Pounding through the park

Junior cross country runners made their way through Beacon Hill Park on Monday

Willows elementary student Javier Duran (far right) and Ian Haynes of Strawberry Vale lead a group of Grade 3 boys at the cross- country city finals through Beacon Hill Park on Monday.

Willows elementary student Javier Duran (far right) and Ian Haynes of Strawberry Vale lead a group of Grade 3 boys at the cross- country city finals through Beacon Hill Park on Monday.

The ongoing teachers’ job action was put aside long enough to allow the city elementary school cross-country running championships to happen at Beacon Hill Park on Monday.

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