Continuing our High School Cross Country Athlete of the Week series, Coach Kirk Dillabaugh has selected Joe Fast as the winner for the week of October 20-26.
Fast went 2 for 2 last week winning the East Conference Championships on Monday before winning his third NCSSAA Championship on Thursday. The Ridgemont High School student dominated the senior boys race, covering the wet and sloppy 6.2 kilometre course in 20 minutes and 50.2 seconds – more than 35.3 seconds ahead of second place. Fast’s performance was so strong, his margin of victory was 3.1 seconds greater than the combined margin of victory from the other five races at the NCSSAA Championship.
Fast will be looking to run even faster this weekend at the OFSAA Championships where he will be looking to find himself back on the podium after his 49th place finish at last year’s championship. The grade 12 student had claimed gold in each of his first two years in high school.
The OFSAA Championships take place this Saturday, November 2 at Kivi Park in Sudbury. For more information, including live stream information, check out https://www.ofsaa.on.ca/cross-country-running