Snider leads McGill at Laval Open x-country meet
By Earl Zukerman
QUEBEC CITY, Que. – Mélanie Myrand, a freshman from Pointe Claire,
Que., placed fifth of 67 women overall, leading the McGill Martlets
to victory at the Laval Open cross-country running meet in Quebec
City on Saturday.
In the men’s competition, McGill came in second behind Laval, led
by Montrealer Graydon Snider, a third-year transfer student, who
came in ninth of 75 entries overall.
Myrand, a first-year nursing major, completed the 6.43-kilometre
course in 14 minutes and 25 seconds. Laval’s Catherine Cormier won
the race in 13:44. She was followed on the podium by St.FX runner
Gina Stewart (14:07) and Laval teammate Veronique Fortin
(14:09).
Other scorers for the Martlets included freshman Brittany Therrien
(7th; 14:35) of Victoria, B.C., junior Christina Lobasso (8th;
14:37) of Montreal, sophomore Arielle Beatty (13th; 14:55) of
Sharon, Ont., and Charlène Puel (17th; 15:07), a freshman from
France who is a daughter of Claude Puel, head coach of the
Olympique Lyonnais soccer club, seven-time champions of the top
league in France.
David Gerych of St.FX was first in the men’s competition,
completing the 12.9k circuit in 24:44, ahead of teammate Peter
Doubravsky (24.52) and Dalhousie’s Russel Christie (25:00).
Joining Snider among McGill’s top five scorers was sophomore
Sebastien Flynn (10th; 25:54) of Dartmouth, N.S., freshman Alex
Duhault (12th; 26:16) of Calgary, senior Ryan Ouckama (17th; 26:44)
of Baltimore, Md., and Daniel Kramer (24th; 27:16), a freshman from
Salem, Mass.