Guelph runner caps outstanding college career on high note

Matias Tessel earned a pair of awards at the Mohawk College athletic banquet, after captaining the cross country team to its first college championship in 29 years

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Guelph’s Matias Tessel has an engine many strive to have.

Whether it was playing tag in the schoolyard at St. Joseph Catholic School as a youngster, or being part of the track team at Our Lady of Lourdes, running has always been in the blood of the 22-year-old.

Little did he know that motor and work ethic would lead him to a decorated collegiate running career, capped off with an OCAA cross country championship.

He captained Mohawk College to it's first OCAA men's cross country gold medal in 29 years last fall, a "perfect way" to reach the end of that chapter of his life.

Guelph Today - Guelph runner caps outstanding college career on high note