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Records fall at X-C meet
The Daily Press (Timmins)
Monday, September 26, 2005
Page: B2
Section: Sports
Byline: Ben Stevenson
Source: The Daily Press
Fall is a season of change. And as three course records fell
at the annual Hersey Lake Invitational cross-country meet on
Saturday, 616 runners from across Northeastern Ontario proved this
season will be no different.
Anne Boucher of Ecole Jacques Cartier, Elisa Colantonio of Ecole
secondaire Theriault (EST), and Jeremie Bourget of Ecole Sacre Coeur
-- all of Timmins -- each broke the tape with precedent-setting
times.
"It was a rough start," said Colantonio, who blasted the midget
girls 2,900-metre course in 11 minutes and 20 seconds to chop 12
seconds off Sabrina Lefort's five-year-old record in the
28-competitor field. "I fell at the beginning. People were excited
and I just collided with another girl. I learned that anything can
happen at the start."
The Grade 9 EST student was able to regroup after her troublesome
start and move up from the middle of the field to take the race.
Bourget, a Grade 7 athlete, emphasized his youthful prowess on the
running circuit by shaving four seconds off the Grade-8 record set
by Kyle Pichette in 2002.
"I wanted the record," said the 12-year-old, who moved up from
third spot in the 37-racer field to cover 2,900m in 10:17 and steal
the win. "It was good because I know the trails here, and I love the
hills."
Boucher blazed the 1,240m course in 5:08 to nab the Grade 6 record
with 10 seconds to spare.
Theriaut's Andrea Paquette was just off the 10-year-old junior
girls record set by EST alumnus Melanie Lamoureux by crushing the
4,160m course in 16:25 and the rest of the 34-runner category by
1:21.
"I felt really good," said Paquette. "I just started at my normal
pace and kept it up over the race."
Matt Walters of West Ferris Secondary School in North Bay led from
start to finish in senior boys action, trashing the 60-racer field
by 61 seconds over 6,970m.
Theriault dominated the day by taking the overall high school
title. The Knights of O'Gorman High School earned a second-place
showing, just ahead of Ecole secondaire Algonquin of North Bay.
Illustration:
• Photo: Ben Stevenson, The Daily Press / Matt Walters, a
first-year senior at West Ferris Secondary School in North Bay,
crests a hill while leading the field in senior-boys action at the
annual Hersey Lake Invitational cross-country meet, Saturday.
Idnumber: 200509260024
Edition: Final
Story Type: Sports
Length: 346 words
Illustration Type: Black & White Photo