‘Super Joe’ shines
Wallaceburg’s Joe Perry participated in the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships held in Collingwood, Ontario this past weekend.
It was the 3rd annual event and the second time participating for Perry.
Perry competed all three days over the weekend.
On Friday he completed the 3 km short course. He finished in 31st place out of 160 participants in the Master Division (40+) with a time of 31:12, with no penalties.
On Saturday, he completed the main event, a 15 km marathon in the 45-49 age division. Perry finished 14th out of the 128 who finished. He came in with a time of 2:23:27, with no penalties.
On Sunday, he completed the team event in the Co-ed Pro Division with fellow Canadians, Allison Tai and Caelin White.
” I’m pleased with my results,” Perry told the Sydenham Current. “I came out injury free which was my main goal.”
While in Collingwood on the weekend, Tough Mudder asked him to do a LIVE feed from the venue for them.
“I grabbed a couple of friends and we shot a 13 minute Q&A,” he said. “The last time I checked, our video had over 217,000 views. Pretty sweet.”
A total of 43 countries were represented at the event.
Perry has once again been busy this year.
He’s completed three full marathons, including the prestigious Boston Marathon, where he re-qualified to go back next year.
He’s competed in 10 other races of various lengths and nine Tough Mudder events, completing a total of 33 laps.
Next up will be the World’s Toughest Mudder, which is Perry’s primary focus of the year.
It will be held on November 12 in Las Vegas.
Perry said he was contacted by a journalist from the Guardian in England, who wants to meet with him while he’s in Las Vegas.
Perry is the owner of Internet Kent in downtown Wallaceburg and is an executive member with the Defiance Running Club.
Tartans swim team ‘trivia night’ postponed, auction Friday night
A trivia night for the Wallaceburg Tartans swim team set for Oct. 21, has been postponed.
They will have some auction items available for community members to see on Friday at the Wallaceburg Legion Br. 18 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Bids may be placed in person at the Legion or on Facebook until 10 p.m. when the auction will close.
Both auction locations will be kept up to date throughout the evening.
There are 25 auction packages available.
Stop by the Legion on Friday, or ‘Like’ the team on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WDSSswimteam/.
Girls high school hoops
The Lambton-Kent Cardinals girls basketball temas were in action on Thursday, October 20. Here are the results:
TIER 2 – A/AA JUNIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL
LCCVI 46 (K. Carpenter 10, K. Stirling 13, E. Darrach 11), Lambton-Kent 20 (Alexx Sewell 10, Kelsey Teare 4, Lauren Kelly 4)
TIER 2 A/AA SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lambton-Kent 38 (Morgan Grant 8, Shae Sewell 6, Julia Verscheure 6), LCCVI 19 (J. Daniels 5, M. Dupuis 4, A Robinson 4)
Leafs lose, Seth sits
Wallaceburg’s Seth Griffith remained a healthy scratch for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, as they fell to the Wild in Minnesota 3-2.
The recently acquired forward has yet to see any game action for the Leafs, but has been seeing action during practice for Toronto.
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