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Raiders cross country team takes third at provincials

Journey Flewell finishes fourth, Emma Holmes in fifth

The Lindsay Thurber cross-country running team put the lid on their season by capturing third place in the Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial championships in Cochrane during the weekend.

Calgary’s William Aberhart and Edmonton’s Strathcona finished first and second respectively.

Notre Dame, which tied with LTCHS in the Central Alberta zone championships, placed eighth and Hunting Hills ninth.

Journey Flewell and Emma Holmes led the LTCHS squad, finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the four-kilometre intermediate girls’ division.

Flewell came in at 16:58 with Holmes at 17:01. Hayley Lalor was 24th at 19:08 and Tessa Strom 75th at 22:04.

Josh Campbell placed 15th at 16:06 and Logan Lopaschuk 64th at 17:37 in the 4km junior boys’ division.

In senior girls, Kalena Soehn was 62nd at 21:12 and Jade Weber 77th at 22:08 in the 4km run. The 3km junior girls’ division saw Jamie Lalor take 38th at 11:51 and Dawsin McDonald 77th at 12:55.

In the 5km intermediate boys race, Reid Petrosenko was 31st at 18:51, Izaak Vriend 68th at 20:25 and Isaiah Paterson 69th at 20:26.

The 6km senior boys’ division saw Kurtis Willoughby take 57th at 21:57 and Tseguye Adair 81st at 23:11.

l In Grade 9 action, the LTCHS Raiders won the 4J Central West Alberta Junior High Athletic Association cross-country running championship.

Silver medalist Owen Pimm led the way on the boys’ side with Hannah Wirtanen taking third in the girls’ division. Both races were 3km and had over 100 competitors.

Other results on the boys’ side saw Ethan Wittke place eighth, Jordy Isaac 10th, Aryton Chillibeck 15th and Sheku Koroma 20th.

Other top 25 on the girls’ side were Elyssa Leedahl fourth, Stephanie Keeper 10th, Tatum Adair 14th, Rebecca Kentworthy 18th and Valerie Ho 19th.

Emerald Alcock, Hayley Cartwright, Mara Jenkins, Sanjana Sharma and Brooklyn Young also ran on the girls’ side with Wyatt Grainger, Josh Hope, Aetizaz Khan, Kade McDonald, Nathan Plant and Tyler Wintringham in the boys’ division.