The St. Clair College Men's Cross-Country team, led by rookie runner Brendan Currie (LaSalle, ON/St. Thomas of Villanova) secured a silver medal at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association provincial championship hosted by Mohawk College in Hamilton on Oct. 25, 2025.
Currie, a first-year runner on the squad, finished only 23 seconds back of first place in a field of 57 runners from across Ontario. He covered the 8 km trail in a time of 25:12, becoming the eighth St. Clair Men's runner to win an individual medal in program history. Currie was also named a First-Team All-Ontario member.
The St. Clair Saints Men's Cross-Country team after winning a silver medal at the OCAA Championship in Hamilton, Ont. Oct. 25, 2025. (Source: Saints Athletics)
The team silver is the 13th medal in Men's program history against the seven other schools in the field. Noah Nicoletti (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) clocked a time of 26:59, good for 11th place, and teammate Luke Nelson (Windsor, ON/St. Thomas of Villanova) crossed the line in 27:09 for 13th position overall. Both were named to the Second-Team All-Ontario.
Daniel Barnes (Iona Station, ON/West Elgin) was the final counting runner for St. Clair with a time of 28:13 in 20th Place. Other finishers for the Saints included Chase Canty (Windsor, ON/Vincent Masey) in 22nd Place (28:17) and Quinten Wentoniuk (Belle River, ON/Belle River) in 47th Place (32:07).
The St. Clair Women turned in a fifth-place team result out of the eight schools entered, led by Second-Team All-Ontario performer Ana-Maria Fodor (Windsor, ON/Vincent Masey), who completed the 6 km course in a time of 25:07.
Melody Knight (Tecumseh, ON/Tecumseh Vista) was 17th for the Saints with a time of 25:45 but was honoured with the Fair Play Award amongst the 52 competitors. Justine Abbott (Wyoming, ON) was 24th in 27:16 followed by teammate Jillian Stratichuk (Belle River, ON/St. Anne) in 28th Place and timed at 28:42, rounding out the St. Clair counting runners.
Emersyn Grondin (Tecumseh, ON/Tecumseh Vista) was 33rd (29:23) and Kendra Bell (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) was 35th (29:43) as the final participants for the Saints.
As a result of Saturday's results, the St. Clair Men's team, as well as Fodor from the women's squad, qualify for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships on Nov. 8 at the Mark Arendz Provincial Nordic Ski Park in Brookvale, Prince Edward Island.
