Update: October 30, 2008 - Secondary & Middle
Abby Christian Boys Race to a Bronze Medal at the Fraser Valley Cross Country Championships and are headed for the BC's.

On a beautiful afternoon Wednesday, Abby Christian runners had excellent results at the Fraser Valley Cross Country Championships at Crescent Park. The senior boys completed a 6.5 km course with 192 participants. Abby Christian Knights had nine runners in this event; Jeremy Van Woerden and Arron Griffioen led the way with 9th and 24th place finishes respectively. Brayden Kampman (gr. 9) had a gutsy effort to be th Knights 5th finisher and secure third place and a provincial berth for the team.

Janelle Hay and Jordyn Dyck, both in grade 9, represented the Knights in the junior girl's race. Both runners had personal bests on the day. Janelle looked strong throughout the whole race in capturing the silver medal and Jordyn finished 11th out of 98 runners. Both girls will be running in the junior provincials on Nov. 8

In the other divisions: John Vanderpol and Chris Lee improved their times by over one minute in the grade 8 boys's race. Taylor Minderhoudled the Knights with a 39th place finish and a personal best as well. Chelsea Jenner finished 13th in the grade 8 girl's race, and Cassie Schuetz ran a personal best. The junior boys had Justin Booth, Dan Vaags, and Chris Marginson all run personal bests; while Mitch Styba secured a berth to the junior provincials.


Update:  October 21, 2008
In their final tune-up for the Fraser Valley Championships, the Knights had a strong race at the Elgin Classic on Monday. Arron Griffioen finished 8th out of 100 runners in leading the way as the senior boys placed third. The junior boys raced to fourth place with Brayden Kampman finishing 6th over the 4.5km course. Janelle Hay finished 3rd and Jordyn Dyck 8th in the junior girl's race of 81 participants. Fraser Valley Championships are Oct. 29; the senior boys have their sights on qualifying for the Provincials.

Update:  October 14, 2008 - Christian High Schools Championships @ King's

The weather was beautiful, but the course was muddy as the Knights raced hard and captured the team title at the Annual Christian School's Meet. Runners had to race through a corn field and surge up a steep hill near the end of the course but the athletes from Abby Christian were up to the challenge. ACS runners took first place in four of the six divisions at the meet and the depth of talent was not matched by any other school as the Knights won the event by a wide margin. Jeremy Van Woerden finished first, Jordan Tipton second, and Arron Griffioen fourth in the senior boys race. Brayden Kampman won the junior boys race while Mitch Styba finished third. In the junior girls race Janelle Hay won by a comfortable margin and Jordyn Dyck finished third.

Next Race is the Elgin Classic on October 20 @ Crescent Park

Update:  October 7, 2008
Seven junior boys, two junior girls, and seven senior boys make up this year's team. Several athletes started their race schedule with the Police Challenge Run on Sept. 20. Janelle Hay (gr. 9) covered the 5K course 21:29 to finish 1st in her age group. Reuben Vanderveen and Arron Griffioen finished 1st and 2nd respectively in their division of the 5K event; while Jeremy Van Woerden ran the 10K in 37:48 to finish 5th overall and 1st in his age group.

The KNIGHTS completed in the Gulley Challenge on Sept. 25 at Clearbrook Park. The Jr. Boys placed third, with Mitch Styba (gr. 9) finishing 7th. The Sr. Boys won their division with Jeremy finishing 2nd, Arron 8th, and Jordan Tipton 12th. Janelle Hay finished 4th and Jordyn Dyck (gr. 9) 10th in the junior girls 4K race.

The KNIGHTS sent a sr. boys team to the Ocean Athletics race at Crescent Park on Oct. 4. In a strong field the team placed 5th with Jeremy leading the way over the 6.8K course.

Next race is the Christian Schools Championships on Oct. 14 at King's School.