2022 National Capital Preview

Most of the big names came through at the Conference Championships, but there were a few surprises and the stage is now set for the National Capital Championships as athletes vie for a spot on the start line the first week of November at Dagmar Ski Resort in Uxbridge, ON.  There are no grade 9 - 11 students that have had the chance to run an OFSAA XC race, so there will be high hopes and dashed dreams over the trails at Mooney's Bay this coming Thursday.  There are some secure spots, but as we know, in sport, nothing is ever guaranteed until the race is over, which is why they don't hand out awards until the athletes have crossed the line.

Novice Girls 

Whether due to injury, illness, or just playing it cool, Nepean had a couple of their top scorers well back at Conference, but they still come in as heavy favorites.  Nepean's top three scorers, Pender, Hale and Petrescue-Commene have all taken turns beating each other this season.  With Voros not far back they have a solid hold on the first spot, despite being beaten by South Carleton at West.

The second spot is where things get real interesting.  West runner up South Carleton, East Champs Glebe and runner up Colonel By will be very close.  Glebe has a little more wiggle room with a low score in potential podium threat Van Wesenbeeck, but this race will all come down to the back end, runners three and four, where big swings in points are possible.  Glebe needs their Madeleines (Leschinsky and Beauregard) to keep ahead of South's Adams and Nemchin to help them seal the deal and while Colonel By was ahead of Glebe at the halfway point at East, they will need to run a strong second half to wrest the spot away from either of these two teams.

Individually, East Champ Davies (Immaculata) and West Champ Lofthouse (St. Mark) have been undefeated against Novice competitors this season, but only one will walk away next week with that title.  Davies was the top '08 at Capital XC, while Lofthouse won the North Dundas Invite ahead of the Conference Meets.  Lofthouse held off Pender to win the West, but Pender was well behind East runner-up Buchanan (Franco-Cite) at the Louis Riel Invite, who in turn was beat by Pender's teammate Petrescue-Commene.  Looks to be a real competitive race, as these girls have been been up and down all seasons.  With 2 of the top 6 likely on a qualifying team that will mean a 7th place finish might be enough to punch a ticket to Uxbridge.  Expect Hutt (DeLaSalle), Leblanc (St. Pius) and Lefaivre (Louis) to fight it out for that spot.

NC Bloggers Picks  

Teams - 1. Nepean (32), 2. Glebe (100), 3. South (110)

Individuals - 1. Davies (Immaculata), 2. Lofthouse (St. Mark), 3. Buchanan (Franco Cite)

Junior Girls

Nepean will strive to make it 2-for-2 in the Girl's races as the defending Novice Girl's Champs come in as favorites to defend their title, this time as Juniors.  Without a top threat, Nepean's top runner Barber will have to run well to crack the top 10, but they will likely pack all four scorers within 45 seconds.  The tight bunching will reward them with a low team score.  Similar to the Novice Girls, that second qualifying spot will be a tight battle between three teams, which could be separated by as few as 5 or 6 points.  It's the back end, that all important fourth runner, that will make the difference for West Runner-Up St. Mark, East Champs Franco-Cite and John McCrae.  Franco will have the low stick in Knight, while McCrae will counter with Jennings.  St. Mark, like Nepean will not likely have a single point counter, but will pack much tighter than Franco or McCrae.  McCrae and Franco, on the other hand, have the greatest potential to lower their score if they can get a big run from their fourth runners, Rodriguez and Sabha.  

Chiumera (St. Pius) has yet to be beaten against NC Competition and that streak will likely extend through this year.  Speaking of streaks, it will be a Streek (Peak Centre) that is likely to be Chiumera's closest pursuer, with Streek finishing only 11 seconds behind at Capital XC.  East Champ Johnston-Zemek (Ashbury) was a minute adrift at Capital XC which should be more than enough to secure bronze.  Since there are no teams likely to have an individual in the top 5 it will be a clearer picture for these girls. Place top 5, or you don't go.  Jeffrey (St. FX) and Villeneuve (Paul Desmarais) are most likely to take those spots, although Knight (Franco Cite) will be in the hunt, although she has a second chance with her Faucons teammates.  

NC Blogger's Picks:

Teams -  1. Nepean (65), 2. St. Mark (115), 3. Franco-Cite / John McCrae (120)

Individuals - 1. Chiumera (St. Pius), 2. Streek (Peak Centre), 3. Johnston-Zemek (Ashbury)

Senior Girls

While there is no such thing as a sure, thing, oddly enough, the more mature the athletes get, the more predictable their behaviour (and results) become.  Go figure.  The Glebe Senior Girls will look to make it 9 consecutive years holding the Senior Girl's crown.  The Gryphons scored a paltry 14 points, placing 6 in the top 8 at East and scored even less, 13, in winning the Capital XC Challenge earlier this year. Podium threat Alexander, leads a cast of Gryphons about a minute behind her with Gormley, Trott, McColgan and Waddington that will likely pack within 30-45 seconds.  Meanwhile, West Champs Merivale looks to have a solid hold on the second qualifying spot, packing all four scorers tightly to win the West by almost 50 points.  Something drastic will have to happen for one of these two teams to be upset.  

Both Individual Conference Champs laced up the spikes for the first time this fall at Conference and showed that a lack of racing does not mean a lack of fitness.  Defending NCSSAA and Athletics Ontario U18 XC Champion Van Brabant (Earl of March) looked very comfortable cruising to a 1 minute victory over defending NC Junior Girls Champ Gionnatti (Holy Trinity) in the West, while Baggley (Gloucester) opened up a gap early and maintained the gap throughout, running to a 25 second victory over last year's Junior Girls runner-up Alexander (Glebe). With only Alexander likely to have a qualifying team, the next spots likely belong to Sarai (West Carleton) and Soler (Longfields), with Hertz (John McCrae) on the outside, looking in, needing a big run to crack the top 5 individuals.

NC Blogger's Picks:

Teams - 1. Glebe (28), 2 - Merivale (65), 3 Longfields (120)

Individuals - 1. Van Brabant (Earl of March), 2. Baggley (Gloucester), Gionnatti (Holy Trinity)

Novice Boys

The Colonel By Novice Boys have the upfront talent and the depth to come in as heavy favorites to win the NC title.  They won the XCookie Open race with 3 novice scorers and Turkey Trot before steamrolling to victory at East with a mere 20 points, despite one of their top dogs rolling an ankle and taking it easy all the way.  Even without one or two of their low scorers, their depth will carry the day. Second will be a close battle between West Champs Nepean and East runner up Glebe.  Expect Nepean's top 2, Moons and Hawkes to edge out Glebe's top 2, O'Hare and Battou-Achab, and hold a slight advantage, but once again, it's the back end that often carries the day.  Whomever has the better races between Glebe's Johnston / Kurien and Nepean's Fee / Frank will likely come out victorious, with many more points available in the latter stages of the race.  Johnston and Fee have taken turns defeating each other this season, with Fee 20 seconds up at Louis, while Johnston held a 12 second advantage at the Turkey Trot.  Kurien has always got the better of Frank by 30 and 10 seconds respectively at the same races.  Outside these two teams only John McCrae has a chance of cracking the top 2.  There is little they can do to improve upfront, likely placing two in the top 6, McKercher and Yakimuch, but if Kydd can come up with the race of his season, even running 30-40 seconds faster could mean 20 - 30 points to help his teams chances.

Colonel By's Siderus and Walker could go 1-2 for the Cougars, but Mortimer (Hillcrest) will likely have something to say about it.  Siderus bested his teammate by 15 and 18 seconds in their two early races, and Mortimer by 15 at East, so it will be very tight.  Will Walker's ankle be good to go?  After them the duo's of Moons / Hawkes (Nepean) and McKercher / Yakimuch (John McCrae) will duke it out.  With four of the top 7 likely on a qualifying team, and the next Glebe's O'Hare before another couple Cougars in Ross / Ghie a top 11 spot might be enough to earn a spot on the OFSAA start line.  Zegers (Mer Bleue) and Uren (St. FX) might be able to sneak a spot depending on how the team battle unfolds.

NC Blogger's Picks:

Teams - 1. Colonel By (25), 2 Glebe (72), 3. Nepean (78)

Individuals - 1. Siderus (Colonel By), 2. Mortimer (Hillcrest), 3. Walker (Colonel By)

Junior Boys

Defending Novice Champs Immaculata looked to be the team to beat heading into the Conference Meets, but Louis Riel had a surprise in store for them.  Not running a full team until their own Invitational, a week ahead of Conference, kept their secret weapon hidden.  They placed three scorers,  ahead of Mac's second runner, lead by individual champion Cova. While Mac got all four scorers in ahead of the Rebelles, Plessas was only 12 seconds behind Mac's 4th Meehan, which sealed the deal.  Louis' front end is stronger, so as long as Plessas is able to keep Meehan or Padoin-Castillo in sight, it should be enough to seal the deal.  There is no other teams with the depth to seriously challenge either of these two teams, with Glebe and John McCrae likely a good chunk back battling it out for the bronze.

Taler (Glebe) has had quite the season winning the Trinity Invitational in Port Hope before losing a tight battle with the defending OFSAA 800 & 1500m Champ Kenny at Capital XC.  Taler, however, returned the favor the following week making a strong move early to defeat Kenny by 40 seconds at the Turkey Trot.  At East, Taler, Cova and Heins stayed tightly bunched for most of the race before Cova kicked away to victory.  Will Taler try the same tactic again to turn the tables on Cova, by making a move early?  Heins looks to have a solid lock on the bronze medal position ahead of Mac's Smith.  The final OFSAA spots should belong to Ghozani (Lisgar), Johnston-Zemek (Ashbury) and West Champ (Sankey) with Goold (SRB) looking to sneak in for one of those coveted spots.  

NC Blogger's Picks:

Teams - 1. Louis (44), 2. Immaculata (46), 3. Glebe (75)

Individuals - 1. Cova (Louis Riel), 2. Taler (Glebe), 3. Heins (Glebe)

Senior Boys

Like their Senior Girl's, the Glebe Senior Boys have not known the taste of defeat at the NC Championships since 2012, when they finished tied for first with Nepean, but lost on the tiebreaker (higher finishing 4th place runner).  They certainly expect to find themselves on top again this year.  With the best 1 - 2 punch in the city, Strachan and Melinz-Dupuis will strive to repeat what they did as Junior's and finish first and second.  Behind them they've got a plenty of depth to back them up, having placed 6 runners in the top 15 at East. West Champs Bell look to have a solid lock on second place behind West Champ Kushner.  Mother Teresa, Nepean, Colonel By and Immaculata will have a tightly contested battle for third, but the top two teams have a rather large cushion to protect themselves.

The Glebe duo of Strachan and Melinz-Dupuis looked very comfortable having been the top 2 NC runners at every race so far this season.  Behind them Thanksgiving weekend marathoner's (yes you heard that right) Padoin-Castillo (Immaculata) and McDaniel (Ashbury) will try to hold off Bell's Kushner.  Another week might help the legs recover a little more, but Kushner had plenty in the tank left at West as he kicked away from OFSAA 400m Champion Sanders (Mother Teresa). That's quite the range Mr. Sanders.  With 4 of the top 6 likely to be on a qualifying team, and Glebe's Hurley, who could be the next across the line, a top 10 finish might make the dance.  Belan (Canterbury), Lacasse (Colonel By) and Del Rio (St. Joseph) all have a realistic chance of nabbing those final two spots.  

NC Blogger's Picks

Teams - 1. Glebe (29), Bell (85), 3. Mother Teresa (130)

Individuals - 1. Strachan (Glebe), 2. Melinz-Dupuis (Glebe), 3. Padoin-Castillo (Immaculata)

Best of luck to all next week at Mooney's Bay.  

Conference Wrap Up

Nepean captured the Girl's and Overall Aggregates at the West winning both the Junior Girl's and Novice Boy's races.  John McCrae prevented Nepean from completing the full sweep by winning the Boy's Aggregate on the strength of their Junior Boy's win and runner up finish by their Novice Boys.

Other winners included South Carleton (Novice Girls), Merivale (Senior Girls) and Bell (Senior Boys).  

Individual winners were: 

Naomi Lofthouse (St. Mark) - Novice Girls, Isabella Chiumera (St. Pius) - Junior Girls, Amelia Van Brabant (Earl of March) - Senior Girls, Jackson McKercher (John McCrae) - Novice Boys, Levi Sankey (Merivale) - Junior Boys, and Zachary Kushner (Bell) - Senior Boys.

In the East, Glebe swept the Aggregates with wins in the Novice Girl's, Senior Girl's and Senior Boy's races.  

Franco Cite captured the Junior Girls, Colonel By won the Novice Boys while Louis Riel was victorious on their home course in the Junior Boys.

Individual winners were:

Evelyn Davies (Immaculata) - Novice Girls, Kate Johnston-Zemek (Ashbury) - Junior Girls, Olivia Baggeley (Gloucester) - Senior Girls, Owen Siderus (Colonel By) - Novice Boys, Daniel Cova (Louis Riel) - Junior Boys, and Derek Strahcan (Glebe) - Senior Boys.

Stayed tuned for our National Capital Preview coming soon.

Conference Week is Here!

The Invitational and Open Meets have wrapped up and we are ready to jump into the OFSAA qualifying meets.  Several teams have shown some promise this season, but many schools have also been conspicuously absent from the early season meets.  

Teams to watch heading into Conference week include both Glebe Senior teams, which  look strong, but in very different ways.  While the boys likely pack the best 1-2 punch in town, with Strachan and Melinz-Dupuis placing as the top 2 NC individuals at the Capital XC Challenge, the girls will likely prevail through their depth as demonstrated by placing 6 in the top 15 at the same meet.

The Glebe Junior Boys have a similar 1-2 punch with Taler and Heins, but defending Novice Champs Immaculata led by Smith and Padoin-Castillo looked strong at Capital XC winning with a healthy margin, despite not running some of their top dogs, 2021 Bronze Medalist McGregor and Meehan.  On the girls side, defending Champs Nepean looked strong in their only showing this fall, winning the Turkey Trot in Kemptville with a solid score, while 2021 Runner Up Canterbury took the Capital XC Junior race with a combination of Novice and Junior runners.

Two teams stand strong in the Novice categories, with Nepean's Novice girls being utterly dominant at the Turkey Trot, placing three in the top 5 to win by a huge margin.  Those Novice runners also bested all the Junior competition the following week at the Louis Riel Invite.  Likewise, the Colonel By Novice boys also captured the Turkey Trot in convincing fashion, and to one up the Nepean Girls, scored 3 Novice Boys in winning the Open division at the season opening XCookie Run.  

The NC has not teams or individual runners at OFSAA XC since 2019, so the athletes will be hungry to earn spots on the starting line at the Dagmar Ski Resort in Uxbridge, ON, the first week of November.

Best of luck to all athletes competing this week and we'll see you on the trails!

XC 2022 is Underway!

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! 

Conference Wrap Up and NC Preview

Well, not much going on this year, so it will be difficult to predict what might happen at the NC Meet, but we'll give it a shot!

The Conference Meets wrapped up showcasing some new talent, as both Novice and Junior runners had not had a chance to strut their stuff at the High School level over the past two years, so lots of new faces to enjoy.  It was also obvious that some talented athletes spent time during the pandemic to log some miles and get ready.  Look for some new faces to figure prominently in the Senior races as well.

Nepean and Glebe had very strong showings at their respective Conference Meets, winning 4 races, with Nepean sweeping the Girl's races at the West, along with the Senior Boys, while Glebe captured the Junior & Senior Girl's and Boy's titles in the East.  Look for them to butt heads for the Overall Aggregate on the 28th over the trails of Green's Creek.

Novice Girls

Usually the Novice runners are the most unpredictable, but this year's Novice girls may be an exception.  Chiumera (St. Pius) and Streek (Merivale), perhaps the most aptly named runner since Ridgemont's Joe Fast, are clearly the class of the field.  Chiumera has had a comfortable margin of victory over their two battles this fall and will toe the line as the clear favorite.  East Champ Lyons (Glebe) had a strong showing against West bronze medalist McDonnell in their only head to head meeting this fall, but both were well back of the favoured Chiumera.

Nepean looks to be the class of the field, capturing the West with a comfortable 20 point margin over Merivale.   Nepean packed 6 runners within a minute at West, while Streek and Chen gave Merivale two low sticks to keep them in the hunt.  They will need a big run from their back end, who finished almost 2 minutes behind Nepean's 6th if they hope to pull off an upset.  East Champs Colonel By have too large a gap to seriously challenge either of these two, but, they are Novice runners, so anything can happen.  South Carleton's tight grouping might be enough to nab the final spot from the Cougars for a West sweep of the team podium.

NC Blogger's Picks:

1. Chiumera (St. Pius), 2. Streek (Merivale), 3, Lyons (Glebe)

1. Nepean (72), 2. Merivale (96), 3. Colonel By (111)

Junior Girls

The West featured a tight battle between four girls, Delaney (St. FX), Hegan (Nepean), Pascali (Nepean) and Sarai (West Carleton) that all finished within 8 seconds of each other, while East Champ Alexander (Glebe) had a comfortable 30 second margin of victory over teammate Waddington, but outside that, these girls have not faced each other this season, so there is much left to guesswork here.

Nepean packed four scores within 90 seconds at West and Glebe swept the podium in the East with a similar 1 - 4 gap.  Glebe's #4, Audet-Wilke had a comfortable victory over Nepean's #4 in their only head to head meeting this fall, the Capital XC Challenge and will need to keep that gap and more if Glebe hopes to prevail.  It might come down to who has the higher fourth place finisher, in which case Glebe may get the nod.  

NC Blogger's picks:

1. Alexander (Glebe), 2. Delaney (St. FX), Hegan (Nepean)

1. Glebe (35), 1. Nepean (35), 3. Ashbury (125)

Senior Girls

A lot has changed since the break in XC due to the pandemic at the Senior level.  Several strong runners graduated without a chance to show what they could do in their final year and a few Junior and Novice runners have put in some excellent work to improve their game heading into their Senior season.  

Van Brabant (Earl of March) has been dominant in her two outings this fall, capturing the West title by almost two full minutes over 6k, and the Capital XC Challenge by a minute over the shorter 5k distance.  Fellow first year Senior and newcomer to the XC scene, Baggley (Gloucester) also had a convincing victory in the East over a much improved Vroom (Sir Wilfrid Laurier), who had placed 6th in the Junior race back in 2019.  The other contender looking to mix things up missed the Conference Champs but looks to be back in form for the NC Meet.  Never to be counted out, Glebe's MacDonald can produce in the big races when it matters most.  The 2018 OFSAA silver medalist will look to put in a strong showing on the 28th.

Glebe has held the Senior Girl's Title since 2013 and it does not appear that they are ready to relinquish the crown. They have the upfront talent in MacDonald to counter Nepean's Hegan and then look to get their next three, 2019 Novice Champ Gormley, Hurst and Bennett in before Nepean's 3rd, West, and possibly before their #2 Gruson.  After that things get really interesting.  Both Colonel By and Franco Cite tied for 2nd at East, while Merivale was not far behind Nepean in the West.  

NC Blogger's picks: 

1. Van Brabant (Earl of March), 2. Baggley (Gloucester), 3. Hegan (Nepean)

1. Glebe (34), 2. Nepean (61), 3. Merivale (101)

Novice Boys

Cova (Louis Riel) was the top Novice finisher at the Capital XC Challenge, running against the Junior Boys, and he finished comfortably ahead of West bronze medalist Daniels (Nepean).  Daniels however was well behind West Champ and runner-up Sankey (Merivale) and Adamson (Earl of March).  Cova had a comfortable victory in the East and knows the terrain, running on Louis' home course which might help him in his quest for gold.

Next to the Junior Girls, the team battle in this race will likely be the tightest, with both Merivale and Immaculata running to solid victories in their respective Conference Championships.  Immaculata put all four scorers in the top 7 at East with only a 57 second gap between them.  Merivale will likely have three scorers in before Mac's #2, but their fourth (Tong) may be well over a minute back, which may open the door for Mac if he struggles.  The only team with a remote chance of unseating either of these teams is the home team, Louis Riel.  They will likely be even with Mac after three runners, but need a huge improvement from their #4 Domiati, if they hope to play spoiler.

NC Blogger's picks:

1. Sankey (Merivale), 2. Adamson (Earl of March), 3. Cova (Louis Riel)

1. Merivale (42), 2. Immaculata (45), Louis Riel (70)

Junior Boys

West Champ Sanders (Mother Teresa) was the top NC individual at the Capital XC Challenge, but was only trailed to the line by East runner-up Melinz Dupuis (Glebe) by 14 seconds.  East Champ Strachan (Glebe) bested his teammate by just over 20 seconds at Green's Creek over the slightly longer, more challenging course, so the battle between the two Conference Champs could prove very tight.  These three boys should be able to secure a podium spot, with the only outside threat coming from Woodroffe's Mohamud.

The Glebe Junior Boys put 6 in the top 12 at East and ran to a very comfortable victory, amassing a paltry 13 points.  West Champs Mother Teresa have a great 1-2 punch in Sanders and Grant, but a full three minute gap back to #3 and #4 will likely be too much to overcome.  The battle for them will likely be for the second podium spot with East runner up Lisgar.  While Lisgar only has a single low stick in Krnjevic, they will likely score all four before Mother Teresa's #3.  Mother Teresa's back end needs to make sure that gap stays small if they hope to finish second.

NC Blogger's picks:

1. Strachan (Glebe), Sanders (Mother Teresa), 3. Melinz Dupuis (Glebe)

1. Glebe (30), 2. Lisgar (105), 3. Mother Teresa (112)

Senior Boys

Sikka (St. Paul) was the West Champ and the top NC finisher at the Capital XC Challenge and heads to Green's Creek as a solid favorite.  Legare (John McCrae) was bested by East runner-up Fairhead (Glebe) at the Capital XC Challenge, but beat East Champ Waddington (Glebe) in the same race.  Legare had made a bold move, pushing the pace early in the race and it came back to haunt him.  Don't expect him to make the same mistake at the NC Meet.  Just over 15 seconds back of Sikka at the West, Legare has been his closest pursuer and looks to have a safe hold on the second podium spot.  West Bronze Medalist Del Rio Reategui (St. Joseph) will likely battle Waddington and Fairhead for the bronze.

Like their female counterparts, the Glebe Senior Boys have enjoyed a long string of success, finishing on top of the podium 9 times in the past 10 years.  In 2012, Glebe shared the top spot with Nepean, but lost on the tie-breaker (they higher fourth place finisher).  They once again have the upfront talent in Waddington and Fairhead, along with a much improved Barrett (4th at East) and Strachan not far behind.  Look for Glebe to put three in the top 10 and all four scorers in the top 15 to run to a comfortable victory.  Nepean may have been downplaying their strength at Conference, with there back 3 all crossing the line together mid-pack at West.  If they've got more in the tank, they could make it closer, but with Glebe likely packing three in front of Nepean's top finisher from the West, Mason, it will likely be too big a gap to overcome.  Either way, Nepean should have enough to stay comfortably ahead of East runner up Ridgemont.  

NC Blogger's picks:

1. Sikka (St. Paul), 2. Legare (John McCrae), 3. Waddington (Glebe)

1. Glebe (29), 2. Nepean (95), 3. Ridgemont (151)

Best of luck to all athletes competing at the Hornet's Nest / Green's Creek next week.  We look forward to some great competition. 

2021 XC Season Info - Coming Soon!

Welcome back for another exciting year of XC.  While the OCDSB has unfortunately put a hold on all extra-curriculars, it looks like the other school boards will allow XC, among other things, but honestly, is there really anything else?

OFSAA has announced their Fall Championships will run.  You can check out the announcement on their homepage.  

Not much information to share yet, but please check out the Glebe XC page for updates and information about the fall season.

COVID CRUSHES XC 2020

 Welcome NC Harriers and sorry for the delay in posting.  

OFSAA has Officially Canceled all fall Championships, including XC.  As a result, the NCSSAA has done the same.  

There are still a few scattered opportunities for those in the region to train virtually and even toe the line in some local races.  Sadly, there will be no NCSSAA XC Championships, although we still hold out hope for a virtual event.

Please Check out the Glebe XC page for details.