McGill wins double bronze, sets school records at CIS track championships
(Photo of Maxime Beaumont-Courteau
by Gary Rush)
SHERBROOKE -- McGill won a pair of bronze medals, both with record-setting performances, at the CIS track and field championships, a three-day meet hosted by Université de Sherbrooke, over the weekend.
Maxime Beaumont-Courteau, from the Ahuntsic region of Montreal, broke his own school record in the men's pole-vault, while a quartet of women eclipsed a 13-year-old McGill record, in the 4x800 relay, which was comprised of lead-off runner Catherine Drouin-Audet of Repentigny, Que., followed by Aimee Castro of Hamilton, Charlène Puel, a native of France, and Sarah McCuaig from Waterloo, Ont., who ran the anchor leg.
Complete results are available online at: http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/ssap/
Beaumont-Courteau, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound senior, cleared a height of 4.85 metres, smashing his personal best - for the fourth time this season - by five centimetres.
"It was a fantastic season-ending performance," said McGill head coach Dennis Barrett of his 23-year-old medical student. "Especially considering that Max has missed a number of our meets this semester while travelling all over the country doing interviews for his upcoming residency. He's peaked at the right time and perhaps it will serve as a motivating factor for him to continue his athletic career as he has been having thoughts of retiring to focus on his medical career. It shows that if you are focused and plan properly, you can still achieve some amazing performances. Kudos to both him and (pole vault coach) Frederick Bouchard for achieving a personal best at a national championship."
The women's relay squad was clocked in eight minutes, 54.21 seconds, surpassing the previous school standard of 8:56.57 set in 1998 by Stephanie Welsh, Elaine Penny, Sarah Ali-Khan and Tambra Dunn.
"I knew that they could run fast but I didn't expect them to shave 11 seconds off their best time of the season, which took place in New York last month," said Barrett. "It was a pretty impressive performance, especially considering that the race occurred on a flat track with tight corners and only one member of our relay squad had qualified for these Nationals in an individual event. They ran like a bat out of hell."
Barrett believes that there were two key motivating factors that lit a fire under the relay quartet, which entered the competition seeded fourth.
"The girls wanted to beat third-seeded Victoria because the UVic roster included Brittany Therrien, a former McGill runner who had left the McGill track program.
"The other contributing factor was that I reminded them about last year's race, where they were deprived of a podium finish by hundredths of a second."
Windsor won the race in 8:49.48, just ahead of Guelph (8:49.67) and McGill. Victoria was fourth in 8:56.98.
All in all, the two bronze medal finishes put a positive spin on a somewhat disappointing season. The Martlets failed to crack the top 10, placing 14th of 21 schools with 10 points overall, while the Redmen finished 18th with six points.
For the second time in three years and fourth time in school history, the Windsor Lancers captured both the men's and women's CIS titles. Windsor extended its CIS record for the most team championships to 10 women's titles and seven in men's track and field.
Windsor's Dennis Fairall earned both the men's and women's coach-of-the-year honours. Taryn Suttie of the Saskatchewan Huskies was named the female athlete of the meet, while Kyle Boorsma of the Guelph Gryphons was recognized as the top male athlete.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (revised):
WOMEN:
1 Windsor 154.5
2 Guelph 96
3 Calgary 66.5
4 Alberta 54
5 Western Ontario 40
6 Sherbrooke 35
7 Saskatchewan 29
7 Ottawa 29
9 UQAM 23
9 Toronto 23
11 Montreal 22.5
12 Regina 21
13 McMaster 14
14 McGill 10
14 York 10
14 Laval 10
17 Lethbridge 8
18 Victoria 7
19 Dalhousie 5
20 Manitoba 4.5
21 Queen's 1
MEN:
1
Windsor
138
3) Regina 54
4) Western Ont 50
4) York 50
6) Alberta 39
7) Saskatchewan 37
8) Dalhousie 36
9) Sherbrooke 25
10) Manitoba 23
11) Ottawa 22
12) Toronto 21
13) Calgary 18
14) Laval 12
15) Victoria 11
16) Queen's 10
17) Lakehead 8
18) McGill 6
19) McMaster 5
20) Waterloo 1
INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
Coach of the Year (M/W)
Dennis Fairall (Windsor)
Athlete of the Meet (M)
Taryn Suttie - Saskatchewan
Athlete of the Meet (F)
Kyle Boorsma - Gueph
INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS: DAY 3
Triple Jump (F)
1 Zachariah,
Neb
Windsor
12.49m
2 Kodo,
Valérie
Sherbrooke
J12.49m
3 Lowe,
Jaideene
Windsor
12.40m
Shot Put (M)
1 Smith,
Andrew
Saskatchewan
18.48m@
2 Hendry,
Tim
Guelph
17.23m
3 Ysebaert,
Andrew
Windsor
16.88m
600m (F)
1 Bishop, Melissa Windsor 1:31.54
2 Hunter,
Raeleen
Windsor
1:32.35
3 Aubry,
Rachel
Guelph
1:32.50
600m (M)
1 Leitch, Scott Western 1:18.93
2 Trnkus, Michael Toronto 1:19.37
3 Eldridge, Dustin Windsor 1:19.68
4x200m (F)
1 University of Calgary 1:38.62
2 University of Windsor 1:39.98
3 University of Alberta 1:40.53
4x200m (M)
1 University of Alberta 1:29.83
2 University of Manitoba 1:29.51
3 Queen's University 1:30.86
1500m (F)
1 Cliff,
Rachel
Guelph
4:28.98
2 Biewald,
Jennie
Guelph
4:31.70
3 Frost,
Lydia
Guelph
4:32.37
1500m (M)
1 Boorsma,
Kyle
Guelph
3:47.57
2 Walters,
Matt
Windsor
3:49.08
3 Proudfoot,
Ross
Guelph
3:49.68
High Jump (F)
1 Boyle,
Sarah
Toronto
1.80m
2 Machin, Rachel
Calgary
1.77m
3 Maessen,
Laura
Toronto
1.73m
Pole Vault (M)
1 Britnell,
Lane
Saskatchewan
5.15m
2 Petrucha, Taylor
Saskatchewan
5.05m
3 Beaumont-Courteau, Maxim
McGill 4.85m
Triple Jump (M)
1 Harriott,
Dwayne
Windsor
14.55m
2 Walford,
David
Regina
14.49m
3 Honig,
Kevin
Guelph
14.24m
4x400m (F)
1 Calgary 3:48.04
2 Windsor 3:48.33
3 Ottawa 3:52.09
4x400m (M)
1 Windsor 3:19.46
2 Manitoba 3:19.76
3 Alberta 3:19.86
INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS: DAY 2
60m H (F):
1 Montcalm, Noelle Windsor 8.45
2 Beaudet, Laurence Montreal 8.61
3 Maddex, Ashlea Ottawa 8.65
60m H (M):
1 Brisson, Matt Western 8.177
2 Moseley, Ingvar York 8.180
3 Dandie, Anthony Windsor 8.39
300m (F):
1 Nelson, Amonn Calgary 39.02
2 Montcalm, Noelle Windsor 39.07
3 Margetts, Merissa Regina 39.87
300m (M):
1 Richards-Kwok, Dontae York 33.70
2 Dills, Brendan Windsor 34.06
3 Meité, Ben Youssef Sherbrooke 34.65
1000m (F)
1 Hunter, Raeleen Windsor 2:49.09
2 Bishop, Melissa Windsor 2:49.29
3 Aubry, Rachel Guelph 2:50.40
1000m (M)
1 Ostapowich, Jaden Alberta 2:25.82
2 Brown, Alastair Lakehead 2:27.06
3 Lapointe, Jean-Samuel Laval 2:27.24
3000m (F)
1 Cliff, Rachel Guelph 9:38.52
2 Coates, Victoria McMaster 9:48.46
3 Laurie, Courtney Guelph 9:49.86
3000m (M)
1 Boorsma, Kyle Guelph 8:11.10
2 Genest, Alex Guelph 8:11.84
3 Lavoie, Olivier Sherbrooke 8:12.70
Hammer Throw (M):
1 Hendry, Tim Guelph 17.98m
2 McCrank, Dustin Guelph 16.95m
3 London, Seth Dalhousie 16.64m
Long Jump (F):
1 Delisle, Pascale Sherbrooke 6.01m
2 Beaudet, Laurence Montreal 5.99m
3 Hyacinthe, Kimberly UQAM 5.87m
Long Jump (M):
1 Greenaway, Christopher Ottawa 7.64m
2 Kuruneri, Guyson Guelph 7.30m
3 Collette, Sean Guelph 7.29m
High Jump (M):
1 Witmer, Alex Toronto 2.16m
2 Watts, Simon Dalhousie 2.10m
3 MacDonald, Connor Regina 2.07m
Pole Vault (F):
1 Blouin, Mélanie Laval 3.95m
2 Reiser, Erika Windsor 3.85m
3 Fiedler, Erika Guelph J3.85m
Shot put (F):
1 Suttie, Taryn Saskatchewan 15.72m
2 Stephenson, Steffi Windsor 14.18m
3 Freeman-Gibb, Celine Windsor 14.06m
4 X 800m relay (F):
1 Windsor 8:49.48
2 Guelph 8:49.67
3 McGill 8:54.21
4 X 800m relay (M):
1 Windsor 7:37.65
2 Calgary 7:37.90
3 Victoria 7:39.10
INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS: DAY 1
60m (F)
1 Hyacinthe,
Kimberly
UQAM 7.43
2 Montcalm, Noelle Windsor 7.61
3 Jean-Baptiste, Audrey UQAM 7.62
60m (M)
1 Meité, Ben Youssef
Sherbrooke
6.61
2 Richards-Kwok, Dontae York 6.76
3 Bowman, Aaron Windsor 6.81
Weight Throw (F):
1 Suttie, Taryn Saskatchewan 19.55m
2 Steacy, Heather Lethbridge 19.08m
3 Larose, Annie Sherbrooke 17.61m
Pentathlon (F):
1 Valois,
Chelsea 3778
PTS
2 McIntosh, Rachael 3760 PTS
3 Schneck, Amanda 3678 PTS
Pentathlon (M):
1 McPhee, Stephen 3661 PTS
2 Eckert,
Jeremy 3618
PTS
3 Arbour,
Patrick 3535
PTS
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