Falcons lace up for new season
As another season gets underway
for the Fanshawe Falcons
cross country teams, the goals for
this season are at different ends of
the spectrum for the men's and
women's teams. On the women's
side of things, it is expected
Liliane Sparks and company will
once again be in the mix for the
Ontario Colleges Athletics
Assocaition championships. On
the men's side, this year's team is a
young up and coming group featuring
a lot of new faces on a team
that captured the gold at last year's
OCAA and Canadian Colleges
Athletics Association championships.
While expectations may
not be as high for the men as they
are for the women, coach John
Loney still expects the men's team
to come together and put forth a
strong effort this season.
The Falcons' season kicked off this past weekend with The St. Lawrence Invitational held at Gray's Creek Conservation Area in Cornwall, Ontario on Saturday. Then the team returned to London to run in the non-competitive Terry Fox Run on Sunday at Springbank Park. The Falcons will continue training this week in preparation for the 14th Annual Fanshawe College Invitational, being held on Saturday, September 25 at the Fanshawe Conservation Area. The Fanshawe Invitational will be a good measuring stick for this season as the Fanshawe Conservation Area will play host to the OCAA championships on October 30.
Sparks will once again be looking for another strong season after a successful campaign last year that culminated with a gold medal finish at the OCAA championships, with an impressive overall time in the 5km event of 18:45. Meanwhile, Melissa Linker will look to improve upon her seventh overall finish at the OCAA championships from a year ago.
After this weekend's action, the Falcons will compete at the Sir Sandford Fleming Invitational in Peterborough, Ontario on October 2 and finally the St. Clair College Invitational on October 16. Following the St. Clair College Invitational, the team will have two weeks to prepare for OCAA championships here in London on October 30, where they hope to once again qualify for the CCAA national championships being held this year at O'Dell Park in Fredericton, New Brunswick on November 12 and 13.
The Falcons' season kicked off this past weekend with The St. Lawrence Invitational held at Gray's Creek Conservation Area in Cornwall, Ontario on Saturday. Then the team returned to London to run in the non-competitive Terry Fox Run on Sunday at Springbank Park. The Falcons will continue training this week in preparation for the 14th Annual Fanshawe College Invitational, being held on Saturday, September 25 at the Fanshawe Conservation Area. The Fanshawe Invitational will be a good measuring stick for this season as the Fanshawe Conservation Area will play host to the OCAA championships on October 30.
Sparks will once again be looking for another strong season after a successful campaign last year that culminated with a gold medal finish at the OCAA championships, with an impressive overall time in the 5km event of 18:45. Meanwhile, Melissa Linker will look to improve upon her seventh overall finish at the OCAA championships from a year ago.
After this weekend's action, the Falcons will compete at the Sir Sandford Fleming Invitational in Peterborough, Ontario on October 2 and finally the St. Clair College Invitational on October 16. Following the St. Clair College Invitational, the team will have two weeks to prepare for OCAA championships here in London on October 30, where they hope to once again qualify for the CCAA national championships being held this year at O'Dell Park in Fredericton, New Brunswick on November 12 and 13.
