Special Thanks to TnfNorth Voters: Randy Givogue (Thousand Islands HS, Brockville), Kevin Dillon (Paul Dwyer HS, Oshawa), David Scarrow (Vincent Massey HS, Windsor), Bill Cunliffe (Courtice HS, Courtice) and Dave Christiani (Leaside HS, Toronto) .
Last year's OFSAA Results can be found here: 2010 OFSAA XC Results
Last year's OFSAA Polls can be found here: 2010 TnfNorth Polls
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SENIOR BOYS: Five-time defending champions Vincent Massey (Windsor) were hit hard by graduation and given no love by the voters without a single vote cast for them to finish in the top-five. With Connor Darlington (R.S. McLaughlin) returning for a fifth year, R.S. McLaughlin (Oshawa) is the slight favourite over a Theriault (Timmins) squad led by Paul Raymond. Xavier King (Pickering) and last year's OFSAA champion Yves Sikuwabo (Glebe) both return this season and are expected to contend for the individual crown with rumors of Sikuwabo's injury woes leading some voters to discount his chances. LOSSA should (not) be a fun district this season with three teams ranked in the top ten provincially.
| Senior Boys Team Pre-Season Poll | ||
| High School | Town | Points |
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1) R.S. McLaughlin (3) 2) Theriault (1) 3) Ancaster 4) Pickering 5) St. Mary's 5) Bill Crothers |
Oshawa Timmins Ancaster Pickering Kitchener Markham |
19 17 6 5 3 3 |
| Also Receiving Votes: Highland (Hamilton) 2, London Central 2, Paul Dwyer (Oshawa) 1, Sarnia Northern 1, Thousand Islands (Brockville) 1 | ||
| Senior Boys Individual Pre-Season Poll | ||
| Athlete | School | Points |
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1) Xavier King (2) 2) Yves Sikuwabo (3) 3) Connor Darlington 4) Eamon Kichuk 5) Ben Flanagan |
Pickering Glebe RS McLaughlin Bill Crothers St. Mary's |
21 19 12 5 4 |
| Also Receiving Votes: Adam Palamar (Merivale) 3, Dan Piticaru (Vincent Massey) 3, Matt Stephenson (RS McLaughlin) 2, Matthew Druken (St. Josephs) 2, Paul Raymond (Theriault) 2, Riley Hubbard-Olesky (Dwyer) 1, Ryan Sleiman (Kingsville) 1 | ||
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SENIOR GIRLS: After being supplanted by Vincent Massey (Windsor) for last year's crown, Westdale (Hamilton) are the pre-season favorites to win back their championship in 2011. Holding off St. Thomas Aquinas (London) will be difficult, especially with the London school expected to have Hillary Stafford in the top five. Jaclyn White (Mother Theresa) gained the most first-place votes and the defending champion will face plenty of competition from Stafford, Jamie Phelan (St. Mary's) and Megan Yuan (St. Ignatius) to stay on top.
| Senior Girls Team Pre-Season Poll | ||
| High School | Town | Points |
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1) Westdale (2) 2)St. Thomas Aquinas (1) 3) Huron Park 4) St. Christopher (1) 5)Thousand Islands |
Hamilton London Woodstock Sarnia Brockville |
16 15 11 9 6 |
| Also Receiving Votes: Newmarket 2, Vincent Massey (Windsor) 1 | ||
| Senior Girls Individual Pre-Season Poll | ||
| Athlete | School | Points |
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1) Hillary Stafford (1) 2) Jaclyn White (3) 3) Jamie Phelan (1) 4) Megan Yuan 5) Emma Galbraith |
St. T. Aquinas-Lon Mother Theresa St. Mary's St. Ignatius Franco Ouest |
18 15 10 7 5 |
| Also Receiving Votes: Kelly Hennssey (St. Thomas Aquinas-Oakville) 4, Carlee Cassidy (St. Thomas Aquinas-Lindsay) 4, Stephanie Daley (St. Peters) 3, Katey Codyre (Courtice) 3, Madeline Mcdonald (Lawrence Park) 3, Rebecca Wendt (Henry Street) 2, Rachel Faulds (Trenton) 1 | ||