The Massey Mustangs ran to another cross-country title on Saturday.
The Mustangs made it back-to-back senior boys’ titles with a comfortable win at the OFSAA cross-country championships in Hamilton.
Costa and Chase Canty led the way for the Massey at least year’s championship and guided the way for this year’s squad on Saturday.
Canty finished sixth overall in a field of 281 runners over a 6.25km course as he improved on his 20th-place finish a year ago in a time of 20 minutes and 5.7 seconds. Costa came in 34th in 21:01.3.
Matthew Matos was Massey’s third finisher in 71st in a time of 21:43.5 while Max Fazecash, who was part of Massey’s bronze-medal winning junior team a year ago, rounded out the Mustangs scoring four runners with a 79th-place finish in 21:49.8.
“It was really good to see because we lost a lot of good guys, but we also knew we had some good guys coming up, too,” Costa said.
That left Massey with a comfortable 52-point finish over second-place Toronto St. Michael’s College.
Massey’s midget boys’ team placed 11th overall led by Brennan Tedley, who finished 44th in a time of 15:40.1 over the 4.2km course.
That helped the Mustangs take the bronze medal in the overall boys’ standings.
Massey’s senior girls’ team finished eighth overall led by Amber Patten, who was 33rd over the 6.25km course in 24:46.2. St. Joseph’s Nicole LaRue was the area’s top finisher in the race. She was 17th in a time of 24:08.9.
The Sandwich Sabres finished 12th in the junior boys’ division with Ronan Radovich leading the way with a 37th-place finish over the 5.15km course in 18:25.5. The Villanova Wildcats also finished 12th overall in the junior girls’ division. Lily Philcox led the way for the Wildcats with a 19th-place finish in 20:45.5.
Vista Academy placed 19th overall in the midget girls’ division with Sarah McAnally leading the team with a 103rd-place finish in 18:20.9.