ST. CLAIR SAINTS CROSS COUNTRY OFF TO NATIONALS

ETOBICOKE, Ont. - The St. Clair College cross country team departs today for the 2013 New Balance Toronto Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship hosted by Humber College this weekend in Etobicoke, Ont.

Having qualified both a men's and women's team for the first time the Saints are looking forward to Saturday's meet being run at the Humber Arboretum that will feature 254 runners from 35 schools across Canada.

The Saints women's team who won their first OCAA provincial championship since 1998 are led by Donia Oumesrour (Windsor, Ont./Riverside) and Kodi Morgan (Windsor, Ont./Riverside) but are complemented by Amanda Matthews (Windsor, Ont./Belle River), Emily Ditty (Tecumseh, Ont./St. Anne) and Alexa Ouellette (Windsor, Ont./St. Joseph's).

Omesrour along with Morgan were both named to the OCAA first-team with Matthews being named to the second-team. Oumesrour was named CCAA all-Canadian for her fine season that included a fourth-place finish at the Fanshawe Invitational and a fifth-place finish at the Humber Invitational.

On the men's side 43-year old John Trojansek (Windsor, Ont./Assumption) led the St. Clair to an OCAA bronze medal with a seventh-place finish helping the Saints to its first OCAA team medal since 2005. Jordan Langridge (Brighton, Ont./East Northumberland), Chris Caddey (Dorchester, Ont./Lord Dorchester), Matt Ward-Trymbulak (Amherstburg, Ont./General Amherst) and Forest Frair (Windsor, Ont./Harrow) round out the men's team. Trojansek and Langridge were both recognized as members of the OCAA second-team while third-year Saints coach Andy Hahn was named OCAA coach of the year.
 
Information throughout the championships can be found at www.ccaa.ca/national-championship-s15068 and the races will also be streamed live at on Saturday at mediaservices.humber.ca/live/Athletics/brtvstream/.
 
The 5 km women's race will start at 11 a.m. with the men's 8 km race following at 12 noon.

Source: St. Clair College