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Mustang runners chase down GHAC cross-counflysilver 5' Ella Kubas wouldn't be denied g again. ,5 A heartbreaking two seconds shy - of qualifying for OFSAA last fall, the Milton District crossâ€"country run- ner firmly stamped her ticket to the provincial championships this time around. She did so with a 15:35 perfor- mance at a hilly Hilton Falls Con- servation Area Friday â€" which was good enough for second in the s fourâ€"kilometre junior girls division. The top two teams and top five 3 individuals after that advance to __ OFSAA. E A standout on the triathlon scene 8. this past summer with the Milton é Tomados,’ Kubas finished just five 2 seconds back of winner Bridget § Hall of Oakville’s Iroquois Ridge. 3 She'll now join fellow Mustang Em- ' ily Wesseling at OFSAA Saturday, Nov. 7 at Duntroon’s Highland Nor- dic (near Collingwood). No stranger to the provincial championships, Wesseling is set to BR midget boys, CKSS midget girls also qualify for OFSAA j MILTON HEIGHTS .ACII. Aer“ & “Om SWAP make her fourth straight appear- ance after also placing second at GHAC â€" doing so for the second year in a row. Part of Guelph's Speed River cross country and track and field club, she shed seven seconds off last year’s showing in the Sim senior girls course â€" clocking in at 19:27. That put her 18 seconds behind defending champion Mackenzie Cameron of Georgetown's Christ the King. The Mustangs' secondâ€"place finish- es highlighted the best GHAC cam- paign in recent memory for Milton runners. Also heading to OFSAA with sec- ond-place team placings are the Bishop Reding midget boys (5km) and the Craig Kielburger midget girls (3km). Leading the Royals with an eighth- place effort â€"â€" in 20:27 â€" was Con- nor Leung. while Brendan Jones and Caleb Coiling crossed the line less than a minute later for 16th and 20th respectively. Alena Spehar was the top finisher for the Spartans. needing exactly 15 minutestograb 11th spot. Lessthanaminute behindfor 18th and 19th were Hannah Gao and Mya Sciberras.