St. Clair College Cross Country Race Well in London

The St. Clair College team continue to be very competitive against the rest of the province and raced well in their third event of the season on Saturday at the Fanshawe College Invitational in London, ON. The Saints were 2nd Place as a team in the Men’s event and in a tightly contested Women’s race placed 3rd.

The St. Clair Men matched wits with eight other OCAA teams led by Carter Free (Napanee, ON) who finished 7th in a time of 26:49 in a field of 69 racers over the 8km course. Free paced well with his teammates as Noah Nicoletti (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) was 8th (26:50) while Melein Keflay (Windsor, ON/Assumption) was right behind in 9th at 26:57 for the Saints. Russell Niedre (Ottawa, ON) was the final counting team runner for St. Clair in 19th Place with a time of 28:19. Other finishers for St. Clair were Wesley Hearn (Windsor, ON/Sandwich) in 21st position in 28:32 while Daniel Herrera (Windsor, ON/Kennedy) was 56th in 36:56.

The St. Clair Women got another fine performance by Victoria Horrobin (Wallaceburg, ON) who stopped her watch in 4th Place with a time of 23:43 over the 6km course in a field of 48 runners. Justine Abbott (Wyoming, ON) was 9th in 26:01 with Melody Knight (Tecumseh, ON/Tecumseh Vista) coming across the line in 26:52. Kendra Bell (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) was 20th in 28:06 and Emersyn Grondin (Tecumseh, ON/Tecumseh Vista finished 24th with a time 28:21. Camryn Crawford (Kemptville, ON) was unable to compete on Saturday.

The St. Clair Cross Country team will next be in action Oct. 12th at the Centennial College Invitational Meet at their Ashtonbee campus in Scarborough, ON.