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National Cross Country Championships –– Moncton, New Brunswick, November 30, 2002

Alyson Kohlmeier of Sarnia has qualified for the National Cross Country team which will compete at the World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 29-30, 2003. Alyson completed the 5km hilly course in Moncton in a time of 17:26; good enough for the Silver medal and an automatic selection to the national team. The gold medalist was Megan Brown (17:21) , a grade 12 student from Guelph, Ontario, 3rd was Carmen Ballard of Kelowna, British Columbia (grade 12) in 17:27. Alyson Kohlmeier, who is currently completing her grade 11 year at St. Patrick’s High School, also made the All-Ontario team which placed first in the country against other provincial teams.

Sarnia Athletics Southwest Track Club's junior women's team won the Silver medal in the team competition with 75 points. Ottawa Lions where the national championships with a low score of 62 points, and the bronze medalists where Windsor Legion with 114 points. The Sarnia ASW junior women teams, who where the two-time defending national championships in 2000 and 2001, have now placed in the top three positions the last four years consecutive national championships. Team members include Amy Kohlmeier (13^th), Claire Percival (14^th), Kara Wark (46^th) and Chelsey Baxter (64^th).

Mike Mott of Sarnia, competing for his first time at the Championships finished 110^th out of 162 runners in the junior men’s 8k race. Mott, who is in grade 11, will have 2 more years to compete in the junior race.

course info:
The course....very hilly ( 4 hills fairly long, challenging hills per 2k
loop)...but the weather was good, snowed on Thursday night, but it was all
gone on Sat...temp 4 degrees, no rain, little wind, very muddy in spots.

Sarnia Athletics Southwest TC Junior Women Results

1999- Etobicoke, ON 3^rd Nikki Reckman, Hilary Edmondson, Amy Kohlmeier, Melanie Prouse,

2000- Etobicoke, ON 1^st Nikki Reckman, Hilary Edmonson, Amy Kohlmeier, Jessica Crate

2001- Moncton, NB 1^st Amy Kohlmeier, Jessica Crate, Alyson Kohlmeier, Andrea Brouwer

2002- Moncton, NB 3^rd Alyson Kohlmeier, Amy Kohlmeier, Claire Percival, Kara Wark

Coach’s Comments-

"Coming into nationals I hoped our team could score 90 points. I figured based on results from past years that if we could score in this range we would be in the hunt for a team medal. We ended up scoring 75 points so the girls exceeded my expectations. Ottawa put together an exceptional team performance to score such a low total, so our girls have nothing to be disappointed about. Ottawa has been our strongest rival over the past years, so I’m not surprised by their performance."

"Aly Kohlmeier has continued her steady progression into one of the nation’s top junior aged (under 20 years) runners. Last year Aly was 4^th at nationals, and based on her early season performances and fitness level coming into nationals, I was confident she would have a good chance of repeating her success of last year."

"Amy Kohlmeier had an off day and by her standards a disappointing race. Like any successful athlete she was very disappointed with her result. Amy has the heart of a champion, so its not surprising that she was upset. I know that she will rebound from this race, learn from the experience and be better in the future because of it."

"Claire Percival really stepped up in this race for us this year. Last year Claire was back in the 50's at nationals, so for her to finish 14^th this year is a tribute to her hard work and to how much she has improved in the past year."

"Kara Wark ran like a seasoned veteran despite this being her first time a national level meet. Kara ran a smart and composed race for a 9^th grader. I’m happy that Kara got her first experience of racing at nationals."

"Chelsey Baxter showed this weekend her return to full fitness is also compete. It was great to have Chelsey return to the national level after a disappointing 2001 season that was filled with injuries and frustrations."

"Mike Mott had a great finish to an excellent cross country season. Coming in we knew it was going to be a big challenge with the additional 2km to his usual racing distance but he did great. Mike has really taken this performances to a new level this cross country season and I sure this new found strength and endurance will serve him well in the upcoming track season."

Full results are available on the Athletics Canada web site.

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