Hannah Bennison was pushed to the limit but found a way to hang on for her third consecutive title.

The Grade 12 student from Vernon Secondary claimed the 4.5 km senior girls race Saturday at the Telemark ski area in West Kelowna in a time of 17:50, holding off Christina Sevsek of ³§³Ü°ù°ù±ð²âÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Clayton Heights to win by four seconds.

Bennison, who also trains with the Kelowna-based Okanagan Athletics Club, is the first female athlete since Oak µþ²¹²âÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Justine Johnson (2006-08) to win three straight provincial cross-country titles.

George Elliot ³§±ð³¦´Ç²Ô»å²¹°ù²âÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Taryn °¿Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™N±ð¾±±ô±ô was the top senior girl from the Central Okanagan, finishing fourth in 18:22.

In the senior boys division, Tyler Dozzi from ³Õ¾±³¦³Ù´Ç°ù¾±²¹Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Oak Bay won the 6.7 km race in 24:23.

Okanagan ²Ñ¾±²õ²õ¾±´Ç²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Turner Woodruff was the top senior boy from Kelowna in a field of 222 runners, finishing 20th in 26:27.

In junior ²ú´Ç²â²õÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ competition, West °­±ð±ô´Ç·É²Ô²¹Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Brock Hoel won the bronze medal in a time of 17:10. A Grade 10 Heritage Christian student, Hoel won four gold medals in triathlon-related events at this ²â±ð²¹°ùÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s B.C. Summer Games in Abbotsford.

Jasper Stone of Aberdeen Hall was fifth in the junior boys race in 17:35.

³Õ±ð°ù²Ô´Ç²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Mia Bennison won the junior girls race with a time of 19:04.