Turkey Trot

Several NCSSA teams made the trip to Kemptville to run against top EOSSAA competition on the St. Michael's course that will host the Eastern Ontario Championships later this fall.  Glebe Collegiate won the Senior Girls, Senior Boys, and Junior Boys races, placed second in the Junior Girls and Midget Boys and took third place in the Midget Girls to claim the overall aggregate 58-26 over All Saints (Kanata) who captured the Junior Girls race, handing the Glebe '01 girls their first defeat against NC Competition.

Several NC runners took home dinner for Thanksgiving weekend, with individual winners being awarded a Turkey.  Individual Champions from the NCSSA were Keili Shepherd (SG - Glebe), Teagan Shapansky (JG - Glebe), and Lauren Reid (MG - All Saints).

Full results are available on the Glebe XC page.

Louis Riel Invitational

Nepean captured the Overall Aggregate at the Louis Riel Invitational on the trails of Green's Creek. Nepean won the Midget Girls, was second in the Midget and Senior Boys races and third in the Junior Girls for a 32-28 victory over the host Rebelles.

Full results are available on the Louis Riel XC site.

Gryphon Open

Just like the weather, things looked grim early on the for the host Gryphons, but as the day progressed, Glebe's teams began to shine and captured their home meet on the site of the 2016 NCSSA Cross Country Championships.  Nepean won the Midget Girls and St. Michael (Kemptville) took the Midget Boys, but Glebe swept the Junior and Senior races to capture the overall aggregate.

Shona McCulloch (Longfields) was dominant in her season debut winning the Senior Girls race by the largest margin of victory of the day (2:29) while Reilly McCann (Franco Cite) made a triumphant return to running, after sitting out the entire 2015-2016 school year due to illness, winning the Senior Boys race.

Full results are available on the Glebe XC page

Pirates Invitational

Louis Riel was the lone NC school to compete at the Pirates Invitational in Brockville on Friday, Sept 23rd.  The Rebelles, led by Olivier Ducharme (8th) placed 3rd in the Midget Boys race.  Megan Roy was 7th in the Junior Girls race while Jonathan Rioux hit the podium with a 3rd place finish in the Senior Boys race for the Rebelles.

Full results are available on the Pirates website.

Trinity Invitational

National Capital athletes from four schools got an early season look at this year's OFSAA course participating at the Trinity Invitational in Port Hope.  The most appropriately named athlete of the meet, Joe Fast (Ridgemont), was the lone individual champion, winning the Midget Boys race in 17:38.  Glebe athletes Teagan Shapansky and Mei Mei Weston picked up silver medals in the Junior and Senior Girls races while Keili Shepherd earned bronze in the Senior Girls race.

The defending OFSAA Senior Girls Champions from Glebe showed their strength and depth placing all four scoring runners in the top 7, while the 5th through 8th runners ran well enough to place themselves 3rd overall in the meet, which uses multiple dynamic team scoring.  Glebe's Junior Girls, bronze at last years OFSAA Championships, turned the tables on last year's runner up team from Theriault with a narrow 35-36 victory.

Glebe captured the Overall Aggregate for the third consecutive year with a narrow 26-25 victory over Theriault (Timmins).

Full results are available on the Trinity Cross Country page.

XCookie Run

Louis Riel claimed both the Intermediate Boys and High School Boys Titles on their home course as National Capital harriers kicked off their cross country season on the trails at Green's Creek.  St. Mary's (Brockville) and All Saints won the Intermediate Girls and High School Girls races.

Full results available on the Louis Riel website or the Glebe XC page

2016 Cross Country Season!

Welcome to the 2016 Cross Country Season!  After a long, hot summer, National Capital Harriers look to turn up the heat on the courses around the National Capital Region.  This fall, the OFSAA XC Championships will be held at Trinity College in Port Hope, ON.

Please check for updates and results on the Glebe XC site or click on meet names below for direct links to meet websites, if available.  If you have information about a meet not listed below, please send us meet info to kirk.dillabaugh@ocdsb.ca.

Good luck this fall!

XCookie Run - Friday, Sept., 16th - Hornet's Nest
Trinity Invitational - Wednesday, Sept., 21st - Port Hope, ON
Pirates Invitational - Friday, Sept., 23rd - Memorial Park, Brockville, ON
Gryphon Open - Wednesday, Sept., 28th - Mooney's Bay
Kingston Invitational - Thursday, Sept., 29th - Fort Henry, Kingston
McQuaid Invitational - Saturday, Oct., 1st - Rochester, NY
pre-OFSAA - Wednesday, Oct., 5th - Port Hope, ON
Turkey Trot - Thursday, Oct., 6th - Kemptville, ON
Rebelles Invitational - Thursday, Oct., 6th - Hornet's Nest
National Capital XC Challenge - Friday, Oct., 14th (Elementary Saturday, Oct 15th) - Mooney's Bay
North Dundas Invitational - Friday, Oct., 14th
**West Conference Champs - Tuesday, Oct., 18th - Walter Baker, Kanata - New Date**
East Conference Champs - Wednesday, Oct 19th - Hornet's Nest
NCSSAA Championships - Thursday, Oct., 27th - Mooney's Bay
OFSAA XC Championships - Saturday, Nov., 5th -  Port Hope, ON