Fleming Cross-Country Teams Place 1st and 2nd

Fleming Knights host varsity Cross-country Running Meet

Saturday October 15^th, Fleming College hosted the second invitational cross-country running meet of the 2011 season.

Nine community colleges were represented, with a total of eight teams in the men’s 8km field and six women’s teams in the 5km race.

 The Fleming College women’s team took the gold medal, Georgian took silver and St. Lawrence College, Brockville took bronze. Fanshawe College won the men’s team gold, followed by Fleming, silver, and Mohawk, bronze.

Individual winners were as follows: Women’s 5km: Erika Houde-Pearce of George Brown College, 1^st (20:41), Leah Kyte of St. Lawrence College, Brockville 2^nd  (21:47), and Hannah Giesel of George Brown College 3^rd  (21:56).

Men’s 8km race: Sean Sweeney, George Brown College, 1^st (27:57), Jamie Switzer, Fleming College 2^nd(28:13), Clint Smith, Fanshawe College 3^rd (28:27).

The next meet will be the Provincial Championships, hosted by St. Lawrence College, Kingston Campus on Oct. 29^th.