Thursday, October 25, 2007

2007 National Capital Championships

Glebe Collegiate captured the Boys and Overall Aggregates, while Colonel By won the Girls Aggregate at the 2007 National Capital High School Cross Country Running Championships. Glebe won the Midget Boys and Junior Boys races enroute to the Boys title, along with winning the Senior Girls race while placing 3rd in the Midget Girls. Colonel By took the Midget Girls race, placed 2nd in the Junior Girls and 7th in the Senior Girls race to win the Girls Aggregate.

Overall Aggregate
1. Glebe 36
2. Colonel By 22
3. Hillcrest 18
3. Gloucester 18
5. All Saints 17

Girls Aggregate
1. Colonel By 19
2. Glebe 16
3. All Saints 14
4. Gloucester 10
5. Beatrice Desloges 8

Boys Aggregate
1. Glebe 20
2. Hillcrest 18
3. Earl of March 10
3. Merivale 10
5. Nepean 8
5. Sir Robert Borden 8
5. Gloucester 8

Click here for Results

Monday, October 22, 2007

NC Preview

The NC Championships are set to go this Thursday, Oct 25th at Terry Fox Athletic Facility (Mooney's Bay). Events get under way with the Midget Girls at 10:00am and finish with the Senior Boys at 1:00pm. Teams and individuals will vie for the 2 team spots and three individual spots available to represent the National Capital Region at the OFSAA Championships in Niagara Falls.

The East and West Conference Meets yielded a few surprises. The biggest surprise was All Saints CHS, who had hidden some of their talent prior to the Conference Meets. Sarah Boyd, a transfer student from Oregon captured the Senior Girls race leading her previously unranked team to a 2nd place finish behind #1 ranked Glebe.

Junior Joanna Brown (All Saints) ran a strong race to win and lead her team to victory as well and now enter the NC meet as heavy favorites for one of the two OFSAA qualifying spots.

Michelle Pion (Franco-Ouest) captured the Midget Girls race and lead her team to a second place finish. It was a great way for Franco-Ouest, who have not competed in XC before to begin their season...with a victory.

Junior Boy, Sam Milliken of Merivale (photo), came through with a big race to capture the West Conference Title. It was a big step for Milliken who had been beaten by runner up Stuart Wilson (Glebe) by over 1 minute earlier in the season over the same course.

The East Conference held fewer surprises with all pre-race favorites coming through on race day. Lester B. Pearson held the lone surprise capturing the Midget Boys team title. #1 ranked Junior Girl team, Garneau, had a rough run. After having placed 4th overall at TISS earlier this year and beating West Conference Champs All Saints (without Brown), Garneau placed 5th in the JG race.

Battles to watch on the 25th:

Midget Boys
Rarely has our region seen the kind of battle the Midget Boys race will produce. Both Glebe and Nepean have earned provincal top 8 rankings and only 3 points separated these two teams at the West Meet, with both teams combining to place all 8 scorers in the top 12. The individual race looks to be a three way battle between Carranco (Glebe), Fawcett (Nepean) and Skupek-Martin (Louis-Riel).

Midget Girls
Colonel By is the class of the field, but the battle for second should be very tight between West Champion Glebe and East runner-up Beatrice Desloges. Glebe beat Beatrice by a mere two points at TISS earlier this year and it should be very close on race day. Beatrice gets the nod upfront, but this battle will come down to the fourth runners. The individual race will likely be a rematch of the East fight between Tuck (Colonel) By and Petersen (Canterbury).

Junior Boys
Glebe dominated (as Midgets) last year with all four runners in the top 8, but my how things change in a year. 2006 MB runner up Hillcrest should make it an interesting battle for the team title. In the individual race, Gregrezgi (Rideau) should battle with Gunn-Doerge (Immaculata) and Milliken (Merivale). Stuart Wilson (Glebe) will look for redemption after a poor race at the West Conference meet last week.

Junior Girls
All Saints and Canterbury (last years MG OFSAA reps) should both be making the trip to the Falls this year. Canterbury and All Saints have completely different teams. Cantebury having three closely packed runners up front with a fourth well back. All Saints has West Champ (Brown) and then a couple tight running duos a few minutes back. Canterbury's hopes rest on their fourth runner keeping close enough to the pack to keep the team score down. Right in between these two is Gloucester who will try to run as a team to upset one of these two teams. The individual race should belong to the West, with Brown (All Saints), Nativ (West Carleton) and Kemp (Nepean), in that order.

Senior Boys
The Earl of March is the team to beat, but will be dogged by East Champs Hillcrest. Similar story to that of the Junior Girls. Hillcrest's hopes rest on getting their third and fourth runners as far ahead of the Earl's #4 as possible. The Earl should pack 1-3 (Loney, Pateras and MacAuley) tightly at the top of the field while Hillcrest will counter with their 1-2 punch of Kennedy and Wheeler. Only Gloucester has a chance of upsettingone of these two. Individually this race belongs to two time OFSAA XC medallist Ian Donald (Nepean). Kennedy will battle with Loney and Pateras for the other two medals.

Senior Girls
Glebe gets the nod here based on placing all four scorers in the top 12 in the West, All Saints and Gloucester should battle for the second spot. Glebe's weakness is that they are only 4 deep (40 spots and almost 3:30 second between #4 and #5), so should one of the top 4 stumble they could be vulnerable. All Saints runs based on the strengh of West Champ Boyd, while Gloucester has a tight packed top three. Once again, it may be the fourth runners who decide the fate of these two teams. Individually, 2006 OFSAA JG Silver Medallist Lindsay Anderson (Colonel By) should win followed by Boyd with Bateman (Glebe), Francki (Sir Wil) and Harvey (Bell) fighting for the bronze medal.

Girls Aggregate:
Glebe, All Saints and Colonel By all have legitimate shots for the Girls Title. Each team has a #1 ranked team, with Glebe and All Saints both having a shot at a second OFSAA birth. Colonel By is the only one with teams in all three categories.

Boys Aggregate:
Glebe is the top pick with strong MB and JB teams and a SB team that may have a top 5 finish. Hillcrest with strong JB and SB teams and a MB team with a potential top 5 finish is the other team to watch.

Overall Aggregate:
Glebe, with 4 teams with top 2 potential is the heavy favorite to repeat as NC Champions

NC Schedule of Events:
9:30 am Coaches Meeting
10:00am Midget Girls
10:30am Midget Boys
11:00am Junior Girls
11:30am Junior Boys
12:15pm Senior Girls
1:00pm Senior Boys


2006 NCSSAA Cross Country Championship Results

Thursday, October 18, 2007

2007 East Conference Championships

Gloucester High School, by virtue of second place finishes in both the Boys and Girls Overall titles, won the Overall Aggregate at the East Conference Championships at the Hornet's Nest. Colonel By won the Girls Aggregate winning the MG title and placing third in both JG and SG, while Hillcrest won the Boys Aggregate, winning both the JB and SB races and placing second in the MB race.

Complete results are available here.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

2007 West Conference Championships

Glebe Collegiate was the big winner at the West Conference Championship, winning the Overall, Girls and Boys Aggregates. Glebe runners captured the Midget Girls, Midget Boys, Junior Boys and Senior Girls races.
Overall Aggregate
1. Glebe 40
2. Merivale 26
3. All Saints 24
4. Franco-Ouest 20
5. Nepean 15

Girls Aggregate
1. Glebe 20
2. All Saints 18
3. Merivale 14
3. Franco-Ouest 14
5. Nepean

Boys Aggregate
1. Glebe 26
2. Merivale 12
2. Sir Robert Borden 12
4. Nepean 9
5. South Carleton 6
5. Franco-Ouest 6
5. All Saints 6

Full results are available here!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

2007 National Capital Rankings

Well, five weeks into the season and we are all set for the Conference Meets. Several teams have yet to compete, but from what we've seen so far, here is what to expect:

Midget Girls

1. Colonel By
2. Glebe CI
3. Nepean
4. Beatrice Desloges
5. Immaculata

From what we've seen this year Colonel By seems to have the top end talent to win the NC title. Glebe, Nepean and Beatrice Desloges will fight it out for the 2nd OFSAA qualifying sport. Colonel By is undefeated against Ottawa competition this year, but these are Midgets and many schools have not yet competed...always a surprise or two with the Midgets.
Individuals to watch - Katheine Tuck (Colonel By), Breanna Burton (Nepean), Julia Francki (Sir Wil) and a few others we've yet to see race no doubt.

Midget Boys
1. Glebe CI
2. Nepean
3. Hillcrest
4. South Carleton
5. Colonel By

Similar story with the girls, except for the top 2 teams. Glebe is undefeated against all Eastern Ontario High Schools this season winning meets in Port Hope, Ottawa and Brockville. Nepean was their closest competition at both the Gryphon Open and Thousand Islands Invite. As for the rest, it's like tossing dice. Only 5 teams have competed so far, but I'm sure there are others out there..
Individuals to watch - Andreas Carranco (Glebe), Gabriel Skupek-Martin (Louis Riel), Raid Naji (Glebe), Andrew Fawcett (Nepean)

Junior Girls
1. Garneau
2. All Saints
3. Cantebury
4. Gloucester
5. St. Peter

Newcomer Garneau defeated last years Midget Girls runaway Champs from All Saints at the Thousand Islands Invite, placing 4th and 5th repectively, with only 15 point separating them in the large field. Should be tighter at NC's. Cantebury, 2nd last year, have yet to compete this season, but have all 4 scoring runners returning in good form.
Individuals to watch - Anna Nativ (West Carleton) - '06 MG NC Champ and 17th at OFSAA last year, Emily Alexander (Ashbury), Emily Kemp (Nepean), Heather Slinn (Hillcrest)

Junior Boys
1. Glebe
2. Merviale
3. Gloucester
4. Sir Robert Borden
5. Hillcrest

Last years Midget Boys Champs from Glebe have experienced growing pains and the race will be much tighter this year. Last years NC champ, Kieran Hooey, is just returning from a fractured ankle, and #4 Phil Brougham has only run once this year due to injury. The team has only run together once this season, defeating Merivale by a single point at the Gryphon Open. Gloucester and Borden were a distant 2nd and 3rd to Glebe at the HawX Invite.
Individuals to watch - Stuart Wilson (Glebe) undefeated in against NC competition this year, Kieran Hooey (Glebe) '06 MB NC Champ, Tait Beck (Ashbury), Ben Gunn-Doerge (Immaculata), Yospeh Gregregi (Rideau), big win at HawX Invite

Senior Girls
1. Glebe
2. Merivale
3. West Carleton
4. Gloucester
5. Lisgar

This will be the tightest fight for the two OFSAA qualifying spots. Despite the loss of last years runner up Maddie Martin (stress fracture), Glebe is undefeated against Ottawa competition this year, winning the Glebe Open and HawX Invite (defeating Gloucester by a single point - although both teams were missing one of their top 4). West Carleton will be the sleeper in the group, having not competed yet this season, but having a solid top five. If they all show up (literally and figuratively) on race day, they will be tough to beat.
Individuals to watch - Lindsay Anderson (Colonel By) '06 JG Champ and OFSAA XC Silver Medalist, Karen Lenarduzzi (St. Matthew), Alex Bateman (Glebe), Amanda Harvey (Bell), Sarah Boyd (All Saints)

Senior Boys
1. Earl of March
2. Gloucester
3. Hillcrest
4. Merivale
5. Beatrice Desloges

Tight battle could form for the top three positions, with the Earl having an edge based on their convincing win in the Junior Boys race last year and the depth of their team (only 20 seconds separated 1-3 in last years JB's race). Add Nick Pateras (5th in '06 SB's race) to the mix and it looks like a winning combination. One point separated Gloucester and Hillcrest at the Thousand Islands Invite. Both teams have similar teams with 2 top runners and then a big gap before #3 and #4. Hillcrest gets the edge up front, but Gloucester's #3 and #4 are better. Hillcrest needs a big run from 3rd - 5th to unseat the Gator's for the #2 spot.
Individuals to watch - Ian Donald (Nepean) '06 JB Champ and OFSAA Bronze Medalist, Aiden Kennedy (Hillcrest) '06 SB Silver Medalist, Tim Huebsch (Gloucester)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

2007 Results

Trinity Invitational, Port Hope, Sept 19th
Gryphon Open, Ottawa, Sept 25th
TISS Pirates Invitational, Brockville, Oct 3rd
Haw-X-Country Invitational, Ottawa, Oct 10th
WEST Conference Championships, Terry Fox Athletic Facility, Ottawa, Oct 17th
EAST Conference Championships, Hornet's Nest, Ottawa, Oct 18th
NCSSAA Championships, Terry Fox Athletic Facility, Ottawa, Oct 25th
OFSAA Championships, Grimsby, Nov 3rd

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