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| Thursday, November 29 2007 - Preliminary Start Lists are now posted |
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These are PRELIMINARY start lists for the Junior and Senior races. They are organized by club affiliation.
Junior Girls
Junior Boys
Senior Women
Senior Men
Masters
Complete schedule for AGSI National Cross Country Championships click here |
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| Monday, November 26 2007 - Title sponsor for the 2007 AGSI Canadian Cross Country Championships to provide funding for Canadian Cross-Country Team |
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GuelphRunning.ca is pleased to announce that AGSI, (Angus GeoSolutions Inc.) will be providing the Canadian Cross Country team with $8000.00 in national team funding. This is on top of the generous contribution towards the operating costs of running a National Championship. The Canadian Cross-Country team, which will compete at the 2008 World Cross Country championships in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a self-funded team. That means the athletes will have to pay to represent Canada at the World championships. The national team funding from AGSI will greatly reduce the costs for each athlete.
The Canadian team is chosen by finishing places at the 2007 AGSI National Cross country Championships in Guelph, Ontario on Decmeber 1st. The first six eligible competitors from each of the four championship races will be named to the Canadian squad. The reality is that in recent years many of the top six finishers from the senior races have opted not to participate at the major championships due to the financial burden of self funded teams. In fact, senior teams have seen as few as one athlete from the top 10 at the national championship actually participate on the national team.
This is where AGSI, the Georgetown, Ontario solutions company comes in. More specifically, AGSI provides geo-spatial expertise via the integration of mapping science technologies and, development of Enterprise Geographical Information Systems. Chris Cameron, CEO and President of AGSI, is a runner who competed for the University of Guelph’s Cross country and track teams in the mid eighties. He is very excited to support the national championship and lend a hand to the runners who will compete on the national team next winter. “It’s great to see someone who is involved with running give back to the sport” says Dave Scott-Thomas, race director of the AGSI Championships and head cross country and track coach at the University of Guelph. Scott-Thomas adds, “To my knowledge this is the first time a corporate sponsor has stepped-up to cover costs for athletes on the Canadian Cross Country team.”
The lack of funding in Canadian Amateur sport has been a hot topic for many years and the sport of Cross Country has not been immune to cut backs. In general, a good team performance at a Championship event warrants greater funding, whereas a poor performance earns less funding for future teams. When athletes have to give up their spots on the national team due to financial reasons it weakens the team and sets in motion a downward spiral. If Canada could send the first six athletes across the line at the Canadian Cross Country championships it would be sending a much stronger team. For this potential to come into fruition the costs of going to a continental or world championship have to be reduced and with the initiative of AGSI this possibility is becoming a reality.
For more information on the 2007 AGSI Canadian Cross Country Championships click here and for more information on AGSI click here. |
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| Sunday, November 25 2007 - Full list of Events in Conjunction with AGSI National Cross Country Championships |
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The 2007 AGSI National Cross Country Championships weekend is going to be busy. The event gets underway on Thursday afternoon with course inspection and will conclude Saturday evening with the Banquet.
Schedule of Events
Thursday November 29th
- Course is open for inspection, 2-4pm
- Nutrition Talk with Dr. Trent Stellingwerff (info. here), Ramada Inn, 7pm - free
Friday November 30th
- Course is open for inspection, Noon-4pm
- Kit/registration pick-up at Ramada Inn, 1pm-6pm
- Pasta Dinner at East Side Mario's 370 Stone Rd. W. 4pm-6pm (show up before 4:45pm)
- Technical Meeting for Coaches, Ramada Inn, 6:30pm
- Pete Julian Talk (info. here), Ramada Inn, 7pm - free
Saturday December 1st
- Status and Future of Canadian XC with Thelma Wright, All Coaches Welcome, 9am Ramada INN
- Kit/registration pick-up at Ramada Inn, 9am- 10:30am
- Kit/registration pick-up at Course, 11am - 1pm
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9:45 am
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Community/Open Race (non championship)
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5 km
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10:45 am
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Masters Men & Women Championship (age 30 and up)
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8 km
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11:45 am
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Children’s Fun Run, 13 and under (non championship)
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1 km
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12:00 pm
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Junior Women Championship (born 1988 or later)
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5 km
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12:45 pm
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Junior Men Championship (born 1988 or later)
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8 km
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1:30 pm
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Senior Women Championship
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7 km
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2:15 pm
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Senior Men Championship
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10 km
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- Master's age group awards will be done on-site (or in the Gryphon Dome) at the completion of the race
- Banquet, Atrium at University of Guelph Science Complex, 6:00pm sharp (ticket needed)
- Awards, Atrium at University of Guelph Science Complex, 7:00pm
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| Wednesday, November 21 2007 - FLOTRACK.COM will cover AGSI National XC Championships |
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Guelphrunning is pleased to announce that the popular Internet running site, Flotrack.com, will be on hand Thursday Nov. 29th through Saturday Dec. 1st to cover the AGSI National Cross Country Championships. Flotrack.com will be putting race footage up on their site as well as interviews from the race weekend. Flotrack.com has become very popular among runners as they provide great coverage of track and cross country meets around the world. Locally, they also covered the Mercedes Benz Classic Cambridge Mile this past June.
You can watch a workout from the Speed River group here on www.flotrack.com |
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| Sunday, November 18 2007 - Speed River Athletes Perform well at OTFA XC Champs |
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The Speed River Senior Men have won their second Cross Country race this season after their 'Bad Boy' victory two weeks ago in the Bronx. This time they were led by Speed River veteran Taylor Murphy who finished third with a time of 31:36.51 over the challenging 10km course. Taylor was followed closely by Rob Watson in 4th, Cleve Thorson (Saugeen) in 5th, Taylor Milne in 6th, and Scott Arnald in 8th to round out the four scoring athletes. Brendan Hunt 17th and David Sharrat 21st provided solid backup in their first XC races with the River this season.
Impressive results came out of the Junior Boys 8km race from Speed River and NEC athletes. Leading the way was Allan Brett in 2nd (Ottawa Lions) followed by Rob Jackson in 3rd and Tommy Mosher in 6th.
Speed River had two athletes see action in the Juvenile girls race. Melissa Adam and Anna Bishop finished 47th and 49th respectively in a competitive Juvenile Girls 4km race.
Up next for Speed River/NEC athletes is the AGSI National Cross Country Championships on December 1st in Guelph. The Speed River senior men team will try to make it 3 for 3 this year with a win at the National Championships. Also, Kyle Boorsma and Linsday Carson will try and win National Titles in their respective Junior races.
OTFA Results http://www.athletes4excellence.com/otfaxc07/
Senior Men http://www.athletes4excellence.com/otfaxc07/otfaxc07seniormensresults.pdf
Junior Men http://www.athletes4excellence.com/otfaxc07/otfaxc07juniormensresults.pdf
Juvenile Girls http://www.athletes4excellence.com/otfaxc07/otfaxc07juvenilegirlsresults.pdf |
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| Monday, November 12 2007 - Taylor Milne wins Casablanca 8km road race |
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Taylor Milne continued his strong fall season with a win at the Casablanca 8km in Grimsby this past Saturday. Rob Watson followed up his strong 'Bad Boy' performance with a 5th place finish in Grimsby. Both athletes are scheduled to race next weekend at the Ontario Cross Country Championships in Brockville. They will be joined by many other Speed River athletes including the Junior athletes who are now done their high school season.
Many Speed River athletes were racing in Victoria this past weekend as Gryphons at the Canadian Interuniversity Cross Country championships. The University of Guelph Cross Country team grabbed both the Men's and Women's titles for a second year in a row. Lindsay Carson won the Women's race and Rachel Cliff was also a first team All-Canadian. On the Men's side, Matt Brunsting, Kyle Boorsma and Joe Brunsting achieved All-Canadian status.
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212 |
Taylor Milne |
Guelph |
23:41.0 |
1 Men 25 - 29 |
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2:58 |
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418 |
Derek Nakluski |
Kitchner |
23:42.6 |
2 Men 25 - 29 |
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2:58 |
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208 |
Josephat Ongeri |
Milton |
23:47.0 |
3 Men 25 - 29 |
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2:59 |
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291 |
Agustus Kavutu |
Kenya |
24:10.1 |
1 Men 30 - 34 |
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3:02 |
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369 |
Rob Watson |
Guelph |
24:16.4 |
1 Men 20 - 24 |
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3:03 |
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| Tuesday, November 6 2007 - Speed River Dominates Bad Boy XC |
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Seven Speed River and NEC athletes competed on November 3rd at the Bad Boy 8km Cross Country race at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. All the athletes competed under the Speed River name and came home with the team championship with a low 16 point total. Eric Gillis won the race in 24:44 on the challenging course. He was followed home by Reid Coolsaet (24:58) and Rob Watson (25:03) to sweep the podium spots. Taylor Murphy finished 5th (25:20) and Scott Arnald (25:44) rounded out the scoring in 8th. Allan Brett finished 15th in 26:08, a great performance for a junior, and Cleve Thorson finished 53rd (27:48) after taking a couple of detours.
Full Bad Boy Results
In local action, Mark Vollmer easily won the Guelph Downtown 5km Run. Dowtown Results.
Video and slide show of the weekend's adventures. Photos courtesy of Susan Pearsall.
Next up for Speed River athletes will be the Cassablanca Road race in Grimsby (Nov. 10) and the OTFA Cross Country Championships in Brockville (Nov 18). |
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