It took a while to get the numbers together, but everything is official when it comes to the NWT Cross-Country Championships.
The event was held in Fort Providence in early October and Yellowknife's William McDonald School won the grand aggregate team banner for the second year running. The grand aggregate result takes the number of points a school scores based on the results from each race and divides it by the number of athletes a school brings.
William McDonald also won the total points banner.
Nimisha Bastedo was one of the organizers for this year's race and said the numbers for this year were on par with last year's event, which was also held in the community.
“We had just over 200 entries and that's close to what we had last year,” she said.
She also said the conditions for the race were chilly and damp, which is what makes for a good cross-country event, and the community really jumped on board to help out.
“We had lots of volunteers from the community and their help is always appreciated,” she said.
Here are the top three finishers in each division:
Mite boys
- 1st – Shaden Kaskamin, Fort Smith
- 2nd – Avery Chepelski-Tetso, Fort Smith
- 3rd – Jaxin Coombs, Hay River
Mite girls
- 1st – Simone Freund, Fort Smith
- 2nd – Avianna Babiuk, Hay River
- 3rd – Sophia Touesnard, Hay River
Tyke boys
- 1st – Ryder Korotash, Hay River
- 2nd – Byron O'Brien, Hay River
- 3rd – Avery Skelhorn, Hay River
Tyke girls
- 1st – Ralston Rutherford-Simon, Fort Smith
- 2nd – Orlee Duru, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Solenn Kikoak, Fort Smith
Peewee boys
- 1st – Shamus Downey, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Ahmad Gassam Elsead, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Gabriel Couture, Yellowknife
Peewee girls
- 1st – Tianna Head, Fort Smith
- 2nd – Kaylie Locke-Setter, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Mia Locke-Setter, Yellowknife
Bantam boys
- 1st – Alexander Fast, Yellowknife
- 2nd – James Vogel, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Alex Vogel, Yellowknife
Bantam girls
- 1st – Shannon Mercer, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Sarah Porter, Fort Smith
- 3rd – Kira Young, Yellowknife
Midget boys
- 1st – Colten Robertson, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Matthew Patzer, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Jed Mitchell, Fort Smith
Midget girls
- 1st – Ava Applejohn, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Anais Aubrey-Smith, Fort Smith
- 3rd – Effie Lockhart, Yellowknife
Juvenile boys
- 1st – Christopher Mathison, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Alexander McMahon, Fort Smith
- 3rd – Aiden Rylott, Yellowknife
Juvenile girls
- 1st – Emily Carroll, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Bronwyn Rutherford-Simon, Fort Smith
- 3rd – Makayla Lane, Yellowknife
Junior boys
- 1st – Jack Panayi, Yellowknife
- 2nd – Zack Horton, Hay River
- 3rd – Logan Debogorski, Yellowknife
Junior girls
- 1st – Fiona Huang, Hay River
- 2nd – Ella Kokelj, Yellowknife
Senior men's
- 1st – Sebastian Boucher, Fort Providence
- 2nd – Eric Reed, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Brent Babiuk, Hay River
Senior women's
- 1st – Myra Berrub, Hay River
- 2nd – Stacy Applejohn, Yellowknife
- 3rd – Chris Silzer, Yellowknife