Pirates Invitational

Louis Riel captured the Senior Boys race at the Pirates Invitational, hosted by Thousand Islands Secondary in Brockville on Friday.  The Rebelles had all 4 scorers in the top 14 lead by Junior Jonathan Rioux in 4th place followed closely by Felix Robillard in 6th.  Moricz (12th) and Adeya (14th) rounded out the scoring for the Rebelles (36 points) who almost doubled up on runner-up host Thousand Islands (67).  The Rebelles will now get prepared to host the NC on their home course at the Hornet's Nest this coming Thursday, Oct 8th - the final meet prior to Conference week and the first chance for athletes to test themselves on this year's NC Championship course.

Results are available on the Pirates website.

Gryphon Open

The Nepean Knights won the 2015 edition of the Gryphon Open at Mooney's Bay Park on a cool, windy afternoon.  The Knights captured the Midget Girls, Junior Girls and Junior Boys races, placing 4th in the Midget Boys and 6th in the Senior Girls to claim the title from the host Gryphons.  The Gryphons won the Midget Boys and both the Senior Girls and Senior Boys races.

Franco Ouest turned in an impressive 1-2-3 finish in the Senior Boys race (Roberts, Bouma, Splinter), but were without a fourth scoring runner.

Results can be found on the Glebe XC page.

Limestone Invitational

The John McCrae Bulldogs were the lone NC school to compete at the 2015 Limestone Invitational in Kingston. Bulldog runners ran well taking second place in the Junior Girls team competition and their boys followed suit, placing second in the Junior Boys, lead by Will Driscoll's silver medal finish.

Results

Trinity Invitational

The Glebe Gryphons kicked off their season on a winning note, defending their Trinity Invitational title – capturing the cutest Trophy in all of sport.  The defending OFSAA Champions captured both the Midget Girls and Senior Girls races, while their boys placed 2^nd in Midget Boys and Senior Boys.

Shona McCulloch (Longfields-Davidson) kept her perfect High School record alive, opening with a comfortable (12 second) victory over last year’s Midgets Girls bronze medalist Mei Mei Weston (Glebe) who lead a strong group of Gryphons that placed 5 runners in the top 11.  McCulloch went to the front early and ran mostly unchallenged over the new, lengthened Trinity College course that hopes to host the OFSAA Championships in 2016.  Glebe’s depth was apparent in the results as Glebe’s 5^th – 8^th runners captured 3^rd place in the race – which uses multiple, dynamic team scoring.

Jack Pensom (Glebe) was the class of the Midget Boys field, running comfortably with a large pack through the first 3K.  Attrition slowly took its toll on the lead group and Pensom found himself hounded by only a single St. Michael’s runner by the base of Mount Trinity.  Pensom slowly pulled away up the hill and onto the flats and was able to hold off a late charge to seal the win.

Last years NC Midget Boys Champions, Ashbury, ran a solid team race to claim second place in the Junior Boys race.

Full results are available on the Trinity XC page.

Conference Entry Procedures

Entry packages are now available for the East and West Conference XC Championships.

Entry files (.xls) can be found on both the Louis Riel XC site and the Glebe XC page.

Registration is as easy as 1 - 2 - 3.
1. Download the excel file.
2.  Fill out the "yellow" fields on the excel file (School, athletes names, DoB)
3.  Save the file using your school name (eg. 15ncssaaxc - glebe) and send the East entries to Seb Lalonde, the West entries to Kirk Dillabaugh.

Cookie Run

Louis Riel kicked off the Cross Country season on Thursday hosting the Cookie Run at the Hornet's Nest.  The Rebelles proved tough to beat on their home course taking overall meet honours - winning both the Intermediate and High School Boys races.

Midget runners ruled the High School girl's race taking 3 of the top 5 spots including finishing 1 - 2 with Shapansky (Glebe) leading Galbraith (Franco Ouest) to the line.

Results

Welcome to 2015!

Welcome to the 2015 Cross Country season.  Please note for the next two years the NCSSAA will be piloting new XC distances.  All Midgets will run 4K, Juniors 5K and Seniors 6K.

This year OFSAA will be hosted at the Duntroon Highlands Nordic Ski Club.  Information about the meet can be found on the OFSAA Cross Country Site.

Please check the Glebe XC Page for more information and meet results, or click on the meet name below for a direct link to the meet website - if available.

XCookie Run - Thurs., Sep 17th - Hornet's Nest
Trinity Invitational - Wed., Sep. 23rd - Port Hope ON
Pre-EOSSAA (Limestone Invitational) - Thurs., Sep 24th - Fort Henry, Kingston, ON
Gryphon Open - Wed,, Sep. 30th - Mooney's Bay
Pirates Invitational - Fri., Oct 2nd - Memorial Park, Brockville, ON
McQuiad Invitational - Sat., Oct 3rd - Rochester, NY
Louis Riel Invitational - Thurs., Oct 8th - Hornet's Nest
Turkey Trot - Thurs., Oct 8th - Kemptville, ON
West Conference XC - Wed., Oct 14th - Mooney's Bay
East Conference XC - Thurs., Oct 15th - Hornet's Nest
Pre-OFSAA (Sinclair Highlands Invitational) - Fri., Oct 16th - Duntroon, ON
National Capital XC - Thurs., Oct 22nd - Hornet's Nest
OFSAA XC - Sat., Nov 7th - Duntroon, ON