{"id":25551,"date":"2019-11-09T08:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T13:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=25551"},"modified":"2019-11-09T05:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T10:25:49","slug":"wawa-students-participate-in-ofsaa-xc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/09\/wawa-students-participate-in-ofsaa-xc\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawa Students participate in OFSAA XC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>On November 2nd, 2019, seven Wawa students participated in OFSAA cross-country provincial championship.\u00a0 OFSAA is one the biggest X-country meets in the world with over 1500 runners competing in the event.\u00a0 This year the race took place in Sudbury under some grueling conditions. The Wawa X-country Running Team is a mix of student athletes from both Michipicoten High School and Ecole St. Joseph.\u00a0 Congratulations to Julian Robert, Delany Schumacher, Annika Morrison, McKenna Chalmers, Annika Jozin, Katherine Godbout, and Trista Huff on qualifying.<\/p>\n

Cross-country Running by definition has some unique elements, but this year, \u00a0at the OFSAA race, the runners faced some of the toughest they have seen. They battled temperatures below freezing, extreme snow (for early November) and very wet ground underneath the snow. One team member stated that it was \u201cthe worst run of her life but she was happy to finish it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Despite the challenges, all runners completed the race and put their training to the test. \u00a0To qualify for OFSAA, the Team travelled to Thunder Bay on Oct. 23rd<\/sup>to compete in the NWOSSA championship races.\u00a0Weather challenges seemed to be a theme this year as the course set for NWOSSA had to be changed at the last minute due to extreme rain (over 50 ml) the day before the race. The Running Team faced some extremely large mud puddles to complete their run.<\/p>\n

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In order to prepare for NWOSSA, the team practiced at 7 am twice a week, head coach Anjali Oberai \u00a0then provided each runner with an individual running goal to do on their own before the next practice. \u00a0\u00a0Coaches Mark Szekely and Tracy Laing provided bike support and timing assistance at the morning practices.\u00a0 If you\u2019re an early riser, you might have seen the team running in all types of weather, whether it be the hills at Queens Park, the golf course hill, the track or the trails they were there.\u00a0 Congratulations to all members of the running team for demonstrating their resilience and improving their overall fitness and being great ambassadors for Wawa. A special shout out to the Wawa Rotary Club who continues to support Wawa\u2019s athletes at all levels and the Wawa X-country team is no exception.<\/p>\n

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