Records fall at 2010 McGill Team Challenge Track Meet
(PHOTO OF HANK PALMER BY GARY RUSH)
MONTREAL - McGill teammates Hank Palmer and Justin Darlington each set school records to highlight the 15th annual McGill Team Challenge track and field meet, a two-day competition held before 400 fans crammed into Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse over the weekend.
The event, which featured some 650 athletes and was billed as the largest indoor meet in Canada, also produced five meet records, three Fieldhouse marks and more than 30 qualifiers for the 2010 CIS national championship meet in Windsor, Ont., March 11-13.
Guelph swept both the men's and women's titles, winning six events on the men's side and five on the women's side.
Palmer, a national team sprinter and first-year public relations student from Pierrefonds, Que., was clocked at 6.78 seconds in the 60-metre dash, breaking his own McGill mark set last December to win silver in a race won by Youssef-Meite, who ran a 6.73 to erase the previous meet record of 6.75 set in 2007.
Darlington, a lanky 6-foot-4, 169-pound marketing major from Montreal, finished second in the high jump with a height of 2.05m, surpassing his own school standard of 2.03. Darlington, a renowned slam-dunk specialist, recently took up track and field in a bid to make the Canadian national team for the 2012 London Olympics.
The McGill Martlets garnered a pair of gold medal finishes along with two bronzes to finish fifth of 14 teams on the women's side. Hayley Warren, a kinesiology freshman from Orillia, Ont., paced the Martlets with a gold medal performance in the women's 60m hurdles (9.06 seconds).
Their other first-place finish was in the 4x800 relay (9:18.32), which featured freshman Sarah McCuaig of Waterloo, Ont., in the leadoff position, followed by senior Heather McCurdy of Belleville, Ont., sophomore Charlene Puel, a native of France, and Catherine Drouin-Audet, a second-year science major from Repentigny, Que., who ran the anchor leg. Drouin-Audet also won bronze in the 4x400.
The Martlets other podium finish came in the pole vault, where Melinda Rock, a junior from Baie Comeau, Que., was third.
On the men's side, McGill placed sixth of 15 squads, chalking up one gold, a pair of second-place finishes, two school records.
"It was a good meet and proved once again to be an exciting competition," said Dennis Barrett, in his 25h season as head coach at McGill. "Many coaches came up to me and said that they really liked the competitive nature of the event and a lot of their athletes set personal bests."
Maxime Beaumont-Courteau, a third-year medical student from Montreal, was the only McGill male to win gold. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound pole-vaulter cleared a height of 4.34m on his winning jump.
Toyin Olupena of the Toronto TFC won a special invitational women's 60m with a Fieldhouse record time of 7.35, edging out Laval's Genevieve Thibault (7.38) and Adrienne Power of Halifax (7.48). The other fieldhouse marks established were by Reid Coolaset of the Speed River TFC in the men's 3000m (8:07.38) and Christopher Greenaway of Ottawa TFC in the men's long jump (7.63m).
The next event on the McGill calendar is the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at The Armory in New York City, Feb. 5.
Medal winners and complete results from the 15th annual McGill Team Challenge track meet are posted below:
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation (514-398-7012)
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15th annual McGill Team Challenge
(Jan. 29-30, 2010 @ Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse, McGill University)
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
OFFICIAL FINAL STANDINGS (MEN)
1) Guelph 79
2) Ottawa 53
3) York 47
4) Western 42
5) Dalhousie 26
6) McGill 23
7) Laval 22
8) Sherbrooke 21
9) Windsor 19
10) Queen's 14
11) St Francis Xavier 12
12) Waterloo 11
13) McMaster 2
13) Saint Mary's 2
15) Lakehead 1
OFFICIAL FINAL STANDINGS (WOMEN)
1) Guelph 92.02) Western 81.5
3) Sherbrooke 46.5
4) York 33.0
5) McGill 32.5
6) Dalhousie 19.0
7) Ottawa 15.0
8) Queen's 12.5
9) Montreal 10.0
10) Laval 9.0
11) St Francis Xavier 8.0
12) Saint Mary's 4.0
13) McMaster 3.0
14) Moncton 2.0
RECORDS ESTABLISHED:
FIELDHOUSE RECORDS (3):
60m (W): Toyin Olupena Toronto TFC 7.35 (exhibition)
3000m (M): Reid Coolaset Speed River TFC 8:07.38 (exhibition)
Long Jump (M): Christopher Greenaway Ottawa 7.63
MEET RECORDS (5):
60m (M): Ben Youssef Meite Sherbrooke 6.73
600m (W): Celia Peters, Dalhousie 1:32.32
1500m (M): Robert Jackson, Guelph 3:50.44
3000m (M): Kyle Boorsma Guelph 8:15.61
Long Jump (M): Christopher Greenaway Ottawa 7.63m
McGILL RECORDS (2):
60m (M): Hank Palmer 6.78
High Jump (M): Justin Darlington 2.05m
MEDAL WINNERS
Event #1 WOMEN'S 60m
Fieldhouse Record: 7.39 Genevieve Thibault, Laval, 2009
Meet Record: 7.39 Genevieve Thibault, Laval, 2009
1 Sarah Pierce GUELPH 7.59 $
2 Susan Sobey DALHOUSIE 7.78
3 Jeannette Goode GUELPH 7.91
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #1a WOMEN'S 60m INVITATIONAL
Fieldhouse Record: 7.39 Genevieve Thibault, Laval, 2009
1. Toyin Olupena TORONTO CLUB 7.35 *
2. Genevieve Thibault LAVAL 7.38
3. Adrienne Power HALIFAST CLUB 7.48
*fieldhouse record
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Event #2 MEN'S 60m
Fieldhouse Record: 6.56 Nick Macrozonaris, St.Laurent, 2002
Meet Record: 6.75 Jared Lewis, York, 2007
1. Ben Youssef Melite SHERBROOKE 6.73 *$
2. Hank Palmer McGILL 6.78 $ (breaks own McGill record of 6.79)
3. Tyrone Halstead YORK 6.86
*meet record
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #2a MEN'S 60m INVITATIONAL
Fieldhouse Record: 6.56 Nick Macrozonaris, St.Laurent, 2002
1. Bianco Richard PERFMAX 7.06
2. Richard Ivey TEAM NEW BRUNSWICK 7.40
3. Alex Stuart TEAM NEW BRUNSWICK 7.47
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Event #3 WOMEN'S 300m
Fieldhouse Record: 37.55 Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 2005
Meet Record: 37.55 Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 2005
1. Laurelie Harvey, Laval 40.20
2. Cassandra McCaig, Western 41.04
3. Brenna Thomson, Western 41.10
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Event #4 MEN'S 300m
Fieldhouse Record: 32.95 Shane Niemi, York, 2002
Meet Record: 32.95 Shane Niemi, York, 2002
1. Dontae Richards-Kwok, York 34.55
2. Chris Reid, Windsor 34.73
3. Moussa Sissoko, Ottawa 34.82
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Event #5 WOMEN'S 600m
Fieldhouse Record: 1:29.51 Holly Ratzlaff, Calgary, 2007
Meet Record: 1:32.41 Paula McLaughlin, York, 2005
1. Celia Peters, Dalhousie 1:32.32 *
2. Jen Perrault, Western 1:34.04
3. Rachel Aubry, Guelph 1:34.32
* meet record
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Event #6 MEN'S 600m
Fieldhouse Record: 1:17.26 Alex Marchand, Sherbrooke, 2000
Meet Record: 1:18.36 Geoff Harris, Dalhousie, 2007
1. Michael Robertson, Ottawa 1:18.53 $
2. Dustin Gamble, Guelph 1:18.85 $
3. Scott Leitch, Western 1:18.91 $
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #7 WOMEN'S 1000m
Fieldhouse Record: 2:45.1h Sarah Ali-Khan, McGill, 2003
Meet Record: 2:49.97 Lindsay Carson, Guelph, 2009
1. Nadine Frost GUELPH 2:51.50
2. Julia Malleck OTTAWA 2:52.85
3. Lydia Frost GUELPH 2:52.87
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Event #8 MEN'S 1000m
Fieldhouse Record: 2:23.08 Sebastien Ouellet, Sherbrooke, 1999
Meet Record: 2:26.05 Alex Hutchinson, McGill, 1997
1. John Corbit ST FRANCIS XAVIER 2:26.46 $
2. Dominic Michaud LAVAL 2:27.52
3. Evan Stevens GUELPH 2:28.08
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #9 WOMEN'S 1500m
Fieldhouse Record: 4:18.75 Megan Brown, Toronto, 2007
Meet Record: 4:26.93 Leanna MacLean, Dalhousie, 2005
1. Rachel Cliff, Guelph 4:29.91 $
2. Melanie Hughes, Sherbrooke 4:34.05
3. Jess Vanhie, Guelph 4:35.39
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #10 MEN'S 1500m
Fieldhouse Record: 3:48.82 Geoff Martinson, Victoria, 2008
Meet Record: 3:51.06 Alex Genest, Sherbrooke, 2007
1. Robert Jackson, Guelph 3:50.44 * $
2. Matt Hulse, Queen's 3:51.70 $
3. Allan Brett, Guelph 3:52.87
* meet record
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #11 WOMEN'S 3000m
Fieldhouse Record: 9:11.69 Megan Brown, Toronto, 2009
Meet Record: 9:11.69 Megan Brown, Toronto, 2009
1. Rachel Cliff GUELPH 9:28.79 $
2. Genevieve Lalonde GUELPH 9:42.95 $
3. Monika Preibischova ST FRANCIS XAVIER 9:50:97
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
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Event #12 MEN'S 3000m
Fieldhouse Record: 8:14.68 Jeremy Deere, Calgary, 1999
Meet Record: 8:25.24 Matt Brunsting, Guelph, 2007
1. Kyle Boorsma GUELPH 8:15.61 * $
2. Kyle O'Neill WESTERN 8:18.37 $
3. Nigel Wray GUELPH 8:19.10 $
(EXHIB.: Reid Coolsaet, Speed River TFC, 8:07.38) #
* meet record
$ qualified for CIS championship meet
# Fieldhouse record
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Event #13 WOMEN'S 60m HURDLES
Fieldhouse Record: 8.28 Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 2007
Meet Record: 8.56 Sonia Paquette, Sherbrooke, 2000
1. Hayley Warren MCGILL 9.06
2. Emily Coxhead WESTERN 9.19
3. Christa Acquah YORK 9.38
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Event #14 MEN'S 60m HURDLES
Fieldhouse Record: 7.75 Charles Allen, Ottawa, 2006
Meet Record: 7.87 Andrew Lissade, Sherbrooke, 2000
1. Matt Brison WESTERN 8.13 $
2. Tyler Fawcett OTTAWA 8.23 $
3. Chris Theriau YORK 8.26 $
$ qualified for CIS Championship meet
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Event #15 WOMEN'S 4x200m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: 1:37.57 Saskatchewan, 1999
Meet Record: 1:41.09 Waterloo, 1997
1. WESTERN ONTARIO 1:42.12
1) Thomson, Brenna 2) Grieve, Lisa3) Perrault, Jen 4) McCaig, Cassandra
2. QUEEN'S 1:43.68
1) Catry, Veronica 2) Stirling, Jan3) Beretta, Pauliina 4) Barrow, Jennifer
3. SHERBROOKE 1:46.10
1) Robitaille-Beaumier, Eve-Lyne 2) Daudelin-Gauthier, Laurie3) Gauthier, Catherine 4) Delisle, Pascale
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Event #16 MEN'S 4x200m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: 1:24.85 Legacy Athletics, 2007
Meet Record: 1:27.14 Western Ontario, 2007
1. OTTAWA 1:27.72 $
1) Robertson, Michael 2) Greenaway, Christopher3) Makinde, Oluwasegun 4) Sissoko, Moussa
2. WINDSOR 1:27.93 $
1) Dills, Brendan 2) Keating, Justin3) Reid, Chris 4) Rice, Shayne
3. YORK 1:28.45 $
1) Halstead, Tyrone 2) Richards-Kwok, Dontae3) Norman, Dwayne 4) Fajardo, Randolph
$ qualified for CIS Championship meet
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Event #17 WOMEN'S 4x400m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: 3:47.77 Saskatchewan, 1999
Meet Record: 3:50.38 Syracuse, 1997
1. WESTERN 3:54.47
1) Olson, Jenessa 2) McCaig, Cassandra3) Thomson, Brenna 4) Grieve, Lisa
2. GUELPH 3:57.04
1) Smith, Corinne 2) Malek, Shauna3) Vanos, Jenni 4) Aubry, Rachel
3. MCGILL 4:02.44
1) Cameron-Vendrig, Alison 2) Drouin-Audet, Catherine3) Ruggirello, Anne 4) Lavoie, Sabrina
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Event #18 MEN'S 4x400m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: 3:14.12 Calgary, 2008
Meet Record: 3:17.91 Western Ontario, 1997
1. OTTAWA 3:21.24
1) Fawcett, Tyler 2) Sissoko, Moussa3) Robertson, Michael 4) Taillon, Marc-Philippe
2. YORK 3:21.57
1) Norman, Dwayne 2) Mayer, David3) Charlton, Ryan 4) Ristic, Stefan
3. GUELPH 3:23.31
1) MacDonald, Matt 2) Abrhamson, Gavin3) Stevens, Evan 4) Gamble, Dustin
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Event #19 WOMEN'S 4X800m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: 8:56.63 Toronto, 2007
Meet Record: 9:13.21 McMaster, 2009
1. MCGILL 9:18.32
1) McCuaig, Sarah 2) McCurdy, Heather3) Puel, Charlene 4) Drouin-Audet, Catherine
2. SHERBROOKE 9:24.04
1) Gendron, Caroline 2) Savard, Marilaine3) Momoh, Nana 4) Hughes, Melanie
3. WESTERN ONTARIO 9:26.96
1) Ricks, Jen 2) Todd, Jackie3) Bays, Jennifer 4) Siemon, Vicky
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Event #20 MEN'S 4X800m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: 7:30.83 Victoria, 2008
Meet Record: 7:36.01 Dalhousie, 2007
1. SHERBROOKE 7:41.46 $
1) Lavoie, Olivier 2) Poulin-cadovius, James3) Nken, Moise Junior 4) Gravel, Benjamin
2. LAVAL 7:42.40 $
1) Raymond, Mathieu 2) Lecours, Tommy3) Laflamme, Pier-Olivier 4) Laporte, Charles-Olivier
3. QUEEN'S 7:45.80
1) Potvin, Joshua 2) Patterson, Clay3) Nishiyama, Michael 4) Hulse, Matt
$ qualified for CIS Championship meet
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Event #21 WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: 1.89 Natalja Jackheere, Belgium, 1998
Meet Record: 1.80 Michelle Moody, Guelph, 2008
1. Shaneista Haye GUELPH 1.65m
2. Katherine Dugas MONTREAL 1.65m (J)
3. Julia Wallace GUELPH 1.60m
(J) placed lower based upon number of jumps taken
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Event #22 MEN'S HIGH JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: 2.27 Kwaku Boatang, Concordia, 1996
Meet Record: 2.15 Kwaku Boateng,Concordia, 1998
1. Simon Watts DALHOUSIE 2.10m $
2. Justin Darlington MCGILL 2.05m $ (breaks own McGill record of 2.03)
3. Jonathan Odemeru YORK 1.95m
$ qualified for CIS Championship meet
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Event #23 WOMEN'S POLE VAULT
Fieldhouse Record: 4.06 Heather Hamilton, York, 2009
Meet Record: 4.06 Heather Hamilton, York, 2009
1. Carmen Siu WESTERN 3.52m
2. Laura Barclay WESTERN 3.30m
3. Melinda Rock McGILL 3.30m (J)
(J) placed lower based upon number of jumps taken
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Event #24 MEN'S POLE VAULT
Fieldhouse Record: 5.40 Jason Wurster, Toronto, 2008
Meet Record: 5.40 Jason Wurster, Toronto, 2008
1. Maxime Beaumont-Courteau McGILL 4.34m
2. Vuk Bogunuvik GUELPH 4.20m
3. (tie) Mike Lopatowski GUELPH 4.20m (J)
3. (tie) Lane Clarke GUELPH 4.20m (J)
(J) placed lower based upon number of jumps taken
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Event #25 WOMEN'S LONG JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: 6.17 Alice Falaiye, Toronto, 1998
Meet Record: 5.85 Michelle Moody, Guelph, 2008
1. Esther Renaud SHERBROOKE 5.68m $
2. Mila Simulik WESTERN 5.45m
3. Julia Wallace GUELPH 5.20m
$ qualified for CIS championship meet.
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Event #26 MEN'S LONG JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: 7.61 Craig Cavanaugh, York, 1999
Meet Record: 7.52 Craig Kavanaugh, York, 1999
1. Christopher Greenaway OTTAWA 7.63m * $
2. Guyson Kuruneri GUELPH 7.13m $
3. Maxime Fredette SHERBROOKE 6.79m
*Meet and Fieldhouse records
$ qualified for CIS Championship
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Event #27 WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: 12.76 Michelle Hastick, Independent, 1999
Meet Record: 12.22 Jennifer Williamson, York, 1997
1. Josee-Anne Sarazin SHERBROOKE 11.41m
2. Kim Richardson GUELPH 11.19m
3. Emma Dobson GUELPH 11.08m
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Event #28 MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: 16.15 Shawn Peters, Regina TC, 2003
Meet Record: 15.25 Marlon Nangle, York, 2006
1. Jason Goetz WATERLOO 14.70m $
2. Kevin Honig GUELPH 13.88m
3. Carl Shen WESTERN 13.30m
$ qualified for CIS Championship
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Event #29 WOMEN'S SHOT PUT
Fieldhouse Record: 16.22 Julie Labonté, Club fleur-de-lys, 2009
Meet Record: 14.36 Kate Forbes, Western Ontario, 2002
1. Elizabeth Petrov YORK 14.15m $
2. Cynthia Appiah YORK 12.88m
3. Isabelle Boudreau SHERBROOKE 12.47m
$ qualified for CIS Championship
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Event #30 MEN'S SHOT PUT
Fieldhouse Record: 17.52 Jim Steacy, Lethbridge, 2007
Meet Record: 16.35 Paul Drogaris, McGill, 1999
1. Tim Hendry GUELPH 16.21m $
2. Umar Khan YORK 14.73m
3. Dan McDonald WESTERN 14.58m
$ qualified for CIS Championship
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Event #31 WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW
Fieldhouse Record: 18.18 Annie Larose, Sherbrooke, 2008
Meet Record: 17.88 Annie Larose, Sherbrooke, 2009
1. Kristin Obrochota YORK 16.12m
2. Cara Marcantonio WESTERN 15.28m
3. Cynthia Appiah YORK 14.99m
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Event #32 MEN'S WEIGHT THROW
Fieldhouse Record: 23.61 Jim Steacy, Lethbridge, 2007
Meet Record: 18.29 Owen Willems, Guelph, 2008
1. Umar Khan YORK 13.63m
2. Dan McDonald WESTERN 13.62m
3. Brent Roubos GUELPH 13.57m
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Communications Office
(514) 398-7012
