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2011-12 GPRC Cross Country Running

Beaverlodge Athletes Shine at Peace Country Classic Track Meet

Wolves third at ACAC Indoor Track

to read more on this go to http://wolvesac.com/2012/03/12/wolves-third-at-acac-indoors/

Martinek Posts Huge Personal Best at Running Room Indoor Challenge

2011 AC Nationals X-C Wrap: Benson repeats 7th place

X-C Wolves Rocket Up the Rankings at CCAA Nationals

GPRC Wolves Athlete Profiles of the Week
Name: Duncan Farrow	Name: Lena Farrow
Program: Engineering	Program: Engineering
Home Town: East Pine, BC	Home Town: East Pine, BC
High School: South Peace SS	High School: South Peace SS

This week’s Wolves Feature athletes of the week are the sister and brother duo of Lena Farrow and Duncan Farrow from x-country running. Hailing from the sprawling metropolis of East Pine, BC, just east of Chetwynd, the siblings are both 2011 graduates of South Peace Secondary School and are both enrolled in first year engineering at GPRC. And while both are relatively new to the sport, only having taken up serious competitive running in their Grade 12 year, they both made a significant impact to the success of the 2011 x-c Wolves. Lena has improved leaps and bounds since last season when she recorded at 115th place finish at the BC High School Championships. Her results have included a win at the Tumbler Ridge Ramble race and a 20th place finish at the ACAC Championships in Calgary. Duncan is coming off a stellar high school track and field season where he placed 5th in the finals of the 400m hurdles at the BC High School Championship. Like sister Lena, he also won a x-c race this season, taking the top honors in the Grailquest in Ft St John. Duncan was GPRC’s #3 runner at the ACAC Championship, placing 23rd. Both Farrows are looking forward to competing in the CCAA Open X-C Running Championships in Kamloops on November 12 where both Wolves teams hope to crack the top 10 in the final national team rankings.

Runner has made huge strides

BY Howard Tsumura - Fiona Benson has always had a huge heart and a secret feeling that running could take her places
(See the full text at http://www.theprovince.com/Runner+made+huge+strides/5679840/story.html)

Woodland Captures Bronze at ACAC X-C Final

For the first time in seven seasons, a male GPRC x-country runner has made the podium at the ACAC X-Country Running Championships. For more story details go to Wolves AC website at: http://wolvesac.com/2011/10/30/woodland-captures-bronze-at-acac-x-c-final/

Wolves X-C Running Series Wraps Up with Alumni Relay

Under gorgeous Peace Country fall weather, the 2011 Wolves X-C Running Series wrapped up on Saturday afternoon at the Wapiti Nordic Ski Trails with the Wolves Alumni Cross Country Relay. For more story details go to Wolves AC website at: http://bcorcorangprc.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/wolves-x-c-running-series-wraps-up-with-alumni-relay/

Wolves Teams 5th and 6th at Augustana Open

Posted on October 16, 2011 by bcorcorangprc

With two weeks to go before the ACAC Championships, the Wolves x-country running teams are rounding into top form. Both teams had season’s best placings on Saturday in ACAC Grand Prix #5 – the Augustana Open in Camrose.

The men were again led by Devin Woodland who placed third amongst the college runners, his third ACAC podium placing this fall. Woodland clocked a time of 28:34 for the challenging 8 km course. For more story details go to Wolves AC website at: http://wolvesac.com/2011/10/16/wolves-teams-5th-and-6th-at-augustana-open/

Woodland Second at SAIT Open X-C

Wolves x-country standout Devin Woodland is a clearly a runner with momentum. After a pair of wins in local races and a third place finish in ACAC Race #2 fourteen days ago in Vermilion, the 19 year old continued his upward trajectory with a silver medal in the College division at the SAIT Open X-C race in Calgary on Saturday.

For more story details go to Wolves AC website at: http://wolvesac.com/2011/10/02/woodland-second-at-sait-open-x-c/

Busy weekend for local x-country. Full details at WolvesAC website:
http://wolvesac.com/2011/09/26/local-x-c-running-wrap-sept-24-2011/

Woodland Repeats as Burgess Memorial X-C Champ

GPRC Wolves cross-country runner Devin Woodland opened his 2011 season in style on Saturday by winning the featured 7.5 km distance at the SteveBurgess Memorial Cross Country Race for the second straight year.

Woodland covered the rolling 7.5 km track at the Wapiti Nordic Centre in 27:59, over a minute better than runner up Hayden Hollowell from Beaverlodge Regional High School. Tanner Broadbent from Grande Prairie was third.

The featured 4 km womens race was won by Wolves rookie Kayla Hardy in 19:22. Hardy bested silver medalist and Wolves Assistant Coach Mallory Pinnock by 24 seconds. Wolves vet Jackie Benning placed third.

Other category winners included:

Junior Elementary Boys 1.5 km -Tyman Sanikoioulos

Junior Elementary Girls 1.5 km - Ava Fehr

Senior Elementary Girls 1.5 km -Jessie Sylvain

Senior Elementary Boys 1.5 km - Drew Birnbaum, LaGlace

Junior High Girls 3 km - Kristina Koersende-Boer, Sexsmith

Junior High Boys 3 km - Nicholas Bardak, Grande Prairie

High School Girls 3 km - Kelsey Legault, Tumbler Ridge

High School Girls 4 km - Tess Forbes, Beaverlodge

High School Boys 4 km - Cedric Labbe, Grande Prairie

High School Boys 7.5 km - Hayden Hollowell, Beaverlodge

Open Women 7.5 km - Kat Schupp

Masters Women 7.5 km - Leslie Proudfoot, Beaverlodge

Masters Men 7.5 km - Eric Wolf, Dawson Creek

A total of 102 athletes of ages and abilities took part. The Burgess Memorial was race #2 in the 2011 Wolves Cross Country Series. Race #3 takes place next weekend in Fort St. John.

Next up for the Wolves Cross Country Team is ACAC Race #2 in Vermilion on Saturday, September 17.

Full results for 2011 Steve Burgess Memorial Race

2011 Wolves Cross Country Team Has Big Shoes to Fill

After winning last year’s CCAA National Championship race and then going on to represent Canada in the 2011 World Junior Cross Country Championships in Spain, GPRC’s 2011-12 Female Athlete of the Year co-winner Fiona Benson has decided to move on to the next level.

The 19 year old Dawson Creek athlete has accepted a generous scholarship offer from Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. Building on a solid rookie season in the ACAC/CCAA, Benson will be striving to become one of the top runners in the CIS.

While it’s never easy to replace a national champion, the 2011 edition of the Wolves will start with a good mix of returning runners and talented newcomers. Both the men and the women will be looking to improve on their rankings from last year – the men 4th provincially and 7th nationally, and the women 5th in the ACAC and 9th in the CCAA.

This year’s Wolves return five female athletes including: second-year runner Jackie Benning, third year athlete Vanessa Besharah, fourth year’s Linnea Saltel and Mandy Matier, and GPRC’s first-ever official fifth year runner, Carina Ness.

Joining this quintet are about a dozen newcomers, making the Wolves women one of the largest teams in the entire CCAA. Two rookies to watch include Fort St John’s Kayla Hardy and Grande Prairie’s Amanda Patteson.

The men return ACAC all conference runner Devin Woodland for his second season. Woodland will be joined by second year runner Eric Martinek and third year athlete Evan Paul.

Three newcomers from Dawson Creek’s South Peace Secondary School join the retuning trio. Jack Carrigan, Duncan Farrow, and Torleif Landsgaard will provide the necessary depth needed to compete in the very tough ACAC mens conference.

The Wolves open their season on September 10 by hosting the Steve Burgess Memorial at the Wapiti Nordic Trails The team is also slated to run in ACAC races in Vermilion (Sept 17), Calgary (Oct 1), and Camrose (Oct. 15). When not on the road, the team will host and compete in a number of Wolves Cross Country Running Series events in Grande Prairie and other Peace Country venues.

On October 29, the Wolves will contest the 2011 ACAC Championships in Calgary. Two weeks later, the team will be in Kamloops, BC participating in this year's CCAA National Championships.

The coaching duo of Rick Scott and Bill Corcoran are back to guide the team. 2010 marks Corcoran's 21st year with the Wolves, while Scott enters his 20th year with the team.

For more information on Wolves Cross Country Running contact:

Rick Scott, Head Coach
Grande Prairie Regional College
Ph: 780-539-2953
E-mail: rscott@gprc.ab.ca

Bill Corcoran, Head Coach
Grande Prairie Regional College
Ph: 780-539-2735
E-mail: bcorcoran@gprc.ab.ca