Super Saturday is around the corner at St. Clair College and at least one runner can’t wait.
“It’s our home course. I definitely want to come out and perform,” said Carter Free.
The college is hosting the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s cross county national championships at Malden Park on Saturday.
“Today, when you see it all set up, teams start arriving in it and they realize this is the Canadian Championships,” said St. Clair head coach Paul Boots. “They got the tents. They got all the all the stuff at the finish line and all the shoots and it’s like, okay, here we go.”
Free is ready to go. The 24-year-old won a silver medal with the Saints in 2019 before entering the real world. Five years later, he returned.
“It’s hard to get back on the bike, I’ll say that. Yeah, I was definitely hurting a bit getting back …