Children ages eight through 11 years of age tested their mettle Friday with the annual cross-country running races in Williams Lake.
The weather could not have been more perfect as the fog lifted, revealing blue skies and the backdrop of autumn colours glowing from the trees in Boitanio Park.
Parents, teachers, siblings, peers and grandparents lined the race track to cheer the young athletes who represented the Williams Lake area schools.
Racing started at 11 a.m. and finished by about 12:30 p.m.
Each race was led by teenagers, referred to as rabbits in the case the children were foxes chasing the rabbits.
Having the rabbits in place ensured the children would know where to run through the park and in some cases there was more than one 'rabbit running ahead of the 'foxes.'
While the top 20 students received ribbons, the list of the top five in each category are listed here:
Eight-year-old girls:
Raylee Simon (150 Mile)
Willa Burkey (Nesika)
Margot Wilk (Chilcotin Road)
Emma Forseille (Marie Sharpej)
Harleigh Weir (Mountview)
Eight-year-old boys:
Sy Romero (Horsefly)
Clark Manarin (Nesika)
Leo Dressler (Cataline)
Truitt Flett (Nesika)
Jace Roberts (150 Mile)
Nine-year-old girls
Sydney Peterson (Nesika)
Grace Walters (150 Mile)
Braelynn Frank (Horsefly)
Kamrynne McLennan (Cataline)
Blake Bruce (Nesika)
Nine-year-old boys
Nash Pelley (Mountview)
Henry Hengstler (150 Mile)
Luke Foote (Chilcotin Road)
Kalen Ambrose (Cataline)
Bear Judson (150 Mile)
10-year-old girls
Lili Bjornson (Nesika)
Amirah Lindstrom (150 Mile)
Maja Hale (Nesika)
Sawyer Barclay (Cataline)
Quynn Murphy (Nesika)
10-year-old boys
Louis Bobrowski (Nesika)
Raiden Moberg (Nesika)
Chase Balmer (Cataline)
Ben Neufeld (150 Mile)
Jack Burger (Nesika)
11-year-old girls
Chloe Hoessl (Horsefly)
Violtet Burkey (Nesika)
Whitney Gillespie (Mountview)
Avery Ellis (150 Mile)
Callia Pook (150 Mile)
11-year-old boys
Jaxon Chappell (150 Mile)
Jacks Lamson (Horsefly)
Liam Galisky (Mountview)
Cyrus Solomon Faubert (Cataline)
Rowdy McNolty (150 Mile)
