Nov. 19, 2015 – The 2016 CCAA Cross-Country Running National Championships are heading to Northern Ontario.
Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie has been approved as host of the event, which will take place Nov. 11-12, 2016.
“We are very honoured to be selected as host of the 2016 CCAA Cross-Country Running Nationals,” said Scott Gray, Athletic Director at Sault. “We take pride in our ability to deliver one of a kind championships and are excited to be able to compete on the national stage at home.”
The event will be held on the edge of Sault Ste. Marie’s city limits at Crimson Ridge, a premiere, top-ranked golf course, winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snow biking destination, and now a cross-country running competition venue.
Crimson Ridge effortlessly combines the Canadian Shield escarpment and dramatic rock cuts, spectacular views, rolling, lush bluegrass fairways, dense deciduous and hardwood forests.
CCAA Cross-Country Running Convenor Bill Corcoran of GPRC, is looking forward to visiting the Sault.
“Scott and his crew are very experienced hosts and they will put on a great championship with lots of Northern Ontario hospitality,” said Corcoran. “The course looks like a great test of cross-country running toughness.”
CCAA student-athletes can expect to feel welcomed and appreciated from the moment they arrive at Sault College according to Gray, the current Ontario Colleges Athletic Association President.
“It’s a community that thrives on hosting special events especially sporting events,” he said. “As this may be the only time in the student-athletes lives they may visit Sault Ste. Marie, we plan to create memories that will last a lifetime.”
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