homestretch. Glebe placed all four scorers in the top 17, while west rival Nepean placed 4 in the top 18 to finish 1 - 2 respectively (36-45) and post the two lowest team scores of the day. Colonel By was a close third (56), while Merivale (110) grabbed the final qualifying spot.
NC High School XC would like to thank all the volunteers who put in many long hours to not only put on today's race, but various events throughout the season. Hope to see you all next week at OFSAA!!
Full results are posted on the Glebe XC page
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