Sunday, December 05, 2004

Frontrunners at National Cross Country Championships

Full results from the Canadian Cross Country Championships can be viewed at www.athleticscanada.com

We had three athletes from Nanaimo running cross nationals. In the Junior Mens 8k, Kevin Friesen placed 29th in a time of 26:40 and Graeme Hill, currently running for Uvic, placing 46th, only 19 sec back of Kevin in a time of 26:59. The winning time was run by Jean-Claude Nduwingoma in 24:13 but the top Canadian was Mike Woods from Ontario in a time of 25:05.

Steve Osaduik was 30th in the Senior Mens 10k in a time of 31:53. The race was won by current NCAA champ, running for Saskatchewan, in a time of 29:50.