Hernewood wins three team titles at cross country championships

Jarvis McRae, right, matches strides with the lead group of runners early in the Zone 1 bantam boys cross country race Wednesday, at Mill River Experience Park. McRae, running for M.E. Callaghan School, would pick up the pace and win the race by 34 seconds. Jordan Gough, left, running for Hernewood, finished second.

Hernewood Intermediate School claimed three team titles Wednesday during the 2017 Zone 1 Source for Sports Cross Country Running Championships.

Hernewood had the top teams in the bantam boys, bantam girls and intermediate boys categories.

Alberton Elementary School’s Bella Lewis, had the largest margin of victory, winning the pre-novice girls’ race with 42 seconds to spare. Jarvis McRae from M.E. Callaghan had a 34-second cushion in the bantam boys race and Savannah Perry from Bloomfield won the novice girls race by 31 seconds.

This year’s meet attracted 293 runners from 11 schools. All schools from Evangeline west, with the exception of Westisle, were represented.

Two schools, École Évangeline and St. Louis, tied for the team title in the pre-novice girls category.

Other team titles went to Ellerslie for pre-novice boys, Bloomfield for novice girls, Alberton for novice boys and M.E. Callaghan for intermediate girls.

Meet manager Paul Goguen said the weather co-operated and the runners were able to master three demanding courses on a generally sunny day.

The top five teams, as well as the top 20 individual runners in each category, qualify for the provincial cross-country championships which will be held on the same Mill River courses on Saturday, Oct. 21.

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RESULTS

PRE-NOVICE GIRLS

1. Bella Lewis, Alberton Elementary, 7:00; 2. Kenley Noye, Bloomfield Elementary, 7:42; 3. Marica Dion, École Pierre-Chiasson, 7:51; 4. Maddie Lou Robertson, Alberton Elementary, 7:58; 5. Jada Doucette, École Pierre-Chiasson, 8:13.

Team standings - 1. St. Louis and École Évangeline (tied), 67 points; 3. École Pierre-Chiasson, 88; 4. Bloomfield, 93.

PRE-NOVICE BOYS

1. Max Gamble, Alberton, 6:42; 2. Justus Tuplin, Ellerslie, 6:51; 3. Liam Handrahan, Bloomfield, 6:54; 4. Aiden Chaisson, St. Louis, 6:55; 5. Colton Coyle, Ellerslie, 7:04.

Team standings – 1. Ellerslie, 35; 2. Alberton, 59; 3 St. Louis, 74.

NOVICE GIRLS

1. Savannah Perry, Bloomfield, 8:30; 2. Heidi Arsenault, Tignish, 9:01; 3. Brooke Doucet, St. Louis, 9:03; 4. Annie-Pier Morency, Évangeline, 9:10; 5. Ally Kennedy, St. Louis, 9:15.

Team standings: 1. Bloomfield, 57; Evangeline, 67; 3. St. Louis, 75.

NOVICE BOYS

1. Charlie Lewis Alberton, 8:09; 2. Reese Robertson, Alberton, 8:13; 3. Zack Matthews, Alberton, 8:15; 4. Pierce Handrahan, Bloomfield, 8:22; 5. Eddy Doyle, Tignish, 8:31.

Team standings 1. Alberton, 21; 2. Tignish, 56; 3. Bloomfield, 71.

BANTAM GIRLS

1. Ella Collins, Hernewood, 14:09; 2. Macy Hackett, M.E. Callaghan, 14:22; 3. Jazzlyn Smallman, Hernewood, 14:28; 4. Madison Shea, M.E. Callaghan; 5. Ella Hudson, Hernewood, 15:38.

Team standings – 1. Hernewood, 29; 2 M.E. Callaghan, 39.

BANTAM BOYS

1. Jarvis McRae, M.E. Callaghan, 12:23; 2. Jordan Gough, Hernewood, 12:57; 3. Brady Arsenault, Évangeline, 13:08; 4. Evan LeClair, M.E. Callaghan, 13:21; 5. Maguire Brennan, Hernewood, 1351.

Team standings – 1. Hernewood, 31; 2. M.E. Callaghan, 37.

INTERMEDIATE GIRLS

1. Megan Kinch, M.E. Callaghan, 14:23; 2. Heidi Thibodeau, M.E. Callaghan, 14:40; 3. Jenae Wallace, Hernewood, 14:57; 4. Alyx Shea, Hernewood, 15:14; 5. Belle Ashley, M.E. Callaghan, 16:49.

Team standings – 1. M.E. Callaghan, 21.

INTERMEDIATE BOYS

1. Josh Clements, Hernewood, 11:55; 2. Frederick Morency, Évangeline, 12:10; 3. Taylor Arsenault, Évangeline, 12:56; 4. Patrick Bernard, Évangeline, 13:41; 5. Ethan Reilly, Hernewood, 14:16.

Team standings – 1. Hernewood, 27.