Closest Limestone Mile Finish Queen’s XC and track runners Braden Novakowski and Matt Hulse hit the line for the closest 1-2 finish in LImestone Mile history. The racing began at 9am on Canada Day under beautiful blue skies. 111 athletes entered the four events, for one of our largest turnouts in recent years. Andrew Martin led the field of 42 junior runners for the day’s first event. Alexander Hinton and Stephanie Hulse took the Highschool heat. The Women’s race was won by Tasha Derzekos. For the men’s race, Alexander Hinton’s 4:40 was two seconds faster than his winning time for the highschoolers. However, it was fifth-best for the day, with Paul Chafe in 4th at 4:31 and Queen’s alum Kevin Dunbar taking 3rd at 4:29. Novakowski and Hulse put on a show for the throng of several hundred race fans with a photo finish of 4:23.4 and 4:23.6 respectively. Fitting for two guys who’ve been battling it out in the 1500 all this past University Track season. For the finish times of all four races, click on “2008 Limestone Mile” at the lower right of this page. Age group results will be on this site in the coming days. Date: 2008-07-01 __________ Article #:406