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Chase Capes won silver at OFSSA Cross Country in Brampton Nov. 1, 2025.
Capes wins OFSSA silver, Pickard finishes in top 15
November 3, 2025
The Independent
Chase Capes of St. Patrick’s finished second and won a silver medal at the OFSAA cross-country final on the weekend in Brampton.
Capes cut into a 15-second deficit to close within just over six seconds of the winner in the end.
Brody Clark of Milton won the race in 18:25.57. Capes crossed the finish line in 18:31.77
The team of Capes, Ryan Ladouceur, Daniel Diaz Quinnones and Evan Iacboelli just missed a top ten finish with an 11th place result overall.
Northern was 19th of 38 teams.
The Vikings team consisted of Alex Fortney, Kyle Guthrie, Dawson Moses and Prestyn Murphy. Fortney had the top individual finish in a Northern jersey placing 85th of 279 runners.
Keala Pickard and Ava White of St. Patrick’s were 12th and 25 respectively in the junior girls’ race while Jocelyn Field of North Lambton finished 131st in the novice girls’ race but was still in the top half of the 268-runner field.
The Northern junior boys’ team was sixth overall led by 19th and 41st place finishes by Tayvin Young and Liam Reynolds. Eli Odolphy and Levi Tolton were also on the team. Colten Peters of North Lambton was 52nd.
Lily Bressette’s 21st place finish in the senior girls’ race led her Northern team to an 11th place finish overall. The rest of the team was Olivia Somers, Harper Sieders and Abilene Clark. Avery Norland of the Irish was 36th.
Overall, local runners had seven top 50 finishes and one that fell just outside of that threshold.
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