Photo finish for at LKESSA cross country

Dante McKaig in the black and red, and James Grant in blue,
were neck-to-neck throughout much of the final three-kilometre race for
13 year-old boys at the LKESSA cross country meet Oct. 27.

McKaig, from Dresden Area Central School, finished first with a time of 9:57. Grant, from Hillcrest Public in Petrolia, was just two seconds behind with a time of 9:59.

Third medalist was Noah Brinkman of Indian Creek Road Public School in Chatham finishing in 10:07. The meet was held at Sarnia’s Canatara Park.

Girls 9 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Myla McNabb	King George VI (S)	05:45.8
2	Kaydence Randall	Grand Bend	05:47.7
3	Jackie MacDonald	Brigden	05:47.9
4	Amara Burns	Bridgeview	05:50.9
5	Irylynn Harbour	Naahii	05:57.4
6	Noa Tsaprailis	Cathcart	06:05.6
7	Paxtyn Bright	Centennial	06:05.9
8	Aveya Lopez	Lakeroad	06:06.9
9	Rebecca Odolphy	Bright’s Grove	06:08.7
10	Maelle Young	Cathcart	06:13.0
11	Scotia Carruthers	Cathcart	06:13.6
12	Lily Forbes	Cathcart	06:14.0
13	Kenzie Girodat	Errol Road	06:15.3
14	Tuesday Lichty	Kinnwood	06:18.1
15	Ryersyn Middel	Chatham Christian	06:18.5
16	Kate Van Kesteren	Chatham Christian	06:21.9
17	Ellie Norgate	Bright’s Grove	06:24.4
18	Victoria Brazeau	P.E. McGibbon	06:24.6
19	Mercy Nesbit	Riverview	06:30.4
20	Abigail Welsh	Centennial	06:30.9
21	Myla Seney	Indian Creek	06:31.3
22	Eloise Von Der Recke	Brooke Central	06:32.9
23	Quinn Steenstra	Grand Bend	06:39.3
24	Brooklynn Burnham	Riverview	06:41.4
25	Josie Kelders	Wyoming	06:42.6
26	Sadie Slade	Lakeroad	06:46.7
27	Halle Dobbs	Aberarder	06:48.7
28	Annabelle Curtis	Thamesville	06:50.3
29	Rosie Durance	Lakeroad	06:51.9
30	Aliyah Badder	Dawn-Euphemia	07:02.4
31	Olivia Wallace	Dawn-Euphemia	07:02.7
32	Taylor Barel	Wheatley	07:05.9
33	Kiara White	Naahii	07:09.7
34	Methuli Pathirana	Naahii	07:16.2
35	Maggie Vail	Lakeroad	07:22.0

Boys 9 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Eric Leyten	Grand Bend	05:06.7
2	Tyler Van Kesteren	Chatham Christian	05:07.3
3	Alex Brown	Wheatley	05:18.0
4	Brandon Rawana	Bright’s Grove	05:21.0
5	Owen DeBrum	Rosedale	05:21.9
6	Theodore Hubert	Errol Village	05:22.5
7	Bennett Campell	Naahii	05:26.5
8	Ryker McDonald	Centennial	05:27.2
9	Duncan MacKellar	Brooke Central	05:34.5
10	River Kane	Bright’s Grove	05:36.6
11	Eli Brinkman	Indian Creek	05:37.1
12	Jacob Dawson	Colonel Cameron	05:40.6
13	Colton Tyhurst	Dresden Area	05:41.4
14	Kieran Lowenberger	Cathcart	05:43.1
15	Josh Richardson	Dresden Area	05:43.9
16	Weston Piggott	Centennial	05:45.8
17	Nash Core	Aberarder	05:53.1
18	Jack Kilbreath	Bright’s Grove	05:53.6
19	Wesley Korpan	McNaughton	05:54.0
20	Liam Campbell	Wyoming	05:54.4
21	Griffin Allison	Confederation Central	05:57.8
22	Brady Davidson	Brooke Central	05:59.7
23	Liam Derksen	Chatham Christian	06:01.6
24	Kolton Barch	Grand Bend	06:01.8
25	Declan McIntosh	Grand Bend	06:04.7
26	Musa Salman	Errol Road	06:07.5
27	Brayden Keech	Baird	06:08.9
28	Dayton Haskell	Baird	06:09.3
29	Colton Martineau	Cathcart	06:10.8
30	Ben Lopez-McLeod	Errol Village	06:11.4
31	Colin Ryan	Bright’s Grove	06:11.7
32	Lucas Petruniak	Errol Village	06:13.9
33	Luke Schauer	Gregory Drive	06:20.5
34	Ewan Thompson	Dresden Area	06:33.9
35	Charlie Parker	ELES	06:40.4
36	Carson Towstiuc	Thamesville	06:43.1
37	Wyatt Lawton	Dawn-Euphemia	06:43.4
38	Evan Quring	Tilbury	06:56.6

Girls 10 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Lexa Young	Cathcart	05:34.5
2	Leah McKay	Centennial	05:34.7
3	Ella Simpson	H.W. Burgess	05:39.4
4	Khloe Baron	QE II Petrolia	05:41.5
5	Charlotte Robinson	Cathcart	05:41.8
6	Arlee Roder	Kinnwood	05:42.0
7	Elise McLaughlin	Grand Bend	05:42.4
8	Julia Gardner	Sir John Moore	05:48.2
9	Brylee Ovecka	King George (C)	05:49.1
10	Aleena Basdeo	Cathcart	05:49.5
11	Jessie Janoska	Confederation Central	05:51.5
12	Kacey Leyten	Grand Bend	05:52.4
13	Mavi Bell	King George VI (S)	05:54.2
14	Falyn Hyatt	Hillcrest	05:57.4
15	Paige Vandersluis	Chatham Christian	05:57.9
16	Riley Jackson	Wyoming	05:58.2
17	Ruby Nethery	Riverview	06:01.2
18	Eden Koomans	Chatham Christian	06:05.3
19	Avaya Savo	Confederation Central	06:06.8
20	Olivia Owusu	Sir John Moore	06:07.7
21	Olivia Millar	Bridgeview	06:11.7
22	Delaney Phile	Grand Bend	06:12.0
23	Ava D’Andrea	Cathcart	06:13.7
24	Candence Bell	Cathcart	06:13.9
25	Jocelyn Field	Aberarder	06:14.7
26	Olivia Edwards	Wheatley	06:17.2
27	Rylynn Bossence	King George (C)	06:19.3
28	Hannah Heinhuis	Indian Creek	06:21.0
29	Maelle Bryans	Brooke Central	06:24.9
30	Lilah Gander	Bridgeview	06:26.9
31	Mackenzie Maoirat	Sir John Moore	06:30.0
32	Makayla Skinner	King George VI (S)	06:31.5
33	Fay Zantingh	Errol Village	06:31.9
34	Kasey Holmes	HRPS	06:45.7
35	Tessa Warriner	HRPS	06:47.4
36	Kalleigh Pilon	H.W. Burgess	06:50.9
37	Ainsely Scade	HRPS	06:52.7
38	Izzy Japp	HRPS	07:11.5
39	Kamryn McLachlin	Dresden Area	07:22.9
40	Isla Thiele	Wheatley	07:28.9

Boys 10 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Bryson Forbes	Errol Road	04:59.3
2	Rhett Johnson	Rosedale	05:03.2
3	Liam Beveridge	Centennial	05:03.7
4	Nicholas Brown	Naahii	05:04.5
5	Rhys Marriott	Centennial	05:05.0
6	Mason Smith	Aberarder	05:05.4
7	Gavin Lumley	HRPS	05:06.7
8	Emerson Piggott	Centennial	05:07.1
9	Jett Miller	Bosanquet	05:07.5
10	Wesley Johnson	Wyoming	05:09.6
11	Brennan Zavitz	Grand Bend	05:11.4
12	Miles Carrington	McNaughton	05:13.8
13	Weston Winegard	Errol Village	05:14.8
14	Kyden Egan	Chatham Christian	05:16.1
15	Ben Holsappel	Chatham Christian	05:16.6
16	Sydney Osborne	Dresden Area	05:18.0
17	Anson Krogman	Hillcrest	05:20.9
18	Austin Scott	ELES	05:22.3
19	AJ Huras	Grand Bend	05:24.1
20	Nathan Edwards	Rosedale	05:26.0
21	Alex Crow	Naahii	05:26.4
22	Cameron Crabtree	King George VI (S)	05:28.0
23	Tucker Williams	H.W. Burgess	05:28.4
24	Charlie Philip	Errol Road	05:34.0
25	Carter Ewart	Bright’s Grove	05:36.4
26	Nico Netskos	Cathcart	05:37.4
27	Jack Griffin	Lakeroad	05:39.6
28	Layton Randall	King George VI (S)	05:39.9
29	Kellen Watson	HRPS	05:42.9
30	Cole Dunlop	Errol Road	05:44.1
31	Benjamin Eddie	Bright’s Grove	05:46.9
32	Edvin Dirija	High Park	05:54.7
33	Evan O’Rouke	Naahii	05:58.1
34	Colton Kennedy	Confederation Central	05:58.5
35	Connor Doom	Dresden Area	05:58.8
36	Cory Jackson	Dresden Area	05:59.3
37	Travis Stickney	Indian Creek	06:01.2
38	Charlie Tran	Colonel Cameron	06:13.8
39	Denton Isaac-Johnson	A.A. Wright	06:14.3

Girls 11 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Brookelyn VanKesteren	Chatham Christian	08:10.8
2	Keala Pickard	Aberareder	08:24.4
3	Sidney Scaman	McNaughton	08:29.3
4	Paige Hurst	Hillcrest	08:29.5
5	Reece Kremer	Kinnwood	08:36.8
6	Gisele McKaig	Dresden Area	08:38.5
7	Cindel Thompson	Dresden Area	08:39.4
8	Eden daCosta	Queen Elizabeth II (S)	09:05.7
9	Bianca Brenner	Grand Bend	09:06.6
10	Julia Gray	Brooke Central	09:08.0
11	Lia Hillman	Naahii	09:09.3
12	Evelyn Duguay	P.E. McGibbon	09:12.9
13	Kayla Smith	North Conference	09:15.3
14	Lauren Parr	Rosedale	09:16.4
15	Bryaunna Batty	Kinnwood	09:16.7
16	Kaelyn Hayes	Cathcart	09:17.1
17	McKenna Fraleigh	Bright’s Grove	09:18.9
18	Karyssa Hamilton	Errol Road	09:21.3
19	Kaylee Clark	HRPS	09:21.7
20	Lyla Sanderson	Hillcrest	09:23.4
21	Macy Coll	H.W. Burgess	09:24.5
22	Rylan Hall	Centennial	09:32.6
23	Taylor Lefaive	Wheatley	09:37.3
24	Lian Novak	Errol Village	09:38.5
25	Phoebe Gagne	P.E. McGibbon	09:39.5
26	Evelynn Boucher	P.E. McGibbon	09:41.4
27	Selah DeGroot	Chatham Christian	09:42.6
28	Myah Wilkins	Rosedale	09:43.5
29	Abby Johnson	Indian Creek	09:57.2
30	Morgan Hawthorne	HRPS	10:13.9
31	Amy Bain	QE II Petrolia	10:18.7
32	Willow Johansen	Sir John Moore	10:20.0
33	Selah Jennings	Confederation Central	10:28.7
34	Lily Vale	Sir John Moore	10:35.0

Boys 11 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Brody Brown	Wheatley	07:28.6
2	Noah Vanneck	HRPS	07:38.0
3	Tucker Ysebaert	Sir John Moore	07:40.5
4	Cade Merritt	Baird	07:40.8
5	Amr Ishak	Errol Road	07:45.8
6	Conner MacKellar	Brooke Central	07:49.8
7	Eli Odolphy	Bright’s Grove	07:51.0
8	Quinn Edwards	Centennial	07:52.1
9	Aric West	Naahii	07:52.7
10	David Beasley	Bright’s Grove	07:53.1
11	Christopher Trandafir	Cathcart	07:53.3
12	Georgios Tsaprailis	Cathcart	07:54.7
13	Mustafa Arif	Errol Village	07:59.4
14	Liam Reynolds	Bright’s Grove	08:01.3
15	Matthew Megeney	Bright’s Grove	08:03.0
16	Ben Knowles	King George VI	08:04.1
17	Hayden Scheurmann	Errol Road	08:08.9
18	Ben Brenner	Grand Bend	08:11.3
19	Gavin Cooper	Confederation Central	08:12.4
20	Rio Jorge	HRPS	08:13.5
21	Matthew Ray	Cathcart	08:18.2
22	Aiden Belanger	McNaughton	08:18.7
23	Tyler Coll	H.W. Burgess	08:19.2
24	Cameron Campbell	Grand Bend	08:21.0
25	Benson Tuckey	Grand Bend	08:23.2
26	Trey Oleniuk	Colonel Cameron	08:23.5
27	Max Taylor	Dresden Area	08:25.5
28	Bennette VanDeVelde	H.W. Burgess	08:26.7
29	Ethan Butler	Centennial	08:27.4
30	Brody Debrum	Rosedale	08:28.6
31	Daniel Crumback	H.W. Burgess	08:37.9
32	Brogan Duncan	Brooke Central	08:47.9
33	Ryder Rivest	Riverview	08:49.3
34	Damien George	Kinnwood	08:58.7
35	Nathaniel Workman	Chatham Christian	09:02.3
36	Brendan Bullock	QE II Petrolia	09:02.8
37	Braxton Thomas	Grand Bend	09:10.3
38	Tim Xing	McNaughton	09:45.6
39	Landon Pilon	Victor Lauriston	10:11.8
40	John Papple	McNaughton	10:32.7

Girls 12 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Finnley Winegard	Errol Village	07:50.1
2	Sydney Norgate	Bright’s Grove	07:53.7
3	Brookelynn Mackenzie	ELES	07:53.9
4	Gracie VanderGriendt	RDHS	08:08.4
5	Belle Stewart	Brooke Central	08:17.8
6	Anika Botma	Errol Village	08:21.3
7	Kylie Slater	Sir John Moore	08:22.6
8	Hayden Heinhuis	Indian Creek	08:23.3
9	Alivia Bright	Centennial	08:23.6
10	Aili Girardi	Cathcart	08:23.8
11	Astrid McCormick	Cathcart	08:24.2
12	Ella McCallum	Wyoming	08:25.7
13	Brooklyn Whithers	Brigden	08:39.9
14	Natalie Edwards	Wheatley	08:53.1
15	Madison McFadden	Dresden Area	08:53.9
16	Lauren Tuckey	Grand Bend	08:56.0
17	Ava DeBie	Rosedale	08:56.4
18	Nora Thomas	Bright’s Grove	08:59.0
19	Kemsley Cooper	Cathcart	09:03.1
20	Grace Walden	Bosanquet	09:07.8
21	Zoey Zavitz	Wyoming	09:13.1
22	Ella Boisvert	Errol Road	09:18.9
23	Alice Gilbert	Gregory Drive	09:27.1
24	Lily Babin	HRPS	09:30.6
25	Gillian Cran	ELES	09:32.5
26	Lia Rich	Gregory Drive	09:33.2
27	Juliet Osborne	Dresden Area	09:33.8
28	Maddie Dauphin	HRPS	09:37.0
29	Eva Laker	ELES	09:41.0
30	Rylie Ramses	Gregory Drive	09:42.1
31	Samantha Dunsmore	Cathcart	09:44.1
32	Jessie Pegg	Dresden Area	09:48.1
33	Lilly Chatterton	P.E. McGibbon	10:02.1
34	Laura Haggerty	Errol Village	10:10.9
35	Avery Nurse	HRPS	10:11.1
36	Faatimah Khan	Cathcart	10:30.3

Boys 12 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Matt Henderson	Grand Bend	07:07.4
2	Jake Murray	Grand Bend	07:07.8
3	Wyatt Ferguson	ELES	07:15.1
4	Grayson Levy	Rosedale	07:24.5
5	Jordan VanKesteren	Chatham Christian	07:35.3
6	Jamison Helps	QE II Petrolia	07:37.0
7	Jack Metcalf	Bright’s Grove	07:40.1
8	Liam Burns	Bridgeview	07:44.3
9	AJ Wilson	Kinnwood	07:46.6
10	Osita Anyaegbuna	Errol Village	07:49.9
11	Kole Chapman	Brooke Central	07:50.3
12	Eli Poelman	Chatham Christian	07:51.6
13	Nathan McCartney	Bright’s Grove	07:55.2
14	Jack Taylor	Grand Bend	07:58.1
15	Jakob Prozorowicz	Cathcart	07:58.9
16	Jack Stephenson	Centennial	08:00.4
17	Daynen VanderVeeken	Riverview	08:02.8
18	Cole Scott	Brigden	08:06.6
19	Seth Johnston	Dresden Area	08:08.8
20	Graeme Hazzard	Riverview	08:14.3
21	Alex Fortney	Errol Road	08:18.6
22	Owen Soucie	HRPS	08:19.2
23	Omar Sulaiman	Errol Road	08:20.9
24	Alex Whyte	Gregory Drive	08:24.9
25	Jayden Davis-Lumley	Centennial	08:30.0
26	Alex Chevalier	Confederation Central	08:31.2
27	Parker McCallum	Bright’s Grove	08:33.9
28	Michael Lajeunesse	Errol Road	08:34.9
29	Oden Lajoie	Sir John Moore	08:36.5
30	Logan Kuchta	HRPS	08:36.9
31	Evan Miller	Mooretown-Courtright	08:38.8
32	Jack Williams	Wheatley	08:41.0
33	Will Rankin	Gregory Drive	08:44.6
34	Cash Boyle	Errol Road	08:53.7
35	Tao Cornell	Wheatley	09:03.6
36	Lucas Fife	HRPS	09:24.1
37	Oliver Hooper	Riverview	09:45.9
38	Ekayla Fielder Escate	Errol Village	11:00.0

Girls 13 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Lily Odolphy	Bright’s Grove	11:17.8
2	Sienna Rawana	Bright’s Grove	11:35.6
3	Breslyn Chamney	Cathcart	11:45.6
4	Regan Stewart	HRPS	11:50.5
5	Olivia Wilson	Indian Creek	11:53.0
6	Eden Mizener	Cathcart	11:56.9
7	Olivia Netskos	Cathcart	11:59.9
8	Madison Japp	Brigden	12:01.7
9	Sabby Wambulwa	Bright’s Grove	12:05.8
10	Abilene Clark	Lakeroad	12:14.8
11	Josephine Thompson	Cathcart	12:16.9
12	Jaelyn Roffel	Chatham Christian	12:18.0
13	Lily Steven	Bosanquet	12:19.3
14	Lily Allado	McNaughton	12:30.7
15	Laura Dilman	Wyoming	12:35.0
16	Lily Bressette	Cathcart	12:37.3
17	Ella Johnston	HRPS	12:39.9
18	Marissa Brazeau	P.E. McGibbon	12:42.9
19	Nicole Newbury	Chatham Christian	12:47.0
20	Alyssa Crummer	Dawn-Euphemia	12:50.4
21	Ryleigh Sheptenko	Bright’s Grove	12:52.6
22	Victoria Clark	Grand Bend	13:01.2
23	Areya Young	Rosedale	13:02.4
24	Brianna Welford	Thamesville	13:15.9
25	Erica Cooper	Bright’s Grove	13:18.7
26	Jaime Woodburn	Grand Bend	13:20.8
27	Kylee Drury	Centennial	13:30.4
28	Sophie Wilkens	Gregory Drive	13:31.8
29	Robyn Mikhaila	W.D.S.S.	13:32.8
30	Aubry Japp	HRPS	13:33.0
31	Lennon Smith	P.E. McGibbon	13:52.5
32	Julia Pegg	Dresden Area	13:53.9
33	Zoey Smit	ELES	14:05.4
34	Karissa McLaughlin	Dresden Area	14:18.7
35	Danielle McKay	Centennial	14:34.7
36	Amber Batty	Kinnwood	14:48.6
37	Kennedie Urqhart	Wyoming	15:11.3
38	Anna Eagleson	Lakeroad	15:18.8
39	Coralean Verkaik	RDHS	18:56.5

Boys 13 Individual Results
2021 LKESAA District Cross Country Meet
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Place	Name	Team	Time
1	Dante McKaig	Dresden Area	09:57.0
2	James Grant	Hillcrest	09:59.5
3	Noah Brinkman	Indian Creek	10:07.0
4	Mason Guerette	Cathcart	10:07.9
5	Mason Brown	Cathcart	10:11.7
6	Casey Guerette	Cathcart	10:12.7
7	Heath bogart	Grand Bend	10:22.2
8	Jacob Lassaline	Centennial	10:22.7
9	Ashton Allen	Bright’s Grove	10:32.5
10	Sully Toenders	Errol Village	10:36.4
11	Kael Cooper	Confederation Central	10:39.0
12	Noel Fielder	Errol Village	10:40.1
13	Brody Devet	Kinnwood	10:47.1
14	Cohen Ovecka	King George (C)	10:49.7
15	Teagan Mitchell	Wyoming	10:52.0
16	Kaiden Evans	Dresden Area	10:54.2
17	Cole Nisbet	Confederation Central	10:58.1
18	Lachlan Huard	Confederation Central	10:58.9
19	Carter Cousins	Confederation Central	11:05.2
20	Brady Nesbitt	Rosedale	11:11.2
21	Cole Couture	HRPS	11:11.5
22	Brody Manley	Errol Village	11:19.7
23	Jace Hall	Centennial	11:22.9
24	Paxton Burnie	Colonel Cameron	11:24.7
25	Blake Barnes	Sir John Moore	11:40.3
26	Andrew Sowinski	King George (C)	11:46.2
27	Gage Brandon	QE II Petrolia	12:03.1
28	Eddie Moons	Kinnwood	12:06.5
29	Peyton Hamilton	Errol Road	12:09.9
30	Campbell Ewing	W.D.S.S.	12:34.2
31	Noah VanRuymbeke	Riverview	12:35.6
32	Sam Schnoonjans	Aberarder	12:41.3
33	Carylyle Dewys	Grand Bend	12:42.5
34	William Scholtens	Riverview	12:51.0
35	Joey Mallioux	Tilbury	16:18.4
36	Dylan Machado	Wheatley	21:55.4