WCDSB students ran cross country at Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex on Oct. 2

October 8, 2024 @ 11:54 amNews

St. Mary Elora’s Carmen Moran, centre, placed first in the Grade 3 girls heat at the Wellington Catholic District School Board’s cross country meet. The runners also included Sienna Fisk, left and Adele Houston.
Grade 3 St. Mary Elora students, from left, Brandon Tucker, Jaxson Donkes, Piper Perry and Charles Burke take a moment to relax after their run.
Abigail Navarra, in Grade 3 at St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School in Guelph, crossing the finish line during the Wellington Catholic District School Board cross country meet.
Kiki Cameron, in Grade 3 at St. Mary in Elora, made a strong finish to her kilometre-long run.
Grade 3 girls start their one kilometre run behind the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex on Oct. 2.
Grade 3 girls race across a field to start their run.
The middle of the run brought students through a forested area at the back of the Sportsplex.
Grade 7 and 8 students from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Guelph wait for their turn to participate in the cross country meet.
From left, Ella VandenBeukel, Christina Mannella, Chantal Simon, Chase Schmidt, Austin Detenbeck, Luigi DiLoreto, Mason Rossit and Aston Gier, and Isiah Viola in front. The Grade 6 St. John Catholic School students warmed up before the cross country meet behind the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex.
Cross country meet participants walked the course to become familiar with the route before starting their races.
Cross country meet participants walked the course to become familiar with the route before starting their races.
Cross country meet participants walked the course to become familiar with the route before starting their races.

FERGUS – On Oct. 2 and Oct. 3, almost 1,300 students visited the grounds of the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex to participate in a cross country meet.

The students were in Grades 3 through 8 and represented each of the 18 Wellington Catholic District School Board elementary schools.

Students in Grades 3 and 4 ran about a kilometre, and students in Grades 5 through 8 ran about two kilometres.

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