Feet in motion

Cross-country runners get season underway

Jordan Bax and Nadia Nansaur had the fleetest feet at the Cottonwood Island Park cross-country running meet last Saturday.

Bax, from D.P. Todd Secondary School, finished the 5.4-kilometre senior boys race in a time of 19 minutes 46 seconds, just ahead of Nolan McCleary of Vanderhoof’s Nechako Valley, who stopped the clock at 20:14. PGSS athlete Shawn Davis was third in a time of 23:41.

In the senior girls 5.4km race, Nansaur reached the finish line in 24:10, which put her ahead of teammate Rya Kish (24:42) and Alexis Seely of Nechako Valley (27:21).

In the junior boys division, on a 3.7km course, Nechako Valley’s Lachlan Pederson and Duchess Park’s Tyson Green both clocked in at 13:37 but Pederson was given the nod as the first one across the line. Max Whitehouse of Cedars Christian School placed third in a time of 13:52.

Olivia Wankling of D.P. Todd was fastest among the junior girls. Her time of 15:04 over a 3.7km distance put her ahead of Nechako Valley’s Payton Mueller (15:49) and PGSS runner Brynn Witwicki (16:02).

Other category winners were: juvenile boys (3.7km) – Josh Fiala, D.P. Todd, 13:53; juvenile girls (3.7km) – Ruby Nichols, Quesnel Junior Secondary School, 14:37; bantam boys (3.7km) – Rayen Rempel, Nechako Valley, 14:52; bantam girls (3.7km) – Stephanie Arronge, PGSS, 16:40; elementary boys (2km) – Reuben Daniel, Nechako Valley, 7:59; and elementary female (2km) – Eva Allen, Heritage, 11:09.

Runners will be back on the trails this Saturday in Vanderhoof at the NVSA Grounds. The meet will be hosted by Nechako Valley.

CITIZEN PHOTO BY JAMES DOYLE Runners cross the replica bridge in Cottonwood Island Park on Saturday morning while competing in the Cottonwood Island Run, a cross-country running event hosted by Duchess Park.

CITIZEN PHOTO BY JAMES DOYLE Grade 12 D.P. Todd runner Jordan Bax, the senior boys race winner, legs his way through the trails at Cottonwood Island Park.