Thursday, March 29, 2012

Rouge et Or Video

The good folks over at ulavaltrack.blogspot.ca have put up another awesome video and need some help to win a contest by getting some views. Check it out:


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Athletic Awards Video Recap

Including Katie Anderson's reception speech, and a piece of Jeff Giles' speech.



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Monday, March 26, 2012

Katie Anderson - McMaster Female Athlete of the Year

Marauders.ca Writeup
Katie keeps the Thérèse A. Quigley Award for Female Athlete of the Year in the Cross Country team for the 4th year in a row (Jess Pearo winning the previous two years, and Jill Wyman sharing the win in 2008-09).

Team MVPS
Men’s Cross-Country - Cory McCurry

Women’s Cross-Country - Sarah Haliburton
Men’s Track - Graham Bowes
Women’s Track - Katie Anderson

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Cross + Track Nominees for McMaster Athletic Awards

On Monday, March 26, 2012, McMaster University will host the 88th Annual Athletic Awards Ceremony to announce the Most Valuable Players and major award winners from the 2011-12 season.

The major Cross Country and Track award nominees are:

The Thérèse Quigley Trophy | Outstanding Female Athlete: 
- Katie Anderson
- Lindsay Carson

The Edna Guest Award presented to the graduating female athlete that exemplify the “Spirit of McMaster’ while showing noteworthy athletic ability:
- Sarah Haliburton

The Les Prince Award presented to the student-athlete that best combines leadership with community service through participation in an outreach program:  
- Cory McCurry

View the rest of the nominees here.

The ceremony will be streamed live on the www.marauders.ca/live web site for those unable to attend the awards ceremony in person.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

MacTrack Kick of the Year - Nominations

Through advertising revenue generated from clicks on the ads on this blog, we've generated $30 of internet money! All of that money (plus whatever we make in the meantime) will be going to the winner of the following poll:

Who had the MacTrack Kick of the Year (KOY)?

Timeline
- Nominations end Friday March 16th at 11:59pm
- Voting begins Saturday March 17th at 11am
- Voting ends Friday March 23rd at 8pm
- Winner is announced with accompanying KOY video Saturday March 24th at 7pm
- Winner receives money that night or the following Sunday depending on whereabouts
Rules
- The athlete must be a McMaster University student competing for the team during the 2011-2012 season
- Their must be video evidence of the kick
- To nominate please provide a video link to the kick, as well as the name of the athlete, and meet of occurence
- Their will be no discrimination between sprints and distance events provided the effort can be deemed a kick as described below
- The money won must be spent on running shoes or running apparel. Evidence of this purchase should be provided via a photo of the athlete with their new gear.
- You will only be allowed to vote once, but are strongly encouraged to get your family and friends to vote
Definition
Kick ~ A kick, for our purposes, is broadly defined as "finishing strong". A kick may contain one or more of the following; a passing of other competitors or distancing from other competitors in the final stages of a race, a negative split, or a "gettin er done mud in yer eye" pain face.

Nominations thus far
Below are the nominations for this award so far. If you have any other nominations, please provide them in the comments below.


Graham Bowes - BU Valentine - Mile


Katie Anderson - 1500m - OUAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jbZY3rQeSJI#t=527s

Lindsay Carson - 3000m - CIS (going to work on getting a better quality)

Graham Bowes - 3000m - CIS

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

2012 CIS Videos On Demand

Go here, then click the ON DEMAND tab, then click watch for the corresponding day and scroll to the corresponding time.

Men's 1000m - Day 2 - 1:42:30
Women's 1000m - Day 2 - 1:34:00 *Katie Anderson 2nd

Women's 3000m - Day 2 - 2:01:35 *Lindsay Carson 1st, Victoria Coates 4th, Sarah Haliburton 9th
Men's 3000m - Day 2 - 2:20:30 *Graham Bowes 7th

Women's 4x800m - Day 2 - 3:24:45 *Mac 8th
Men's 4x800m - Day 2 - 3:38:00


Men's 1500m - Day 3 - 2:39:30 
Women's 1500m - Day 3 - 2:30:30 *Katie Anderson 2nd, Lindsay Carson 8th

Mac Women's 4x400m - Day 3 - 3:31:00 * Mac 12th
Mac Men's 4x400m - Day 3 - 3:56:00 * Mac 10th

Mac Women - 9th with 33 points
Mac Men - 20th with 2 points


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Thursday, March 8, 2012

CIS Track 2012 Preview - Performance List, Webcast, Schedule, Marauders in Action

Performance List

Webcast

Schedule

Updated:
Live Results

Marauders in Action

Friday March 9, 2012


Katie Anderson - Women's 1000m - 7:20pm CST (8:20pm EST)
Lindsay Carson - Women's 3000m - 7:50pm CST (8:50pm EST)
Sarah Haliburton - Women's 3000m - 7:50pm CST (8:50pm EST)
Victoria Coates - Women's 3000m - 7:50pm CST (8:50pm EST)
Graham Bowes - Men's 3000m - 8:10pm CST (9:10pm EST)
Women's 4x800m - 9:25pm CST (10:25pm EST)


Saturday March 10, 2012 


Lindsay Carson - Women's 1500m - 2:45pm CST (3:45pm EST)
Katie Anderson - Women's 1500m - 2:45pm CST (3:45pm EST)
Women's 4x400m - 4:00pm CST (5:00pm EST)Men's 4x400m - 4:15pm CST (5:15pm EST)

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