Hannah Bennison was pushed to the limit but found a way to hang on for her third consecutive title.
The Grade 12 student from Vernon Secondary claimed the 4.5 km senior girls race Saturday at the Telemark ski area in West 琉璃神社 in a time of 17:50, holding off Christina Sevsek of 厂耻谤谤别测鈥檚 Clayton Heights to win by four seconds.
Bennison, who also trains with the 琉璃神社-based Okanagan Athletics Club, is the first female athlete since Oak 叠补测鈥檚 Justine Johnson (2006-08) to win three straight provincial cross-country titles.
George Elliot 厂别肠辞苍诲补谤测鈥檚 Taryn 翱鈥橬别颈濒濒 was the top senior girl from the Central Okanagan, finishing fourth in 18:22.
In the senior boys division, Tyler Dozzi from 痴颈肠迟辞谤颈补鈥檚 Oak Bay won the 6.7 km race in 24:23.
Okanagan 惭颈蝉蝉颈辞苍鈥檚 Turner Woodruff was the top senior boy from 琉璃神社 in a field of 222 runners, finishing 20th in 26:27.
In junior 产辞测蝉鈥� competition, West 碍别濒辞飞苍补鈥檚 Brock Hoel won the bronze medal in a time of 17:10. A Grade 10 Heritage Christian student, Hoel won four gold medals in triathlon-related events at this 测别补谤鈥檚 B.C. Summer Games in Abbotsford.
Jasper Stone of Aberdeen Hall was fifth in the junior boys race in 17:35.
痴别谤苍辞苍鈥檚 Mia Bennison won the junior girls race with a time of 19:04.
