1st Cross Country Race of the Fall 2022 Season!
Written by: Rory Gilfillan
Near the end of the film, Without Limits, Donald Sutherland says that a race is a work of art. For athletes who ran for LCS this past Wednesday at the TCS Invitational, still tired from intersession fun, and bereft of consistent training in the two weeks prior, the contest, even for our seasoned athletes may have been closer to a Dali than a Rembrandt.
Many of our athletes have trained all summer. Some ran portages on canoe trips, some on treadmills to escape the Saudi heat, and others went out early before work and then again after. For all of our athletes, with the notable exception of veteran runner, Evan ’23, the Trinity event represents knowledge lost in the COVID pandemic.
Sometimes it’s better not to know.
The course gently descends through the first four kilometres, and then makes up lost elevation all at once on the appropriately named Mount Trinity. Novices run the hill once and Seniors twice.
Even by Cross Country’s medieval standards, it’s a hard race.
Last year is a tough act to follow with stand-out athletes like Tommy ’22 and Clea ’22 having graduated and coach Harris on medical leave. Last season, if there was a race in Ontario, LCS hosted it, giving our runners a slight advantage. This is no longer the case. Our athletes will travel all over Southern Ontario to compete in the coming weeks. But teams are not made by individual performances alone, and races don’t define a school. Success is the intentional result of a code, and a deliberate consequence of an understanding that while practice may be confined to certain days of the week, training is not. It is no accident, that Jana ’25 placed 17th, Katelyn ’24 (in her first race) placed 22nd, Ally ’24, 35th, Evan ’23 15th, Gabe ’25, 17th, and Richard ’24, 26th. And it’s not a fluke that the Senior Boys (Richard ’25, Evan ’23, Gabe ’25, Will ’24, Mazal ’23, and Ximo ’24) achieved fourth overall.
It’s not chance. It’s design. And this is just the start.
Our mission remains the same. We are in the business of testing the limits of the human heart.
Every practice.
Every race.
Every day.
See the full event results from the Trinity Invitational Meet.
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We respectfully acknowledge that Lakefield College School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations. Lakefield College School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.
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