Local runners advance to OFSAA

A number of Chatham-Kent cross-country runners took part in the OFSAA cross-country championships held in Sudbury earlier this week.

Results include:

Ursuline’s Gabryela Jeremias was 24th in the junior girls’ five-km race in 20:56.82. She was the top individual local runner. A total of 263 runners competed in the junior girls’ division.

Chatham-Kent’s Gavin Lumley was 30th and Ursuline’s Miles Carrington was 31st in the junior boys’ five-km race. The Ursuline junior boys team finished 22nd in the team category. Carrington was followed by Lucas Mills in 137th, William Vanden Hengel in 159th and Tristan Cook in 222nd.

Chatham-Kent’s Adelaide Cranston was 38th in the senior girls’ six-km race. There were 275 runners in the senior girls’ division. This is Cranston’s first time running in high school.

McGregor’s Eli Brinkman was 125th in the novice boys’ four-km race in 17:15.16. There were 266 runners in the novice boys division.