Humber Cross Country readies for CCAA Championship races
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TRURO, N.S. - The Humber cross country team is heading to Nova Scotia for the 2023 CCAA Championships, held at Victoria Park in Truro.
The women's 6k race will begin at 2:15 p.m. (1:15 p.m. EST) on Nov. 11, and the men's 8k race will follow at 3:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. EST).
Humber at Nationals
The women's program captured a national title in 2011 when Vicky Siemon led the program to its first and only team title while claiming an individual silver medal with a time of 18:12.
All-stars Leah Durnford and Catherine Irwin will be representing Humber this season.
The men's team followed with a title in 2014 when Daniel Bright led Humber to its first championship. The program's top individual showing in the event came in 2005, when All-Canadian Colin Murray-Lawson placed second overall in the Peterborough, Ont., finishing at 27:33.
First-team all-star Blaise Uglow will represent Humber this season with Liam Bauman, Jaivir Sandhar, Mason Biswas, Jade DeLisle, and Julian Zamparo.
About Nationals
Fifteen teams and nine individuals will compete for a title on the women's side, while 17 teams and nine individuals will compete on the men's side.
Victoria Park Course
The course takes competitors through Victoria Park, a landmark of the region.
We begin at the Truro Middle School's Soccer Field and end in the same field after running two (women) or three(men) 2km loops in the park.
There is a small modification that the women's race will pass through on both of their loops, but the men's race will only pass through once.
It is an undulating course with some fun natural hills, and trees, trees and more trees.
The course will be marked with marshals, flags and tape to ensure that runners stay on track.
