Heather Wright/The Independent

Five Lambton County runners will be heading to OFSAA.

They placed in the top five at the SWOSSAA Cross Country meet in Canatara Park Thursday to claim their spot at the provincial championship.

To no ones surprise, Chase Capes claimed first in the Senior Boys’ 6K Run. He was 52 seconds ahead of second place finisher Gianfranco Rauti of St. Thomas. Capes’ St. Pat’s teammate, Ryan Ladouceur also qualified for OFSAA finishing fifth with a time of 21:02.38.

Five Lambton runners finished in the top 10 in the field of 142 runners. North Lambton’s Colten Peters finished 30th and LCCVI’s Benjamin Leystra finished 58th with a time of 25.36.96.

North Lambton’s Jocelyn Field punched her ticket to OFSAA in Sudbury with a fifth place finish in the Junior Girls race. She finished with a time of 21:24.08. Her teammate, Hailey Reid, finished right behind her in sixth with a time of 21.27.24.

LCCVI’s Kenzie Maoirate placed 15th in the field of 72 with a time of 22.46.65.

Carter Duff was LCCVI’s top runner at SWOSSAA finishing 10th in the Novice Boys 4K run with a time of 14:40.80. Hayden Prangley was Lambton-Kent’s top finisher in the race at 33.

In the Senior Girls’ division, Olivia Somers of Sarnia Northern will be heading to OFSAA after finishing fifth with a time of 23:51. Camlachie’s Keala Pickard of St. Pat’s placed 11th with a time of 24.48 and Skyla Williemse of North Lambton was 33rd in a field of 142 runners with a time of 28.37.

Laylah Stokes of St. Pat’s will also head to OFSAA in the Novice Girls division after placing fifth with a time of 16.18.95. Olivia Wallace of Lambton-Kent was 18th and Elise Langstaff was LCCVI’s top finisher at 40th in a field of 82 with a time of 19:50.52.

AJ Huras was North Lambton’s top finisher in the Junior Division at 28th and Owen McMurphy was LCCVI’s top finisher.

OFSAA will be held in Sudbury Nov. 9.