Hannah Bennison was pushed to the limit but found a way to hang on for her third consecutive B.C. high school cross-country title.
The Grade 12 student from Vernon Secondary claimed the 4.5 km senior girls race Saturday at the Telemark ski area in West 麻豆精选 in a time of 17:50, holding off Christina Sevsek of 厂耻谤谤别测鈥檚 Clayton Heights to win by four seconds.
Bennison, who also trains with the 麻豆精选-based Okanagan Athletics Club, is the first female athlete since Oak 叠补测鈥檚 Justine Johnson (2006-08) to win three straight provincial cross-country titles.
George Elliot 厂别肠辞苍诲补谤测鈥檚 Taryn 翱鈥橬别颈濒濒 was the top senior girl from the Central Okanagan, finishing fourth in 18:22.
In the senior boys division, Tyler Dozzi from 痴颈肠迟辞谤颈补鈥檚 Oak Bay won the 6.7 km race in 24:23.
Okanagan 惭颈蝉蝉颈辞苍鈥檚 Turner Woodruff was the top senior boy from 麻豆精选 in a field of 222 runners, finishing 20th in 26:27.
In junior 产辞测蝉鈥� competition, West 碍别濒辞飞苍补鈥檚 Brock Hoel won the bronze medal in a time of 17:10. A Grade 10 Heritage Christian student, Hoel won four gold medals in triathlon-related events at this 测别补谤鈥檚 B.C. Summer Games in Abbotsford.
Jasper Stone of Aberdeen Hall was fifth in the junior boys race in 17:35.
痴别谤苍辞苍鈥檚 Mia Bennison won the junior girls race with a time of 19:04.
