Reid Coolsaet wins first 4K cross-country race in 14 years

Over the weekend, Athletics Ontario ran its first championship event since the pandemic hit. The provincial champs took place Saturday and Sunday in three different locations across the province, each featuring wave starts. AO successfully ran races for runners aged seven through 75, all while maintaining social distancing. In Mallorytown, London and Markham, three different cross-country meets ran as part of the same event. 

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Each wave of runners was given a time to arrive at the course and a time they had to depart by. They ran 1K races for runners aged eight to 10, 2K for the kids under 14, 4K for U16 and masters runners, 6K for U20 and 8K in the open category. Reid Coolsaet took the win in the master’s division of the central championship – his first cross-country race since 2012 (and his first 4K race in 14 years). Coolsaet wasn’t the only big name entered, several U Sports studs including the University of Guelph’s Hannah Woodhouse and McMaster’s Andrew Davies both took home wins. 

Here are the result from the three different regions. 

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Central – Milne Dam Conservation Park, Markham

U18 girls

Jadyn Keeler – 21:20, South Simcoe 
Elissa Frielink – 21:54, South Simcoe 
Chloe Coutts – 22:05, Central Toronto

U18 boys

Roman Mironov – 18:46, Toronto West
Owen Lockyer – 19:05, Toronto West
Mathis Mercier – 19:12, Newmarket

U20 girls

Kira Gupta-Baltazar – 22:00
Maya Parkin – 23:25, Greater Uxbridge
Joselyn Rivera-Marcotte – 24:08, Toronto West

U20 boys

Tristan Jones – 18:51, Kawartha Lakes
Dakota Goguen – 19:07, Newmarket
Joshua Boston – 19:28, Newmarket

Open women

Nicole Rich – 31:11, Track North
Emily Boston – 32:00, Newmarket
Kelsey Lefebvre – 34:22

Open men

Keon Wallingford – 25:15, Track North
Dylan Brown – 25:17, Track North
Connor Macintosh – 25:50, Newmarket

Masters women

Erin Gregory – 15:38, Quinte Frontenac
Jessica Shaw – 16:05, Newmarket
Kelly Senk – 16:22, Newmarket

Masters men

Reid Coolsaet – 13:02, Dundas Valley
Stephen Holmes – 13:53, Newmarket
Craig Burrell – 13:54, Durham

Western – London

U18 girls

Jalen Marcil – 23:20, London Western
Victoria Lamb – 23:40, London Western
Anna Morarieu – 24:00, Saugeen

U18 boys

Tennessee Tremain – 18:48, Laurel Creek
Heath McAllister – 19:40, London
David Rule – 20:00, Hamilton Olympic

U20 girls

Annika Ariano – 21:45, Okanagan
Olivia Roussel – 22:14, Royal City
Sandra Guga – 22:49, Mississauga

U20 boys

Talman Young – 19:41, Royal City
Paul Popescu – 20:19, Windsor
Adrian Stubberfield – 20:31, Windsor

Open women

Hannah Woodhouse – 27:01, Royal City
Kiana Gibson – 28:26, Royal City
Sydney Pattison – 29:56, U Windsor

Open men

Andrew Davies – 23:57, Hamilton
Max Turek – 24:09, Hamilton
Brandon Allen – 24:21, Windsor

Masters women

Julie Reiter – 18:21
Kathy Mantel – 18:25, Brantford
Katherine Willis – 21:17, Toronto

Masters men

Brad Reiter – 14:22
Pierre Quevillon – 16:33
Jeff MacPhail – 17:56, London

Eastern results coming shortly.