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Issue #85  December 2019
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        National Men’s CCAA Cross-Country Running: SLC



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        moves up to 10  place and Andrew Brown comes in 4th


         By Christine Ouillet                  steady in sixth place. On the
                                               final  lap  he  made  his  move  and
              n November 8 - 9, in Grand       overtook the two men in front of
        OPrairies,  AB,  the  Canadian         him to take home fourth place.
        Collegiate Athletic  Association       Both Isaac Fraser and Greg Garey
        held the Cross-Country Running         ran hard and strong from start to
        Campionship. It took place during      finish.  Fynn  Schooley  struggled
        an early snow storm with high          with a calf injury but still managed
        winds and minus 15 temperatures.       to run well and finish strong. Kai
        The performance of our resilient       Mackintosh stayed on top of his
        Tri-County St Lawrence College         pace and made a consistent effort
        men’s team (Cornwall, Brockville       throughout  the  race  finishing
        and Kingston)  did us all proud .      strong in his most challenging
          Head Coach Tanya Deeks said:         race to date.”
        “From a team perspective, the          The final results were:
        last time SLC had a men’s team           Andrew Brown 4th place in
        in the nationals (2017) the team       Canada 28:52
        placed 15th. This year they flew         Isaac Fraser 36th place in
        through the snow, bringing SLC         Canada 31:03
        up considerably to 10th place            Greg Garey 62th  place in
        in  Canada  and  4th  place  in  the   Canada 32:10
        Ontario Provincials ! “                  Fynn Schooley 101st in Canada
          She described the eight km race      36:41
        this way: “Andrew Brown had a            Kai Mackintosh 105th in
        beautifully run race, being patient    Canada 41:39
        for  the  first  three  laps,  running


              Merry Christmas








                                                                                     Andrew  Brown                                Photo St. Lawrence College

                                                                                      The three SLC campuses,             between        the      campuses.
                                                                                    Cornwall,       Brockville      and   Fortunately,     I   have     great
                                                                                    Kingston amalgamated two              assistant  coaches  at  Brockville
                                                                                    years ago to form one running         (Sarah Crawford) and Kingston
                                                                                    team under the direction of           (Ryan Van Dyl). We work closely
                                                                                    Tanya Deeks, Head Coach.              together, have a consistent team
                                                                                    To be a member of this varsity        training plan, and through lots
                                                                                    team, students must be devoted        of communications we have
                                                                                    to running, enrolled in college       brought the team together
                                                                                    and      have      above-standard     resulting in a successful year”
                                                                                    academic performace. Running            Tanya        Deeks       teaches
                                                                                    is very good for them as it helps     Economics at the College and
                                                                                    them maintain a healthy lifestyle     she is also a professional coach,

                    City   Co nwa  Council!                                         by managing stress, time, and         owner and head coach of Unleash


                                                                                    focus. It becomes part  of their      the the Beast - MultiSport in
                                                                                    life and they form strong bonds       running, swimming and biking.
                                                                                    together.                             She is an accomplished athlete

                                                                                      When asked if coaching              and her record is impressive:
                                                                                    runners from the three campuses       she has participated in several
                                                                                    was  difficult,  Tanya  Deeks         marathons, triathlons and seven
                                                                                    said:  “It  definitely  comes  with   Ironman events in Lake Placid,
                                                                                    challenges due to the distances       Florida and Penticton.
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