Jennifer Chew of the Port Moody Blues and the Heritage Woods Kodiaks' Lawrence Viola finished first in their respective Grade 12 girls and boys divisions at Wednesday's District 43 highs school cross-country championships at Coquitlam's Mundy Park.
Chew finished the 4.7 km course in 19 minutes, 10 seconds while Viola took the tape in his 5.9 km trek in 21:15.
Centennial's Miranda Menzies (19:35) and Gleneagle's Clare Chiu (21:11) were second and third to Chew, while Dr. Charles Best's Brendan Wong (21:25) and PoMo's Arash Farhadian (21:36) were not far behind Viola.
Best's Dana Townsend (18:41) won the Grade 11 girls division, while Gleneagle's Kyle Smith took the Grade 11 boys crown.
Ninke Kruger (19:00) won the Grade 10 girls category, with Nathan Wadhwani (16:16) of the Terry Fox Ravens blazing to first in among Grade 10 boys.
In Grade 9 action, Best's Addy Townsend (17:51) took top spot among the girls, while Sebastian Damin (17:26) of Heritage Woods claiming first place in the boys division.
The Fraser Valley finals run next Wednesday in Aldergrove.
