While Diavolitsis was quick
to attest that soccer still ranks ahead of running, the
truth is that a very hilly course seemingly played to
the strength of a young lady who missed a good majority
of the Vikings' workouts, given that they over-lapped
with the Lockerby flag football practice sessions.
But while the up and down
terrain may have benefitted Diavolitsis, it's certainly
not her preference.
"For me, I don't like
the hills," she said. "But it's still good to
have hills or else it would be really easy for everyone
else too. If you're a strong runner and you can run up
these hills and not get as tired, then that's what separates
the really good ones from the good ones."
Sounds like the Knights'
senior boys fall into the "really good" classification.
With Owen Dobson leading
way, the south-end powerhouse placed all five runners
in the top 110 (in a field of 245), with Nolan Kuhlberg
(56th), Kaeden Ward (78th), Jacob Barney (95th) and Liam
Lacroix (110th) all playing a role in the team that finished
fourth overall.
In fact, the Knights aggregate
total of 274 points (top four runners count - goal is
to have fewest points) was truthfully a matter of five
seconds here or there behind the quartets from silver
medal winning Neil McNeil High School (266) in Scarborough
and Trinity College School (269), the bronze medal winners
from Port Hope.
The Lockerby Composite senior
boys also fared quite well, placing 9th with a scoring
quartet of Liam Binks, Owen Roney, James Bertrim and Callum
Baron/Brandon Roney (separated by a 10th of a second).
Cornthwaite, meanwhile, match
his bronze medal performance from one year ago, trailing
only Anthony Cigan (St Joseph's Catholic H-S - Windsor)
and Matthew Heldsinger (Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic
H-S - Ajax) as the trio led the way in a grouping of 38
runners.
Following is a complete listing
of the results of SDSSAA representatives who managed to
crack the top-100 in their division, putting themselves
in the top 40% of their classification:
Senior Girls
8th - Maren Kasunich* - Manitoulin Secondary - 23:49.00
17th - Lauren Pineau - Lockerby Composite - 24:47.60
50th - Georgia Lepage - St Benedict CSS - 26:09.29
* though Kasunich is not a SDSSAA rep, she is a very familiar
face at local meets and races
Senior Boys
45th - Owen Dobson - Lo-Ellen Park - 21:36.37
50th - Liam Binks - Lockerby Composite - 21:40.93
56th - Nolan Kuhlberg - Lo-Ellen Park - 21:44.21
64th - Owen Roney - Lockerby Composite - 21:53.07
78th - Kaeden Ward - Lo-Ellen Park - 22:22.73
95th - Jacob Barney - Lo-Ellen Park - 22:39.39
Junior Girls
58th - Lucia Salmaso - Marymount - 20:56.36
Junior Boys
22nd - Shiloh Sauve - Lo-Ellen Park - 17:22.69
Novice Girls
34th - Misaki Diavolitsis - Lockerby Composite - 17:36.94
71st - Tyla McLeod - Bishop A. Carter - 18:28.59
92nd - Lily Bignucolo - Lo-Ellen Park - 18:55.63
Novice Boys
74th - Isaac Longston - Lockerby Composite - 15:52.83
84th - Sullivan Smith - St Benedict CSS - 15:59.02
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