2026 NCSSAA XC Championships page

The 2026 National Capital Secondary Schools Athletic Association Cross-Country Running Championships took place on Wednesday, Oct. 28, with roughly 1,100 athletes competing at Mooney’s Bay.

The city finals meet served as a qualifier for the 2026 OFSAA XC provincial high school championships, to be held on Nov. 9 in Sudbury. The two schools with the lowest team score in each division (calculated by adding their top 4 runners’ placings) qualified five runners for OFSAA. The top 5 individual racers who were not already qualified as part of a team also earned OFSAA berths.

The Glebe Gryphons won their 16th consecutive overall city title, and the last one with long-time coach Kirk Dillabaugh at the helm. You can read that story (which also includes a general recap of the day’s action), along with race-by-race recaps for each of the six events (to be posted in the days leading up to OFSAA XC 2026), via the links below.

Retiring Glebe coach Kirk Dillabaugh leaves with sweet 16th straight cross-country city title

It’s the last race of the 2026 national capital high school cross-country running championships on Oct. 27 at Mooney’s Bay, a very significant moment in the career of Kirk Dillabaugh, and he is delivering some impeccable words of wisdom while coaching his latest set of recruits. READ MORE…

Rookie Paul-Desmarais XC runner claims individual bronze, team gold in senior boys’ debut

About the worst question you could ask Raphael Markarian is to pick his favourite sport. He loves too many of them. The Grade 12 Paul-Desmarais student’s main athletic pursuit, if you were to reframe the query, would likely be competitive fencing with Ottawa Fencing. READ MORE…