Across the board, Sudbury and area high-school cross-country runners have enjoyed very few NOSSA Championships that could rival the overall success that was seen last week in North Bay.

Beyond the fact that SDSSAA will send an astounding 66-athlete contingent to Uxbridge for the OFSAA races next weekend, consider that if one looks at the top five finishers in each of the six age/sex brackets, the locals secured no less than 21 of the 30 slots that were open, capturing every single individual gold medal from junior down.

The youngsters clearly led the charge as Tyla McLeod (Bishop Carter - NG), Caleb Mead (St Benedict - NB), Lucia Salmaso (Marymount - JG) and Shiloh Sauve (Lo-Ellen - JB) all managed to cross the tape before all other challengers in their respective categories.

From a team perspective, the Lo-Ellen Park Knights juggernaut was out in full force, bringing home four divisional banners (novice girls, junior girls, junior boys and senior boys), with the Lockerby Vikings nabbing the novice boys title, leaving Manitoulin Secondary with the senior girls honours behind individual champion Maren Kasunich.

And while there were no other racers in his category at NOSSA, Riley Cornthwaite of Lasalle (Para) has already shown the ability to be more than competitive on a provincial scale, standing proudly on the OFSAA podium in the past.

Following are the SDSSAA runners who managed to crack the top five, along with the rarities that were individual race winners not from Sudbury:

Novice Girls
1st - Tyla McLeod - BAC - 18:00
2nd - Barbara Ceccon - MMT - 18:36
3rd - Lily Bignucolo - LOE - 18:50
4th - Misaki Diavolitsis - LCS - 19:13
5th - Breanna Sullivan - CND - 19:29

Novice Boys
1st - Caleb Mead - STB - 15:39
3rd - Callum Wiss - LOE - 15:52
4th - Sullivan Smith - STB - 15:55
5th - Raphael Belzile - ESMC - 15:56

Junior Girls
1st - Lucia Salmaso - MMT - 22:44
4th - Sasha Bouffard - CND - 23:29
5th - Sidney Skrobot - LOE - 23:34

Junior Boys
1st - Shiloh Sauve - LOE - 19:24
3rd - Max Portelance - CND - 19:39
4th - Nicholas Labrecque - LOE - 19:44

Senior Girls
1st - Maren Kasunich - MSS - 23:55
2nd - Lauren Pineau - LCS - 25:01
3rd - Georgia Lepage - STB - 26:19

Senior Boys
1st - Brodie Pennie - MSS - 21:46
2nd - Owen Dobson - LOE - 21:58
3rd - Liam Binks - LCS - 22:09
4th - Owen Roney - LCS - 22:19
5th - Kaeden Ward - LOE - 22:34