Hundreds of School District 27 students converged in Boitanio Park last Friday, Oct. 3, for the 43rd Annual Williams Lake Elementary Cross Country Championships.
Elementary schools from throughout SD27 competed in various-distance runs in individual — by age — and team competitions.
Bringing home the Overall Pennant at this year’s championships was Chilcotin Road Elementary School, with Mountview elementary picking up the Handicap Pennant.
The Small School Pennant went to Big Lake Elementary.
In individual awards the top three in each division are as follows:
Eight-Year-Old Girls
1.) Kalli Campbell (Nesika elementary)
2.) Gabrielle Knox (Mountview elementary)
3.) Jessica Kelly (Marie Sharpe elementary)
Eight-Year-Old Boys
1.) Noe Jelks (Nesika elementary)
2.) Declan Pocock (Chilcotin Road elementary)
3.) Boston Levens (Chilcotin Road elementary)
Nine-Year-Old Girls
1.) Lauryn Marklinger (Distance Education)
2.) Maya Nowotny (150 Mile elementary)
3.) Rachel Loewen (Cataline elementary)
Nine-Year-Old Boys
1.) Lucas Pinnette (Sacred Heart)
2.) Nate Carnes (150 Mile elementary)
3.) Kolby Croswell (Maranatha Christian School)
10-Year-Old Girls
1.) Kendra Parent (Mountview elementary)
2.) Leah Jacobson (Cataline elementary)
3.) Thea Lutters (Chilcotin Road elementary)
10-Year-Old Boys
1.) Owen Kielpinski (150 Mile elementary)
2.) Curtis Roorda (150 Mile elementary)
3.) Ben Bergmann (150 Mile elementary)
11-Year-Old Girls
1.) Claire Brown (150 Mile elementary)
2.) Dylan Passeri (Chilcotin Road elementary)
3.) Gracie Frost (Chilcotin Road elementary)
11-Year-Old Boys
1.) Finley Enns (Mountview elementary)
2.) Branden McClair (Cariboo Adventist Academy)
3.) Isaiah Smith (Nesika elementary)