By Earl Zukerman & Mike Mahoney Seven meet marks, two Fieldhouse record and one Canadian record falls at McGill Team Challenge
MONTREAL - A 23-year-old Canadian indoor record was among the many marks established at the 12th annual McGill Team Challenge, at Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse, Friday and Saturday.
The event, which also featured seven meet records and two fieldhouse marks, is billed as the second-largest university meet in Canada, with 17 schools and over 700 participating athletes. Only the CIS national championships, slated to be hosted by McGill, Mar. 8-10, has more competitors entered.
A quartet, composed of Tyler Christopher of Chilliwack, B.C., Adam Kunkel of Paisely, Ont., Keston Nelson of Toronto, and Neal Hurtubise of Coquitlam, B.C., captured the 4x200-metre, cutting more than a second off a record set 24 years ago. The four members of the national squad, running unattached under the name of Team Alberta, was timed in one minute, 24.85 seconds, bettering the mark of 1:25.89 established by the Prairies Region team at Universite de Sherbrooke on Feb. 27, 1983. The time also broke the fieldhouse record.
As expected Canadian national team sprinter Nick Macrozonaris, representing the St. Laurent Selects track club, won the 60m special invitational sprint. His time of 6.65 failed to better his own fieldhouse record of 6.56 set in 2002.
McGill Team Challenge meet records that fell were all in men's events and included the 60m (Jared Lewis, York, 6.75 seconds), 3000m (Matt Brunsting, Guelph, 8:25.24), 600m (Geoff Harris, Dalhousie, 1:18.36), 1500m (Alex Genest, Sherbrooke, 3:51.06), the weight throw (Owen Willems, Guelph, 18.17m), the men's 4x200 relay from Western (1:30.72; Emeka Ukwuoma, Kyle Raymond, Kirk Ewen, Jeremiah Derksen) and the men's 4x800 relay from Dalhousie (Ross Jacobs, Geoff Harris, John Corbit, Ueli Albert), which also set a fieldhouse mark in 7:36.01, shaving more than four seconds off the old record.
The University of Guelph swept both men's and women's divisions, winning each for the first time.
McGill finished seventh of 17 teams on the men's side and ninth in the women's section. The Redmen and Martlets each captured four medals, highlighted by a gold medal in the 1000m by Stephen Douglas, a physiology junior from Pictou, N.S.
Other McGill medals came in the 3000m (SILVER: Patrick McAuliffe, an accounting senior from Seattle, Wash.), the 60m (BRONZE: David Faille, an anthropology junior from St. Hilaire, Que.) and the Pole Vault (SILVER): Maxime Beaumont-Courteau, a science freshman from Montreal, Que.
Among the top performances by the Martlets was the silver-medal winning 4x800 relay, composed of Jessica Warren from Oakville, Ont., Trish Muddiman of Sarnia, Ont., Nicole Koenig of Oakville and Deborah Lightman from Toronto.
Lightman, a physiology junior, also won bronze in the 1000m.
Rounding out the podium finishes for McGill was Elspeth McGregor (bronze., 3000m), a science junior from Vernon, B.C., and Heather McCurdy (bronze, triple jump), a physical education sophomore from Belleville, Ont.
Guelph finished atop the men's team standings with 71.5 points, ahead of second-place Western Ontario (46.5). Windsor (43.5) was third, followed by 4. Sherbrooke (34.5), 5. York (33.5), 6. Dalhousie (29), 7. McGill (24.5), 8. Toronto (21.5), 9. Waterloo (12), 10. Laval (9.5), 11. Middlebury (9), 12. Queen's (6) and 13. McMaster (4).
On the women's side, Guelph led all teams with 65.5 points, followed by 2. Toronto (44), 3. Western Ontario (41), 4. Windsor (40), 5. York (37.5), 6. Laval (25), 7. Queen's (24), 8. Dalhousie (24), 9. McGill (22), 10. Sherbrooke (13), 11. (tie) UQAM and Montreal (5), 13. Waterloo (4) and 14. Saint Mary's (2).
12th annual McGill Team Challenge
(Jan. 26-27, 2007 @ Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse, McGill University)
TEAM SCORES
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MEN
INDIVIDUAL POINTS: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
RELAY POINTS: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
RANK TEAM TOTAL POINTS
1 GUELPH 72.5
2 WESTERN 48.5
3 WINDSOR 44.5
4 SHERBROOKE 34.5
5 YORK 33.5
6 DALHOUSIE 29.0
7 MCGILL 24.5
8 TORONTO 21.5
9 WATERLOO 13.0
10 LAVAL 10.5
11 MIDDLEBURY 9.0
12 QUEEN'S 6.0
13 MCMASTER 4.0
14 ST. MARY's 0.0
14 CONCORDIA 0.0
14 MONTREAL 0.0
14 UQAM 0.0
TOTAL 352.0
WOMEN
INDIVIDUAL POINTS: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
RELAY POINTS: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
RANK TEAM TOTAL POINTS
1 GUELPH 65.5
2 TORONTO 44.0
3 WESTERN 41.0
4 WINDSOR 40.0
5 YORK 37.5
6 LAVAL 25.0
7 QUEEN'S 24.0
7 DALHOUSIE 24.0
9 MCGILL 22.0
10 SHERBROOKE 13.0
11 UQAM 5.0
11 MONTREAL 5.0
13 WATERLOO 4.0
14 ST. MARY'S 2.0
15 MCMASTER 0.0
15 MIDDLEBURY 0.0
TOTAL 352.0
60m SPECIAL INVITATIONAL (heat)
Lane Name Club Result
1 Nicholas Macrozonaris St-Laurent Select 6.78
2 Pierre-Hans Horacius Perfmax 6.83
3 Robert Charbonneau McGill Olympic 6.91
4 Bianco Richard Perfmax 7.00
5 Clement Oullet-Leveille Montreal 7.03
6 David Pedneault Unattached 7.06
7 Brad Robinson South East Athletics 7.08
8 Wilkenson Joseph Perfmax 7.11
60m SPECIAL INVITATIONAL (final)
Order Name Club Result
1 Nicholas Macrozonaris St-Laurent Select 6.65
2 Pierre-Hans Horacius Perfmax 6.76
3 Robert Charbonneau McGill Olympic 6.85
4 Brad Robinson South East Athletics 7.00
5 Bianco Richard Perfmax 7.03
6 Clement Oullet-Leveille Montreal 7.12
7 David Pedneault Unattached 7.26
8 Wilkenson Joseph Perfmax 7.30
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MEDAL WINNERS:
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Event #1 WOMENS 60M SPRINT
Fieldhouse Record: Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 7.44 2005
Meet Record: Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 7.44 2005
1 Genevieve Thibault LAVAL 7.54
2 Marie-Eve Dugas UQAM 7.73
3 Marie-Andree LeBlanc SHERBROOKE 7.75
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Event #2 MENS 60M SPRINT
Fieldhouse Record: Nick Macrozonaris St-Laurent Selects, 6.56 (2002)
Meet Record: Kofi Yevanpor Concordia, 6.79 (1998)
1 Jared Lewis YORK 6.75 (MEET RECORD)
2 Randy McAuley WESTERN 6.87
3 David Faille MCGILL 7.01
3 Randolph Fajardo YORK 7.01
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Event #3 WOMENS 300M
Fieldhouse Record: Adrienne Power Dalhousie, 37.55 (2005)
Meet Record: Adrienne Power Dalhousie, 37.55 (2005)
1 Erica Broomfield YORK 38.15
2 Martine Cloutier Leblanc MONTREAL 39.38
3 Kate Ruediger TORONTO 40.59
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Event #4 MENS 300M
Fieldhouse Record: Shane Niemi York, 32.95 (2002) (also a Canadian record)
Meet Record: Shane Niemi York 32.95 (2002)
1 Randy McAuley WESTERN ONTARIO 34.69
2 Ryan Therrien TORONTO 34.83
3 Miguel Wason WESTERN ONTARIO 35.04
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Event #5 WOMENS 600M
Fieldhouse Record: Carmen Lagala Vermont 1:31.58 (2006)
Meet Record: Isabelle Gervais U of Ottawa 1:33.85 (2002)
1 Sarah Katz YORK 1:34.76
2 Kaitlin Coopman YORK 1:35.51
3 Liane Heale TORONTO 1:35.54
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Event #6 MENS 600M
Fieldhouse Record: Alexandre Marchand Sherbrooke 1:17.26 (2000)
Meet Record: David Gill Laval 1:19.40 (2006)
1 Geoff Harris DALHOUSIE 1:18.36 (MEET RECORD)
2 Steve Morin SHERBROOKE 1:21.85
3 Gino Levesque LAVAL 1:22.63
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Event #7 WOMENS 1000M
Fieldhouse Record: Sarah Ali-Khan McGill 2:45.1h (2003)
Meet Record: Diane Wiseman York 2:54.45 (1996)
1 Kaitlin Coopman YORK 3:01.46
2 Ashley Korman WESTERN 3:01.84
3 Kim Chinfatt WESTERN 3:03.7h
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Event #8 MENS 1000M
Fieldhouse Record: Sebastien Ouellet Sherbrooke 2:23.08 (1999)
Meet Record: Alex Hutchinson McGill 2:26.05 (1997)
1 Stephen Douglas MCGILL 2:31.36
2 Jeff McCabe TORONTO 2:31.38
3 Colin Lawrence WATERLOO 2:32.75
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Event #9 WOMENS 1500M
Fieldhouse Record: Nathalie Coté, Ottawa 4:26.85 (1998)
Meet Record: Tambra Dunn, McGill 4:29.05 (1998)
1 Rachel Cliff GUELPH 4:41.40
2 Laura Moulton GUELPH 4:47.01
3 Liz Montgomery TORONTO 4:49.41
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Event #10 MENS 1500M
Fieldhouse Record: Andrew McGuigan, McGill Olympic TFC, 3:49.89 (1996)
Meet Record: Scott Arnald, Waterloo, 3:51.86 (2006)
1 Alex Genest SHERBROOKE 3:51.06 (MEET RECORD)
2 James Poulin-Cadovius SHERBROOKE 3:53.55
3 Scott Emberley WESTERN 3:55.23
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Event #11 WOMENS 3000M
Fieldhouse Record: Sarah Dillabaugh, Ottawa Lions TFC 9:15.83 (2000)
Meet Record: Sarah Dillabaugh, Waterloo 9:25.12 (1997)
1 Rachel Cliff GUELPH 9:58.79
2 Laura Moulton GUELPH 10:10.56
3 Elspeth McGregor MCGILL 10:19.47
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Event #12 MENS 3000M
Fieldhouse Record: Jeremy Deere, Calgary, 8:14.68 (1999)
Meet Record: Matthew Sheffield, Dalhousie, 8:29.70 (2006)
1 Matt Brunsting GUELPH 8:25.24 (MEET RECORD)
2 Patrick McAuliffe MCGILL 8:32.65
3 Russell Christie DALHOUSIE 8:37.64
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Event #13 WOMENS 60m HURDLES
Fieldhouse Record: Sonia Paquette, Sherbrooke, 8.42 (2000)
Meet Record: Sonia Paquette, Sherbrooke, 8.56 (2000)
1 Genevieve Thibault LAVAL 8.60
2 Darcelle McCutcheon TORONTO 9.08
3 Alicia Dobranowski DALHOUSIE 9.09
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Event #14 MENS 60m HURDLES
Fieldhouse Record: Charles Allen, Ottawa, 7.75 (2006)
Meet Record: Andrew Lissade, Sherbrooke, 7.87 (2000)
1 Mark Stewart TORONTO 8.30
2 Cody Sorenson GUELPH 8.46
3 Mathieu Houle SHERBROOKE 8.54
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Event #15 WOMENS 4x200M RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: Saskatchewan, 1:37.57, (1999)
Meet Record: Waterloo, 1:41.09, (1997)
1 WINDSOR 1:41.94
(Noelle Montcalm, Shavonne Davis, Shannon Davis, Danielle Harrison)
2 TORONTO 1:43.66
(Kerry Kuluski, Liz Montgomery, Mary Hein, Laura Elmhirst)
3 WINDSOR B 1:44.36
(Jennifer O'Brien, Jamie Lewis, Melissa Perryman, Sonya Spaling)
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Event #16 MENS 4x200M RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: Sherbrooke 1:26.48 (2000)
Meet Record: Sherbrooke 1:27.17 (2006)
a UNATTACHED 1:24.85 (FIELDHOUSE & CANADIAN RECORD)
(Tyler Christopher, Adam Kunkel, Keston Nelson, Neal Hurtubise)
1 WESTERN 1:27.14 (MEET RECORD)
(Randy McAuley, Miguel Wason, Abdul Zubair, Nathan Rothwell)
2 WINDSOR 1:29.04
(Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, Mike McLaughlin, Garvin Moses, Ositadinma Nriagu)
3 WATERLOO 1:30.72
(Emeka Ukwuoma, Kyle Raymond, Kirk Ewen, Jeremiah Derksen)
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Event #17 WOMENS 4x400m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: Saskatchewan, 3:47.77 (1999)
Meet Record: Syracuse, 3:50.38 (1997)
1 WINDSOR 3:57.21
(Jennifer O'Brien, Sonya Spaling, Shavonne Davis, Madeleine Woods)
2 TORONTO 3:57.68
(relay names unavailable)
3 WESTERN 4:01.42
(relay names unavailable)
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Event #18 MENS 4x400m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: Sherbrooke, 3:15.21 (2000)
Meet Record: Western Ontario, 3:17.91 (1997)
1 WINDSOR 3:20.82
(Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, Mike McLaughlin, Keenan Geer, Garvin Moses)
2 DALHOUSIE 3:22.62
(relay names unavailable)
3 GUELPH 3:24.57
(Kyle Killam, Dustin Gamble, Blake Hilts, Michael Chirffalo)
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Event #19 WOMENS 4X800m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: McGill 9:05.20 (1999)
Meet Record: McGill 9:20.05 (2006)
1 WESTERN 9:21.41
(Jen Ricks, Ashley Korman, Jenn Webber, Vicky Siemon)
2 MCGILL 9:22.71
(Jessica Warren, Trish Muddiman, Nikki Koenig, Deborah Lightman)
3 GUELPH 9:27.81
(Vaiva Yaeger, Kim Volterman, Shantelle Novak, Jenni Vanos)
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Event #20 MENS 4X800m RELAY
Fieldhouse Record: Laval, 7:40.80 (2005)
Meet Record: Dalhousie, 7:43.49 (2006)
1 DALHOUSIE 7:36.01 (MEET & FIELDHOUSE RECORD)
(Ross Jacobs, Geoff Harris, John Corbit, Ueli Albert)
2 WINDSOR 7:37.58
(Andrew Coates, Trevor Pye, Kevin Savard, Matt Sinclair)
3 WESTERN 7:47.82
(Cam Lynch, Nathan deWitt, Scott Emberley, Mike Delmonte)
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Event #21 WOMENS HIGH JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: Natalja Jackheere, Belgium 1.89 (1998)
Meet Record: Olga Mankovskaya, York 1.78 (2003)
1 Michelle Moody GUELPH 1.75
2 Kristen Matthews YORK 1.70
3 Sarah Boyle TORONTO J1.70
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Event #22 MENS HIGH JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: Kwaku Boateng, Concordia, 2.27 (1996)
Meet Record: Kwaku Boateng, Concordia, 2.15 (1998)
1 Jon Odumeru GUELPH 2.00
2 Mehdi Kahamadmadi YORK 1.95
3 Darl Edwards WINDSOR 1.95 (J)
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Event #23 WOMENS POLE VAULT
Fieldhouse Record: Elyse Menard, Sherbrooke 3.85 (2002)
Meet Record: Elyse Menard, Sherbrooke, 3.85 (2002)
1 Iris Roman QUEEN'S 3.35
2 Laura Barclay WESTERN J3.20
3 (tie) Heather Hamilton YORK 3.20
3 (tie) Stephanie Radu GUELPH 3.20
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Event #24 MENS POLE VAULT
Fieldhouse Record: Francois Thenault, Sherbrooke, 5.30 (1999)
Meet Record: Francois Thenault, Sherbrooke 5.20 (1998)
1 David Foley SHERBROOKE 4.95
2 Maxime Beaumont-Courteau MCGILL 4.20
3 (tie) Patrick Sedney MIDDLEBURY 4.00
3 (tie) Andrew Debus GUELPH 4.00
3 (tie) Paul Kosmas YORK 4.00
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Event #25 WOMENS LONG JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: Alice Falaiye, Toronto, 6.17 (1998)
Meet Record: Tasha Monroe, York, 5.82 (2003)
1 Sabrina Notarangelo WINDSOR 5.77
2 Alanna Boudreau WESTERN 5.71
3 Tory Merrill TORONTO 5.63
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Event #26 MENS LONG JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: Craig Cavanaugh, York, 7.61 (1999)
Meet Record: Craig Cavanaugh, York, 7.52 (1999)
1 Jamie Adjetey-Nelson WINDSOR 7.15
2 Guyson Kuruneri GUELPH 7.08
3 Ben Warnock WINDSOR 7.02
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Event #27 WOMENS TRIPLE JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: Michelle Hastick Independent, 12.76 (1999)
Meet Record: Jennifer Williamson, York, 12.22, (1997)
1 Alanna Boudreau WESTERN 11.96
2 Sarah Kipping WINDSOR 11.24
3 Heather McCurdy MCGILL 11.14
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Event #28 MENS TRIPLE JUMP
Fieldhouse Record: Patrick Massok, UQAM, 15.89 (2002)
Meet Record: Marlon Nangle, York, 15.25 (2006)
1 Marlon Nangle YORK 14.85
2 Darl Edwards WINDSOR 14.29
3 Tumelo Moleko WESTERN 13.83
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Event #29 WOMENS SHOT PUT
Fieldhouse Record: Tina McDonald, Toronto, 14.43 (1999)
Meet Record: Kate Forbes, Western Ontario, 14.36 (2002)
1 Stephanie Jackson GUELPH 13.00
2 Katie MacKay QUEEN'S 11.08
3 Caroline Sow LAVAL 11.02
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Event #30 MENS SHOT PUT
Fieldhouse Record: Paul Drogaris, McGill, 16.35 (1999)
Meet Record: Paul Drogaris Drogaris, McGill, 16.35 (1999)
1 Pat Szpak GUELPH 16.19
2 Paul Bennett DALHOUSIE 15.11
3 Pascal Losambe MIDDLEBURY 13.85
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Event #31 WOMENS WEIGHT THROW
Fieldhouse Record: Marie-Josee Le Jour, St. Laurent, 17.97 (2006)
Meet Record: Nicole Clarke, Queen's, 15.86 (2003)
1 Caroline Sow LAVAL 15.58
2 Stephanie Jackson GUELPH 13.38
3 Bri Eshleman QUEEN'S 12.16
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Event #32 MENS WEIGHT THROW
Fieldhouse Record: Murray Heber, Alberta, 19.58 (1999)
Meet Record: Mike Melaney, Queen's, 15.59 (2004)
1 Owen Willems GUELPH 18.17 (MEET RECORD)
2 Jared Pignataro GUELPH 14.61
3 Yves Robichaud LAVAL 14.16
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SOURCE:Earl Zukerman
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