Humberside Collegiate runner wins provincial cross country gold

The provincial high school cross country championships were held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Green's Creek Conservation Area in Ottawa, and Toronto schools hit the podium.

Individually, there was only one medal, but it was a good one - gold - with Mackenzie Lemieux of Humberside Collegiate winning the junior girls race in 13:53.2 (ahead of Olivia Little from Windsor's Vincent Massey in a time of 14:30.3).

The closest to the podium after that was a fifth place finish in junior boys by Michael Petta of Northern Secondary.

Teamwise, the Birchmount Park boys won boys overall title while Humberside and Leaside finished second and third, respectively, for the girls.

The athletes race in three categories - midget, junior and senior (male and female) - and Toronto schools hit the podium with three team bronze medals - Birchmount Park CI in junior boys, Leaside High School in junior girls and Humberside Collegiate in midget girls.

Included here are Toronto's best results (which include the top local finisher, plus all top 10 finishers, in each category for both individuals and teams).

SENIOR BOYS

TEAM, 12th place, St. Michael's. Team includes Sacha Smart, Philip Messina, Ian Trampble, Conor Donovan and Thomas Badali.

INDIVIDUAL: 55/248 (55 out of 248 runners), Zach Francisco, Chaminade High School, 24:58.2

SENIOR GIRLS

TEAM, 18th, Birchmount Park CI. Team includes Julia Kitevski, Renee Robertson, Kim Provost and Jennifer Fedak.

INDIVIDUAL: 8/246, Julia Kitevski, Birchmount Park CI, 19:25.9

JUNIOR BOYS

TEAM, 3rd, Birchmount Park CI. Team includes Ben Devito, Thier Nunguwenimana, Matthew Moesdyk, Rowan Kelly and Andrew Laita.

INDIVIDUAL: 5/250, Michael Petta, Northern Secondary, 21:27.2

JUNIOR GIRLS

TEAM, 3rd, Leaside High School. Team includes Claire Lockridge, Rebecca Formosa, Paula Zonneveld, Maddie Theodorlis and Margue McGregor.

4th, Humberside. Team includes Mackenzie Lemieux, Jamie Kavanagh, Natasha Goncharenko, Alicja Tryczynska and Kristen Wilson.

INDIVIDUAL: 1/236, Mackenzie Lemieux, Humberside CI, 13:53.2 (second place competitor came in at 14:30.3).

MIDGET BOYS

TEAM, 4th, Birchmount Park CI. Team includes Luke Mackrell, Carter Wood, Damiel Wilson, Neil McCann and Ramy Mohamed.

8th, St. Michael's College. Team includes Andrew Lovisotto, Nick Ellerton, Michael Byrne, Sean Davis, Brady Turner.

INDIVIDUAL: 6/240 Emmanuel Zambazis, Crestwood Preparatory College, 17:49.9.

8/240, Natan Muacasso Shour, Albert Campbell CI, 17:52.5.

10/240, Jacob Ferguson, Northern SS, 17:54.0.

MIDGET GIRLS

TEAM: 3rd, Humberside CI. Team includes Emma Rogers, Erin Locke, Jennifer Wolever, Caroline Serjeant and Sarah Hill.

6th, Michael Power/St. Josephs. Team includes Nadya Gill, Julia Milosz, Amisa Gill, Keira Allen and Savannah Goulart.

9th, Leaside High School. Team includes Madison Hilliard, Thea Petsis, Hanna Coyle, Lucy Liu and Amy Smith.

INDIVIDUAL: 25/242, Gabrielle Foss, Northern SS, 12:48.5.