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QSSF TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP: "Jus Fly" Darlington sets record, earns performance-of-meet honours

Published: 28 February 2010

(PHOTO OF JUSTIN DARLINGTON BY GARY RUSH)

MONTREAL - McGill's Justin Darlington of Montreal, earned performance-of-the-meet honours for field events with a school record leap of 2.07 metres in the men's high jump at the Quebec university track & field championship meet at Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse over the weekend.

Medal winners are posted below and complete results are available online at: www.mcgilltrack.com

Sherbrooke swept both the men's and women's team titles. They finished first in the men's division with 140 points, followed by McGill (112) and Laval (104).

Darlington, a 6-foot-4 marketing freshmen who broke his own Redmen record of 2.05m, was one of four gold medal winners for the McGill men, who also garnered five silver medals and eight bronzes. Each automatically qualifies for the CIS national championships in Windsor, Ont., March 11-13.

Other Redmen gold medalists who automatically earned all-conference honours included pole-vaulter Maxime Beaumont-Courteau (4.60m), a third-year medical student from Montreal and Canadian Olympian Hank Palmer (60m, 6.82seconds). Palmer, a native of Pierrefonds, Que., also ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x200 relay squad, which was clocked in 1:30.65. The quartet included lead-off sprinter Andrew Archibald of Halifax, N.S., freshmen Eric Ellemo of Hudson, Que., and Montreal native Andrew Hamilton, who was an all-conference running back with the football Redmen last fall.

On the women's side, Sherbrooke finished atop the standings with 151 points, followed by McGill (144) and Laval (104).

The Martlets registered 20 podium finishes, including five golds, seven silvers and eight bronze medals. The only woman to break a McGill record was Alana Battiston, a science senior from Toronto, who finished third in the pentathlon with 3,365 points, surpassing her team record of 3,351.

Gold medalists included Hayley Warren, a 5-foot-3 kinesiology freshman from Orillia, Ont., who was a double winner, taking the 60m hurdles in 8.86 seconds and running lead-off on the winning 4x200 relay, which finished in 1:43.40, just missing the school record of 1:43.26 set a dozen years ago. Joining her on that foursome was freshman Genevieve Blanchard of Sherbrooke, Que., junior Alison Cameron-Vendrig of Ottawa and senior Sabrina Lavoie of Montreal.

It was a good day for the McGill relays squads, which swept all three races.

The 4x800 established a QSSF championship meet record with a time of 9:21.56, smashing the previous mark of 9:29.77 set by Sherbrooke in 2008. The quartet was composed of Charlene Puel, a sophomore from France, plus freshman Sarah McCuaig of Waterloo, Ont., Aimee Castro, a rookie from Hamilton, Ont., and sophomore Catherine Drouin-Audet of Repentigny, Que.

The Martlets winning 4x400 relay was clocked in 3:56.32 and included Lavoie, Cameron-Vendrig, Battiston and Anne Ruggirello, a marketing sophomore from Glenview, Illinois.

Mélinda-Megan Rock, a third-year education major from Baie Comeau, Que., claimed McGill's other gold medal, winning the pole vault with a height of 3.30 metres.

Final Standings

Women

1. Sherbrooke 151

2. McGill 144

3. Laval 104

Men

1. Sherbrooke 140

2. McGill 112

3. Laval 104

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

WOMEN:

Championship team: Sherbrooke

Track performance of the meet: Genevieve Thibault - Laval

Field performance of the meet: Pascale Delisle - Sherbrooke

Athlete of the meet: Pascale Delisle - Sherbrooke

Athlete of the year: Pascale Delisle - Sherbrooke

Rookie of the year: Melanie Hughes - Sherbrooke

Athletics, Academics & Citizenship Award: Nathalie Larouche - Laval

Coach of the year: Richard Crevier - Laval

MEN:

Championship team: Sherbrooke

Track performance of the meet: James Poulin-Cadovius - Sherbrooke

Field performance of the meet: Justin Darlington - McGill

Athlete of the meet: Pierre Puyjalon - Sherbrooke

Athlete of the year: James Poulin-Cadovius - Sherbrooke

Rookie of the year: Olivier Lavoie - Sherbrooke

Athletics, Academics & Citizenship Award: James Poulin-Cadovius - Sherbrooke

Coach of the year: Richard Crevier - Laval

QSSF CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL WINNERS

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Championnat Provincial Universitaire 2010 - 2/27/2010 to 2/28/2010
McGill, Montreal

Event 1 Women's 60m
===================================================================
CIS Standard: 7.61
Fieldhouse Record: 7.35 (tie) Toyin Olupena (Toronto TFC, 2010) and Genevieve Thibault (Laval, 2010)
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 7.40 Genevieve Thibault, Sherbrooke, 2009
===================================================================

Finals
1 Thibault, Geneviève         Laval                     7.41%
2 Warren, Hayley                    McGill                    7.87
3 Lavoie, Sabrina                    McGill                    7.96

% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 2 Women's 300m

===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 39.93
Fieldhouse Record: 37.55 Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 2005
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 39.29 Martine Cloutier, Sherbrooke, 2003
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Harvey, Laurélie Laval 40.10

2 Momoh, Nana Sherbrooke 40.32

3 Lavoie, Sabrina McGill 40.91

Event 3 Women's 600m
==========================================================================
CIS Standard: 1:33.45
Fieldhouse Record: 1:29.51 Holly Ratzlaff, Calgary, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 1:32.22 Sarah Ali-Khan, McGill, 2002
==========================================================================

Finals
1 Momoh, Nana                                Sherbrooke            1:35.21#
2 Puel, Charlene                                McGill                         1:36.16
3 Drouin-Audet, Catherine                 McGill                         1:36.36

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 4 Women's 1000m
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 2:51.08
Fieldhouse Record: 2:45.1h Sarah Ali-Khan, McGill, 2003
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 2:50.91 Sarah Ali-Khan, McGill, 2001
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Hughes, Melanie                       Sherbrooke                            2:55.02
2 Drouin-Audet, Catherine            McGill                                   2:55.84
3 Puel, Charlene                        McGill                                   2:55.91

Event 5 Women's 1500m
=======================================================================
CIS Standard: 4:32.61
Fieldhouse Record: 4:18.75 Megan Brown, Toronto, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 4:30.23 Sarah Ali-Khan, McGill, 2001
=======================================================================

Finals
1 Hughes, Melanie                Sherbrooke            4:44.55#
2 McCuaig, Sarah                               McGill                         4:46.18
3 Cummings, Madeleine                McGill                         4:50.53

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 6 Women's 3000m
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 9:43.88
Fieldhouse Record: 9:11.69 Megan Brown, Toronto, 2009
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 9:18.7h Caroline Ladanowski, McGill, 1988
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Hughes, Melanie Sherbrooke 10:10.08

2 Cummings, Madeleine McGill 10:12.04

3 Myrand, Mélanie McGill 10:19.23

Event 7 Women's 60m Hurdles
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 8.84
Fieldhouse Record: 8.28 Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 8.43 Marie-Eve Dugas, Sherbrooke, 2008
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Warren, Hayley                       McGill                                   8.86
2 Cap, Tamara                          Montreal                               8.97
3 Delisle, Pascale                       Sherbrooke                           9.14

Event 8 Women's 4x200m Relay
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 1:41.86
Fieldhouse Record: 1:37.57 Saskatchewan, 1999
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 1:43.05 Sherbrooke, 1991
===============================================================================

Finals
1 McGill                                           1:43.40#
1) Warren, Hayley                  2) Blanchard, Genevieve
3) Cameron-Vendrig, Alison         4) Lavoie, Sabrina

2 Sherbrooke                                       1:45.32
1) Robitaille-Beaumier, Eve-Lyne   2) Daudelin-Gauthier, Laurie
3) Bergeron, Mireille              4) Momoh, Nana

3 Laval                                            1:59.36
1) Larouche, Nathalie              2) Cardin, Caroline
3) Rioux-Castonguay, Marina        4) Mimeault, Laurie-Michelle

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 9 Women's 4x400m Relay

===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 3:52.68
Fieldhouse Record: 3:47.77 Saskatchewan, 1999
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 3:55.75 Sherbrooke, 2002
===============================================================================

Finals

1 McGill 3:56.32

1) Lavoie, Sabrina 2) Cameron-Vendrig, Alison

3) Battiston, Alana 4) Ruggirello, Anne

2 Sherbrooke 4:00.67

1) Robitaille-Beaumier, Eve-Lyne 2) Delisle, Pascale

3) Gauthier, Catherine 4) Momoh, Nana

3 Laval 4:12.38

1) Harvey, Laurélie 2) Croteau-Carignan, Annie

3) Larouche, Nathalie 4) Mimeault, Laurie-Michelle

Event 10 Women's 4x800m Relay
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 9:06.92

Fieldhouse Record: 8:56.63 Toronto, 2007

QSSF Championship Meet Record: 9:29.77 Sherbrooke, 2008

===============================================================================

Finals
1 McGill                                          9:21.56*#
1) Puel, Charlene                  2) McCuaig, Sarah
3) Castro, Aimee                   4) Drouin-Audet, Catherine

2 Sherbrooke                                     10:07.01
1) Gauthier, Catherine             2) Grand'maison, Sara
3) Parenteau, Élizabeth            4) Gendron, Caroline

3 Laval                                          10:20.43
1) Bernard-Brouillard, Sarah       2) Mercier, Jeanne
3) Rioux, Audrey-Ann               4) Croteau-Carignan, Annie

* QSSF Championship Meet Record
# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 11 Women's Long Jump
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 5.65m
Fieldhouse Record: 6.17m Alice Falaiye, Toronto, 1998
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 5.90m Simonne Lemieux, Laval, 1991
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Renaud, Esther Sherbrooke 5.69m%

2 Cap, Tamara Montreal 5.61m

3 Delisle, Pascale Sherbrooke 5.42m

% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 12 Women's Triple Jump
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 11.45m
Fieldhouse Record: 12.76m Michelle Hastick, Independent, 1999
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 12.20m Sonya Agbessi, Laval, 1996
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Sarazin, Josée-Anne                       Sherbrooke            11.76m%
2 Morin Lemay, Audrey                      Sherbrooke            11.47m%
3 McCurdy, Heather                         McGill             10.89m

% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 13 Women's High Jump
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 1.69m
Fieldhouse Record: 1.89m Natalja Jackheere, Belgium, 1998
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 1.84m Leslie Estwick, McGill, 1987
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Dugas, Katerine Montreal 1.60m

2 McPhee, Alyson McGill 1.60m

3 Morin Lemay, Audrey Sherbrooke 1.55m

Event 14 Women's Pole Vault
=======================================================================
CIS Standard: 3.62m
Fieldhouse Record: 4.06m Heather Hamilton, York, 2009
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 3.70m Caroline Jean, Sherbrooke, 2004
=======================================================================

Finals
1 Rock, Mélinda-Megan                  McGill                       3.30m#
2 Crowe, Victoria                    McGill                                     3.20m
3 Brosseau, Mylene      Sherbrooke                  2.95m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 15 Women's Shot Put
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 12.93m
Fieldhouse Record: 16.22m Julie Labonte, Sherbrooke, 2009
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 13.38 Dominique Bilodeau, Sherbrooke, 2002
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Boudreau, Isabelle                     Sherbrooke                  12.52m#
2 Dumont-Breton, Myriam                 Sherbrooke                  12.25m
3 Larose, Annie                                   Sherbrooke                  11.02m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 16 Women's Weight Throw
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 17.05m
Fieldhouse Record: 18.18m Annie Larose, Sherbrooke, 2008
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 18.07m Annie Larose, Sherbrooke, 2009
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Larose, Annie                            Sherbrooke                17.12m%
2 Dumont-Breton, Myriam               Sherbrooke                14.24m
3 Rock, Mélinda-Megan                  McGill                        13.33m

% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 17 Women's Indoor Pentathlon
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 3414
Fieldhouse Record: 4380 Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 3507 Veronique Fortin, Sherbrooke, 2003
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Delisle, Pascale                    Sherbrooke          3617 *%
2 Cap, Tamara                        Montreal                     3557 %
3 Battiston, Alana                   McGill                         3365 (broke own McGill record of 3351)

* QSSF Championship Meet Record
% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 18 Men's 60m
=======================================================================
CIS Standard: 6.79
Fieldhouse Record: 6.56 Nicolas Macrozonaris, St. Laurent, 2002
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 6.76 Ben Youssef Meite, Sherbrooke, 2009
=======================================================================

Finals
1 Palmer, Hank           McGill           6.82#
2 Charest, Jonathan                Sherbrooke                  7.13
3 Hamilton, Andrew                McGill                         7.13

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 19 Men's 300m
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 34.53
Fieldhouse Record: 32.95 Shane Niemi, York, 2002
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 34.04 Rova Rabemananjara, Sherbrooke, 1997
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Rachati, Ayoub Sherbrooke 35.58 #

2 Charest, Jonathan Sherbrooke 35.65

3 Laporte, Charles-Olivier Laval 35.96

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 20 Men's 600m
==========================================================================
CIS Standard: 1:19.67
Fieldhouse Record: 1:17.26 Alexandre Marchand, Sherbrooke, 2000
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 1:18.70 Alex Marchand, Sherbrooke, 1999
==========================================================================

Finals
1 Raymond, Mathieu                Laval                   1:20.55#
2 Laporte, Charles-Olivier                 Laval                   1:20.95
3 Gravel, Benjamin                          Sherbrooke            1:21.63

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 21 Men's 1000m
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 2:26.58
Fieldhouse Record: 2:23.08 Sebastien Ouellet, Sherbrooke 1999
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 2:29.30 Alex Hutchinson, McGill, 1996
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Lavoie, Olivier                               Sherbrooke                           2:28.40#
2 Poulin-Cadovius, James                 Sherbrooke                           2:29.18
3 Gravel, Benjamin                          Sherbrooke                           2:29.63

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 22 Men's 1500m
=======================================================================
CIS Standard: 3:52.56
Fieldhouse Record: 3:48.82 Geoff Martinson, Victoria, 2008
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 3:55.80 Sebastien Ouellet, Sherbrooke, 1999
=======================================================================

Finals
1 Poulin-cadovius, James                Sherbrooke    3:52.45 *%
2 Lavoie, Olivier                                  Sherbrooke            3:53.55
3 Kramer, Daniel                                McGill           3:54.72

* QSSF Championship Meet Record
% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 23 Men's 3000m
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 8:20.47
Fieldhouse Record: 8:07.38 Reid Coolaset, Speed River TFC, 2010
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 8:28.27 Daniel Blouin, Laval, 2004
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Poulin-Cadovius, James Sherbrooke 8:42.38 #

2 Laflamme, Pier-Olivier Laval 8:44.26

3 Kramer, Daniel McGill 8:56.87

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 24 Men's 60m Hurdles
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 8.33
Fieldhouse Record: 7.75 Charles Allen, Ottawa, 2006
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 7.91 Andrew Lissade, Sherbrooke, 1999
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Puyjalon, Pierre Sherbrooke 8.47 #

2 Liu, Dong McGill 8.48

3 Guénette, Jason Laval 8.78

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 25 Men's 4x200m Relay
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 1:28.57
Fieldhouse Record: 1:24.85 Legacy Athletics, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 1:26.14 Sherbrooke, 1999
===============================================================================

Finals
1 McGill                                           1:30.65 #
1) Archibald, Andrew               2) Ellemo, Eric
3) Hamilton, Andrew                4) Palmer, Hank

2 Sherbrooke                                       1:31.95
1) Rachati, Ayoub                  2) Dallaire, Carl
3) Fournier, Charles               4) Ouellet-Léveillé, Clément

3 Laval                                            1:36.39
1) Langevin, James                 2) Beaudoin-Hamel, Vincent
3) Boutin, Jean-Philippe           4) Ouedraogo, Boris

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 26 Men's 4x400m Relay
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 3:20.70
Fieldhouse Record: 3:14.12 Calgary, 2008
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 3:16.59 Sherbrooke, 1999
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Laval 3:24.51 #

1) Beaudoin-Hamel, Vincent 2) Boucher, Nicolas

3) Raymond, Mathieu 4) Laporte, Charles-Olivier

2 Sherbrooke 3:24.69

1) Rachati, Ayoub 2) Puyjalon, Pierre

3) Azzi, Sofiane 4) Gravel, Benjamin

3 McGill 3:29.03

1) Levy, Tyler 2) Sandler, Ian

3) Douglas, Ken 4) Bays, Connor

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 27 Men's 4x800m Relay
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 7:42.91
Fieldhouse Record: 7:30.83 Victoria, 2008
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 7:55.47 McGill, 1999
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Laval                                            7:49.87*#
1) Michaud, Dominic                2) Laflamme, Pier-Olivier
3) Laporte, Charles-Olivier        4) Raymond, Mathieu

2 McGill                                           7:51.51
1) Kramer, Daniel                  2) Bays, Connor
3) Levy, Tyler                     4) Douglas, Ken

3 Sherbrooke                                       8:15.60
1) Barriere, Julien                2) Bilodeau, Mathieu
3) Azzi, Sofiane                   4) Poulin-cadovius, James

* QSSF Championship Meet Record
# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 28 Men's Long Jump
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 7.10m
Fieldhouse Record: 7.63m Christopher Greenaway, Ottawa, 2010
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 7.20m Maurice Ennis, McGill, 1996
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Fredette, Maxime Sherbrooke 6.98m #

2 Palmer, Hank McGill 6.79m

3 Lafourcade, Lucas McGill 6.52m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 29 Men's Triple Jump
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 14.40m
Fieldhouse Record: 16.15m Shawn Peters, Regina TC, 2003
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 15.89m Patrick Massok, UQAM, 2002
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Diop, Ndiaga            Sherbrooke            14.15m#
2 Darlington, Justin                 McGill                         13.66m
3 Guénette, Jason                   Laval                            12.51m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 30 Men's High Jump
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 2.00m
Fieldhouse Record: 2.27m Kwaku Boateng, Concordia, 1996
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 2.08m Peter-Mike Alexander, Concordia, 2001
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Darlington, Justin         McGill                                   2.07m % (broke own McGill record of 2.05)
2 Puyjalon, Pierre                            Sherbrooke                           1.90m
3 Lafourcade, Lucas                         McGill                                   1.80m

% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

Event 31 Men's Pole Vault
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 4.64m
Fieldhouse Record: 5.40m Jason Wurster, Toronto, 2008
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 5.35m Francois Thenault, Sherbrooke, 1999
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Beaumont-Courteau, Maxime          McGill                       4.60m #
2 Lafourcade, Lucas                            McGill                      3.55m
3 Budning, Jonathan                           McGill                         3.35m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 32 Men's Shot Put
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 15.24m
Fieldhouse Record: 17.52m Jim Steacy, Lethbridge, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 15.50m Paul Drogaris, McGill, 1999
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Bisaillon, Vincent           Laval    11.56m#
2 Dumont, Mathieu                Sherbrooke            11.51m
3 Lafourcade, Lucas                McGill             11.44m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 33 Men's Weight Throw
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 16.15m
Fieldhouse Record: 23.61m Jin Steacy, Lethbridge, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 17.52m Jerome Lapierre, Laval, 2002
===============================================================================

Finals

1 Dumont, Mathieu                         Sherbrooke               13.69m #
2 Bisaillon, Vincent                          Laval                       12.93m
3 Gosselin, Mikael                           Laval                                     11.58m

# Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (QSSF Champion)

Event 34 Men's Indoor Pentathlon
===============================================================================
CIS Standard: 3498
Fieldhouse Record: 3877 Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, Windsor, 2007
QSSF Championship Meet Record: 3636 Pierre Puyjalon, Sherbrooke, 2009
===============================================================================

Finals
1 Puyjalon, Pierre             Sherbrooke        3685*%
2 Bobeuf, Florian                    Sherbrooke                3264
3 Guénette, Jason                   Laval                            3234

* QSSF Championship Meet Record
% Qualified for 2010 CIS Championships (Beat CIS Standard)

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