High School cross country season concludes with recent provincial championship

Though the course was familiar to runners who competed at Table Mountain for districts, it was still challenging.

“We didn’t go all the way up to the top, but we probably went about halfway up, starting from the bottom,” said Ball.

Ball said one of the organizers described the course as a “great equalizer.”

“There are some of those kids that run cross-country and they run track and they’re so used to running on the flat and they’re trained so hard on that. So they’ve got great endurance. But a hill like that one, it really takes heart to be able to climb it.”

While cross-country is an individual sport, Ball said team camaraderie plays a big role in the runners’ success.

“I know they’re talking and enjoying it at the same time. If there’s a faster one in the group, they push the slower ones to move forward and that sort of thing. I think that camaraderie really shows up in training. On top of that, it’s high school sports. Half the fun is to drive there and the drive back.”

With the season over, Ball said he was happy with the team’s support for one another and the progress of its younger runners.

“We have some great athletes down at the Grade 7 and 8 level. They don’t get to go to provincials. So I talk about us being a team, and we’re a team all the way from Grade 7 to Grade 12. So the Grade 12 kids know the names of the Grade 7 kids and they’re cheering each other on.”

Battlefords and area results:

NBCHS refers to North Battleford Comprehensive High School. DNF means did not finish. Times are listed in minutes and seconds.

Junior boys:

Bentley Barkinson, 37th, 20:12 – NBCHS

Easton Schneider, 54th, 20:53 – NBCHS

Thorin Jedlicka, 74th, 22:50 – Unity

Junior girls:

Anne Prince, 47th, 25:06 – John Paul II

Alexa Goring, 71st, 29:44 – Unity

Bianca Bezuidenhout, 72nd, 30:39 – NBCHS

Jaireda Tootoosis, 73rd, 32:17 – Chief Poundmaker

Intermediate boys:

Xavier Prince, 20th, 12:52 – John Paul II

Yohan Yi, 25th, 13:08 – NBCHS

Younes Beloud, 27th, 13:17 – NBCHS

Cohen Lafrieniere, 42nd, 13:52 – John Paul II

Josh Halladay, 59th, 14:17 – John Paul II

Hudson Charabin, 68th, 15:04 – John Paul II

Nixon Bernier, 69th, 15:05 – NBCHS

Connor Poitras-Wuttunee, 95th, 17:36 – NBCHS

Intermediate girls:

Mila Lapointe, 27th, 15:52 – NBCHS

Cullen Blacklock, 31st, 15:58 – NBCHS

Maeve Silver, 74th, 19:22 – John Paul II

Lara Radchenko, 79th, 19:35 – NBCHS

Aliyah Tootoosis, 95th, 22:26 – Chief Poundmaker

Isabel Shephard, DNF – John Paul II

Senior boys:

Matthew Heidel, 28th, 18:40 – NBCHS

Daygen Oborowsky, 39th, 19:14 – NBCHS

Kyler Domak, 74th, 21:12 – Maymont

Jakob Konopelski, 89th, 22:36 – NBCHS

David Sawatzky, 91st, 22:48 – Cut Knife

Christian Neigum, 97th, 23:09 – Unity

Senior girls:

Emma Harder, 1st, 18:23 – Maymont

Camryn Hummeny, 27th, 22:42 – NBCHS

Katarina Radchenko, 46th, 24:29 – NBCHS

Chantelle Kern, 62nd, 26:07 – NBCHS

Prince Albert results:

Junior boys:

Manzi Manzi, 73rd, 22:43 – PA St Mary

Jacoby Fosseneuve, 78th, 23:13 – PA St Mary

Colton Deperry-Kendal, 83rd, 23:58 – PA St Mary

Feyijimi Kayode, 90th, 28:40 – PA St Mary

Dazton Dillon Carriere, DNF – PA St Mary

Junior girls:

Sophia Walter, 9th, 21:42 – PA Carlton

Jillian Bennington, 51st, 25:15 – PA Carlton

Lydia Bergeron, 52nd, 25:30 – PA Ecole Valois

Eni Dada, 76th, 35:45 – PA St Mary

Mairelle Callanta, 77th, 35:53 – PA St Mary

Anya Coertze, DNF – PA St Mary

Intermediate boys:

Kaz Yando, 79th, 16:08 – PA St Mary

Jaite Bexon, 97th, 18:20 – PA Carlton

Emmanuel Perrault, 98th, 18:36 – PA St Mary

Intermediate girls:

Rowan Arpin, 40th, 16:22 – PA Carlton

Sawyer Murphy, 77th, 19:26 – PA St Mary

Senior boys:

Matthew Quiring, 8th, 16:51 – PA Carlton

Aren Painter, 58th, 20:34 – PA St Mary

Senior girls:

Aurora Isbister, 49th, 24:45 – PA Carlton

Avilia Gaudet, 80th, 30:08 – PA Ecole Valois

Rozelyn Barlow, 94th, 33:00 – PA Ecole Valois

Northeast results:

Junior boys:

Joseph Reyes, 23rd, 19:14 – Tisdale

Yarik Ostapenko, 26th, 19:27 – Tisdale

Grayson Vecchio, 56th, 21:08 – Bjorkdale

Wyatt Spratt, 79th, 23:24 – Melfort

Junior girls:

Autumn Leo, 6th, 21:04 – Melfort

Prairie Beattie-Howe, 29th, 23:56 – Naicam

Aubrie Annand, 36th, 24:19 – Nipawin

Intermediate boys:

Drew Lucas, 23rd, 13:07 – Tisdale

Milo Ernst, 24th, 13:07 – Tisdale

Bentley Vavra, 53rd, 14:02 – Nipawin

Deklan Kehrig, 64th, 14:37 – Bjorkdale

Karston Kehrig, 93rd, 17:31 – Bjorkdale

Intermediate girls:

Maris Dust, 12th, 14:45 – Nipawin

Jordice Selensky, DNF – Bjorkdale

Senior boys:

Kingston Gendall, 11th, 17:05 – Melfort

Tyrel Lacert, 82nd, 21:36 – Choiceland

Anthony Fedorychka, 90th, 22:45 – Melfort

Senior girls:

Callie Cummings, 16th, 21:55 – Nipawin

Tiarrah Hegedus, 48th, 24:56 – Choiceland

Claire Helm, 81st, 30:11 – Northeast Christian Academy

Addison Nichols, 93rd, 32:54 – Melfort

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Ryan.Lambert@pattisonmedia.com

by Ryan Lambert

High School cross country season concludes with recent provincial championship

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