Results

TORONTO-- Alyson Kohlmeier placed 7^th individually out of a field of 153 junior girls (19 years and under) to lead her Sarnia Athletics Southwest team to a closely fought 4^th place team finish at the recent Canada Cross-Country Championships in Toronto. The overall team champions were the Regina Harriers followed by the 2003 champions, the Ottawa Lions. Sarnia was edged out for the team bronze medal by South Simcoe-Dufferin by a single position, 67 to 68 points, in the combined score of each team’s top 4 runners. Kohlmeier was followed by Claire Percival (26^th), Kara Wark (40^th) and Sarah Carr (44^th). Marie Louise Asselin placed a respectable 67^th despite losing a spiked shoe and spotting the field close to a minute over the 5km rain drenched course. Sarnia ASW had previously been 1^st, 1^st, and most recently 2^nd in the junior girl’s category at nationals over the past three years. Injuries to junior aged club members, Amy Kohlmeier (Notre Dame) and Jessica Crate (Arizona State) presently in the NCAA, hurt the club but all five members of this year’s team return for the 2004 Canada Championships, in addition to a strong group of local up and comers.