Red Hawk runners competed at the Kawartha Cross Country Championships Oct. 15 at Jackson Park in Peterborough.
Coach Karen Gervais said runners faced a variety of terrain, including grass, pea gravel, concrete and rocky and rooted uphill climbs.
Novice girl Quinn Hamilton continued to assert herself as a competitive force, cruising to a fifth-place finish on the four-kilometre course in a time of 17:50. Teammate Leah Allder, who continues to improve her time every race, finished 14th.
Novice boy Alex Lee echoed Hamilton’s performance with a fifth-place finish in a time of 15:38. Teammates Duncan EvansFockler and Jaymon Bateman were 21st and 23rd respectively, with Bateman dropping another 30 seconds off his pace time for his best race of the season.
Junior girl Annika Gervais also ran a personal best pace time on the 5 km course for a fourth-place finish in a time of 20:58. Junior boy Aren Addison also continued to shave off time, finishing in 20th followed by teammate Tristan Humphries in 26th.
The senior girls team fought hard on the 6 km course, with Erika Hoare leading the team, finishing eighth in 27:48, closely followed by Violet Humphries in ninth. Ella Gervais and Grace Allder continued to work strongly together throughout the race to finish 16th and 17th. Olivia Gruppe supported, finishing 24th, and Lexi Dacey followed up in 30th in a field of 52 runners. The girls finished third as a team behind Adam Scott and the strong IE Weldon squad that placed fifth at OFSAA last year.
Athletes competed at COSSA Oct. 22 at Dunnett Orchards in Brighton, vying for COSSA medals and OFSAA berths.
Results were not available as of press time.
