Aysia Maurice powered her way to 310 Running’s first individual gold at the MTA Provincial XC Championships in Guelph on October 25 while teammates Chloe Agar, Paige Barber, Maddie Spadzinski & Fiona Johnson helped secure the team silver in the Tyke Girls division.
Alexys Maurice & Charlotte Barber finished 5th & 13th respectively in the Atom Girls event while O2, Olivia Fasan & Olivia Cadieux, landed 47th & 48th in the Senior Girls race.
Josh Blades broke the top 10 in the Tyke boys race with a 9th place finish & big brother Tysen Blades took 26th in the Atom Boys event.
310 high school athletes Georgia Waller, Nicholas Falconi & James Cromack all earned a trip to the OFSAA XC Championships being held in Waterloo on Nov.1.
Waller took the win at the YRAA Midget girls race on Oct. 15 at Boyd Conservation Area & helped propel her team from Dr. GW Williams in Aurora to the big race.
Falconi & Cromack both competed in ROPSSAA at Heart Lake Conservation Area on Oct. 23. Falconi finished 5th in the Midget boys race & Cromack won the bronze in the Junior boys race. Both advanced as individual athletes.
The 2014 edition of the Don Olson Classic proved to be the largest & fastest race ever. 332 athletes ranging in age from 5 to 79 finished either the 2.5K single loop or the 5K double loop event through the beautiful trails of Albion Hills.
On the women’s side, Maddy Grieg defended her 2.5K title with a course record 8:59 & Hiley Dobbs retained her 5K title with a course record 18:37.
The men were equally impressive with Cameron Dean earning the top spot in the 2.5K with an 8:27 & Thomas Witkowicz obliterating the 5K course record & the competition with a 16:21.
The Masters titles went to Holly Greenwood & Bob Grieg while the Junior winners were Alexys Maurice & Luke Jaciw-Zurakowsky
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