Courtney Taylor
Cariboo Advisor
It may not sound like far, but 1.5 kilometre is a pretty good distance to run -- just ask all the elementary students who ran in this year’s District Cross Country Run held at Boitanio Park last week.
The park was turned into a racecourse with loud, cheering spectators Tuesday and Thursday afternoon as children aged eight-to-ten-years-old and 11 and 12-year-olds raced for top spots.
Both afternoons were gorgeous blue-sky days with the sun shining down and both days had great parent turnout to come cheer on the children.
This year there were students from across the district, with runners from as far away as Alexis Creek.
“I think it’s the best event the School District holds for school spirit,” said Kelly Feldinger, a parent.
“It’s good for them to see kids from other schools.”
Grade 6 student Faith Meyers said she wanted to give the run a try even though she doesn’t love running because her friend Emma Feldinger who does like to run convinced her to participate.
The girls said they trained for a week for the run at school and were looking forward to the race.
First place finishers for Thursday’s races were Kassidy Herrick from Nesika for the 11-year-old girls, Dillion Derose from Kwaleen Traditional for the 11-year-old boys, Faith Outhouse from Cataline for the 12-year-old girls, and Connley Pinette from Sacred Heart for the 12-year-old boys.
First place finishers from Tuesday’s races were Tanner Dyck from Kwaleen Traditional for the 10-year-old boys, Elizabeth Cassler from Mountview for the 10-year-old girls, Jack Henderson from 150 Mile for the nine-year-old boys, Paige Outhouse from Cataline for the nine-year-old girls, Finnely Enns from Mountview for the eight-year-old boys and Claire Brown from 150 Mile for the eight-year-old girls.
Runners who placed from first to twentieth received ribbons, while the rest of the runners received ‘I survived’ ribbons.
Older students called ‘rabbits’ ran ahead in each race to lead the way for the younger runners. In the 11-year-old girls’ race the ‘rabbit’ had a hard time staying in front with Kassidy Herrick overtaking her near the end. Grant Gustafson, Nesika Elementary principal, thinks she may have even broken a school record with her time.
Another ‘rabbit’ that had a hard time keeping ahead was the one running with the 12-year-old boys. Pinette managed to overtake his ‘rabbit’ as well near the end of the race.
Over all it was a great couple of days according to Gustafson and he said that was in part to a great turnout of spectators and the great weather they received.
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