Jordan Bax and Nadia Nansaur had the fleetest feet at the Cottonwood Island Park cross-country running meet last Saturday.
Bax, from D.P. Todd Secondary School, finished the 5.4-kilometre senior boys race in a time of 19 minutes 46 seconds, just ahead of Nolan McCleary of Vanderhoof's Nechako Valley, who stopped the clock at 20:14. PGSS athlete Shawn Davis was third in a time of 23:41.
In the senior girls 5.4km race, Nansaur reached the finish line in 24:10, which put her ahead of teammate Rya Kish (24:42) and Alexis Seely of Nechako Valley (27:21).
In the junior boys division, on a 3.7km course, Nechako Valley's Lachlan Pederson and Duchess Park's Tyson Green both clocked in at 13:37 but Pederson was given the nod as the first one across the line. Max Whitehouse of Cedars Christian School placed third in a time of 13:52.
Olivia Wankling of D.P. Todd was fastest among the junior girls. Her time of 15:04 over a 3.7km distance put her ahead of Nechako Valley's Payton Mueller (15:49) and PGSS runner Brynn Witwicki (16:02).
Other category winners were: juvenile boys (3.7km) - Josh Fiala, D.P. Todd, 13:53; juvenile girls (3.7km) - Ruby Nichols, Quesnel Junior Secondary School, 14:37; bantam boys (3.7km) - Rayen Rempel, Nechako Valley, 14:52; bantam girls (3.7km) - Stephanie Arronge, PGSS, 16:40; elementary boys (2km) - Reuben Daniel, Nechako Valley, 7:59; and elementary female (2km) - Eva Allen, Heritage, 11:09.
Runners will be back on the trails this Saturday in Vanderhoof at the NVSA Grounds. The meet will be hosted by Nechako Valley.
