Here’s what went down at Ontario’s university cross-country championships
The OUA Cross-Country Championships were held at Centennial Park in the Greater Toronto Area on Sunday. Here are the must-know results.
Claire Sumner and Corey Bellemore are champions of Ontario as the two won the provincial university cross-country championships on Sunday. Both used finishing kicks in the final kilometre to secure the victories at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships at Centennial Park in the Greater Toronto Area.
Sumner, a fourth year attending the Kingston, Ont.-based university, won the 6K in 20:16.7, narrowly defeating Toronto’s Lucia Stafford. The Queen’s athlete won her home meet two weekends ago and was able to hold off a charging Stafford in the final metres. Just 0.4 seconds separated the two.
Bellemore, popularly known as the beer mile world record holder, showed off his finishing kick to break open the race with less than 1K to go. The Windsor athlete, who ran 4:34 for the beer mile this summer, won the 10K in an impressive 30:35 over Lakehead’s Kevin Tree. The two were side-by-side in the race’s latter stages but Bellemore managed to put eight seconds on Tree by the finish.
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Post-race interviews
Men’s race winner: Corey Bellemore
Women’s race winner: Claire Sumner
This weekend marked conference time for university athletes across the country including the Atlantic championships and the Quebec championships. The west do not have a conference meet prior to nationals.
The event was held under cloudy skies with light rain. Temperatures were between 5-8 C as the women’s race began at 11 a.m. local time followed by the men’s race at noon EDT.
????@WindsorLancers Corey Bellemore wins the men's race at the #OUA #CrossCountry Championship! #BannerSeason pic.twitter.com/1kOdyZZVer
— OUA (@OUAsport) October 30, 2016
?♀️??@queensgaels Claire Sumner wins the women's race at the #OUA #CrossCountry Championship! #BannerSeason pic.twitter.com/kQtFTTp7Da
— OUA (@OUAsport) October 30, 2016
Powerhouse Guelph earned the women’s team victory at cross-country provincials, their 13th consecutive OUA title. Western, based out of London, Ont., upset the Guelph men’s team, winners of 11 previous Ontario titles, thanks to Jack Sheffar’s individual bronze.
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First team OUA all-stars: First through seventh
Second team OUA all-stars: Eighth through 14th
Top-14 men
1. Corey Bellemore, Windsor, 30:35.8
2. Kevin Tree, Lakehead, 30:43.2
3. Jack Sheffar, Western, 30:48.5
4. Jeffrey Tweedie, McMaster, 30:54.1
5. Connor Darlington, McMaster, 30:56.4
6. Ben Carson, Western, 30:57
7. Brayden Seneca, Guelph, 31:03.6
8. Chris Balestrini, Western, 31:04.7
9. Benjamin Workman, Guelph, 31:06.9
10. Eric Wynands, Queen’s, 31:12.2
11. Mark Patton, Guelph, 31:13.9
12. Alex Ulman, Windsor, 31:21.4
13. Andrew Nebel, Windsor, 31:21.9
14. Gabriel Ghiglione, McMaster, 31:26.1
Top-14 women
1. Claire Sumner, Queen’s, 20:16.7
2. Lucia Stafford, Toronto, 20:17.1
3. Julie-Anne Staehli, Queen’s 20:18.6
4. Katelyn Ayers, Guelph, 20:18.7
5. Kristina Popadich, Western, 20:20.4
6. Stefanie Smith, Windsor, 20:28.4
7. Amy Stephenson, Western, 20:37.9
8. Heather Petrick, Guelph, 20:46.5
9. Sophia Watts, Guelph, 21:01.2
10. Katherine Lampard, Western, 21:03
11. Madeleine Kelly, Toronto, 21:13
12. Cheryse Mitton, Guelph, 21:27.2
13. Katrina Allison, Guelph, 21:27.9
14. Jazz Shukla, Toronto, 21:31
Full results can be found here.
The CIS Cross-Country Championships, which will be known as the U Sports Cross-Country Championships in 2017, are set for Nov. 12 in Quebec City hosted by Laval.
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