OFSAA XC 2019 senior men’s and women’s contenders

OFSAA cross-country is many high school runner’s most anticipated race of the year. They build toward the event all summer, get excited weeks in advance and once they get there, it truly feels like they’ve made it to their own mini Olympics.

Cross-country races are some of the most competitive events you can run. Because there’s only one distance offered for each age group, the races combine every talented runner from the 800m through the 3,000m. On the track these high schoolers run separate events but on the XC course, they’re all in one race together. We’re only eight days away from the big event, so it’s time to take a look at who will likely run fast. Here are the top 20 individuals and top teams to watch for at the high school cross-country event of the fall.

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Senior women – Individuals

Petal Palmer – St. Mother Teresa
Robyn Perry – Greenwood
Abby Yuhasz – Resurrection
Emma Betty – Lisgar
Katie Newlove – St. Peter
Emma Graham – Senator O’Connor
Skye Pellerin – St. Francis Xavier
Macy Turcotte – E.S. Theriault
Jadyn Keeler – Innisdale
Cassandra Williamson – Dunbarton
EJ Boston – St. Maximillian Kolbe
Anna Workman – KCVI
Isabel Raymond – Father John Redmond
Wanda Czebreszuk – St. Thomas Aquinas
Meredith Kusnierczyk – Lo-Ellen Park
Mackenzie Campbell – KCVI
Chloe Thomas – Berkeley
Sophie Coutts – Leaside
Chloe Coutts – Leaside
Ashley Maguire – St. Thomas of Villanova
Emily Bryce – Saugeen

Senior men – Individuals

Rudy Saal – Jean Lajoie
Owen Lockyer – St. Catharines
Eric Campbell – Sir Winston Churchill
John Bezanson – Sir Winston Churchill
Dakota Goguen – St. Maximillian Kolbe
Sacha Schimmelpennick – Sir Winston Churchill
Calum Passi – Lasalle
Matt Mason – Sir Wilfred Laurier
Matt Lampard – Crescent
Matt Larkin – Bracebridge/Muskoka Lakes
Max Davies – Northern Secondary
Matt Markson – Northern Secondary
Christian Rachner – St. Roch Catholic
Joe Fast – Ridgemont
Abdullahi Hassan – Birchmount
Scott Arendt – Waterloo
Jacob Meier – UFA

Senior women – Team

Theriault – Timmins
Leaside – Toronto
St. Thomas of Villanova – La Salle
Lo-Ellen Park – Sudbury
St. Thomas Aquinas – Oakville
Aurora H.S. – Aurora
Father John Redmond – Toronto

Senior men – Team

Northern S.S. – Toronto
Vincent Massey – Windsor
Sir Winston Churchill – St. Catharines