CCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

St. Lawrence College, Kingston is set to host the 2008 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) Cross Country Running Open Championships. The 2-day event begins on Friday, November 7th with the 2008 CCAA Cross Country Running Open Championships’ Opening Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Lawrence College Dining Hall. The event will consist of a 5-KM Women’s Race beginning at 12:30 p.m. and an 8-KM Men’s Race at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 8th. The event will be taking place at Fort Henry in Kingston, which is the same course of last year’s OCAA Cross Country Championships.

In its seventh year, thirty-one (31) CCAA member-institutions have confirmed their participation thus far.

“I am looking forward to the CCAA Cross Country Running Championships to be hosted Nov. 7 by St. Lawrence College, Kingston.” indicated Brian Stackhouse, CCAA National Cross Country Running Convenor. The race course at Fort Henry is both scenic and challenging. This same course will be used for the 2010 World University (FISU) Cross Country Running Championships. I expect that these Championships will be the biggest and best yet, including for the first time, a College team from Atlantic Canada, St. Thomas University. The competition will be excellent and I wish all competitors a great race.”

At last year’s event hosted by Grande Prairie Regional College, the OCAA finished first in the Men’s Conference Competition and third in the Women’s.

Participating schools are:

Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA)
• Fanshawe College – London
• Loyalist College – Belleville
• Humber College – Etobicoke
• Sir Sandford Fleming College – Peterborough
• St. Lawrence College – Kingston
• St. Lawrence College – Brockville
• Cambrian College – Sudbury
• Redeemer University College – Ancaster
• Confederation College – Thunder Bay
• Mohawk College – Hamilton
• Conestoga College – Kitchener

British Colombia Colleges’ Athletic Association (BCCAA)
• Selkirk College

Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC)
• Grande Prairie Regional College – Grande Prairie
• Keyano College – Fort McMurray
• MacEwan College – Edmonton
• Lethbridge College – Lethbridge
• NAIT – Edmonton
• Red Deer College – Red Deer
• Augustana Faculty University of Alberta – Camrose

Quebec Student Sport Federation (QSSF)
• Collège André-Laurendeau – Lasalle
• Cégep régional de Lanaudière – Ville de l’Assomption
• Dawson College– Montréal
• Cégep de Sainte-Foy – Sainte-Foy
• Cégep Limoilou - Québec
• Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon – Lévis
• Collège Ahuntsic – Montréal
• Collège Champlain St-Lambert – St. Lambert
• Collège Françoix-Xavier-Garneau – Québec
• Cégep de Sainte-Foy – Québec
• Collège Montmorency - Laval
• John Abbott College – Ste. Anne de Bellevue

Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association (ACAA)
• St. Thomas University - Fredericton

Men’s Team Ontario
David Sharatt - Conestoga
Josh Bujold - Cambrian
Sean Sweeney - George Brown
Jacob John - Confederation
Mike Scipio - Fanshawe
John Mason - Fanshawe
Jason Smith - Conestoga

Women’s Team Ontario
Dawn Martin - St. Lawrence-B
Tineke DeJong - Fanshawe
Becky Pieterson - Fanshawe
Amanda Pryde - Humber
Christine DeBrouwer - Redeemer
Charlene Gibbons - Mohawk
Stephani Coughlin - Humber

Source - CCAA