It was a big two days for cross country runners this past weekend with the USports and Athletics Ontario Championships taking place Saturday and Sunday respectively. The University of Ottawa was represented by Rebecca Brennan and Nicholas Roberts in Kingston while 15 runners ventured to King City.
Brennan was the top finisher at the USports Championships for the Gee Gees, finishing 27th overall in 29:38.2. The result was a significant improvement over last year’s Championship where she placed 79th in 31:12.2 on the same Fort Henry course. Roberts 
cracked the top 100, finishing 99th in the men’s race with a time of 33 minutes and 51.8 seconds over the 10 kilometre course.
At the Athletics Ontario Championship, Charlotte Murchison was the top individual finisher as she placed 17th in the U16 category with a time of 19:01 over the 4 kilometre course. Teammate Cara MacDonald was 18 seconds behind in 34th. The pair, along with Cassidy Bradley (74th) and Freya Hurst (75th) finished eighth overall as a team.
The U18 girls team, led by a 21st place finish from Skye Pellerin, was 12th overall while the U18 boys placed 9th as a team with Sebastin Cino (35th), Jackson Roy (41st), Cameron Porter (53rd), and Liam Lemery (70th) as the top four scorers.