Happy Holidays from MacTrack!!

Bob Vigars Meet and Nationals

This weekend marks the last weekend of racing this year for most of the team, with the Bob Vigars Season Opener and XC Nats in Vancouver.

Patrick Dean was the only Marauder in Vancouver, finishing 22nd in the junior mens race. Highlights of the track meet include the men`s 3000, which included 6 Marauders, and 2 sub-9 performances (Blair Morgan 8:29 and Jordan Bierema 8:46), Jeff Tweedle winning the 1500, and Latisha Rhooms' 7.99 in the 60.

Nationals Results
Bob Vigars Season Opener

Most of the Marauders on now in the off-season, but we'll keep updating you with our shenanigans (including videos from our donut challenge, which are upcoming).

Post-CIS Marauder Results

It's been two weeks since the CIS championships, and while most of the Marauders are just finishing up their down time and beginning to prepare for the upcoming track season, there are still a few athletes in-season. Last Sunday (November 17th), the Marauders had athletes competing in London at the 2013 Athletics Ontario Cross Country Champs, and locally in Westdale in the Hanukkah Hustle.

On the men's side at AOs, Patrick Deane lead the Marauder squad with a 9th place finish. Not far behind was Andrew Beardsall in 11th, Nick Belore in 14th, and Sam Foran in 25th. Our lone competitor on the women's side, Adrienne Morgan finished in 8th place.

Full Results

At the Hustle 5k, the Mac team won a total of 3 medals, including both men and women's gold. Jeramie Lai won the men's race in a time of 16:29.2, and Charlotte Ward won the women's in 18:56.3. Maxine Gravina took home the silver with a 19:35.8. In the 10k, Derek van Schepen was the silver medalist in a time of 34:29.4.

5k Results
10k Results

This weekend, the Marauders will be sending athletes to Western to compete in their first track meet of the season, the Bob Vigars Season Opener. Also this weekend is the National Cross Country Championships in Vancouver, where Patrick Deane will be the lone Marauder.

Race Recap: CIS Championships 2013

Sorry for the delayed post, its been a busy week. Lets get to it:

Last Saturday the Thames Valley Golf Course once again played host to the CIS cross country championships, and the conditions were much improved from the muddy OUA championships. Led by Maddy McDonald, who finished 18th, the women's team came back from a somewhat disappointing finish at OUAs to finish in 6th again, but this time on the national stage, beating teams such as Windsor, Dalhousie, and McGill. Following Maddy was 5th year Courtney Patterson, who finished 34th in her final cross country race for McMaster. The other 3 scorers included Kierstin Myers in 39th, Emily Nowak in 53rd, and Raquel Burgess in 64th. Displacers were Chelsea MacKinnon in 77th and Megan Beverly in 89th.

There were some last-minute changes to the men's team, as Connor Darlington pulled out Friday morning with a knee injury, and 4th year Eric Barry stepped in. The Marauder men finished 4th, led by All-Canadian performances by Lionel Sanders and Blair Morgan in 10th and 11th. Not far behind with a breakout performance was 2nd year Gabriel Ghiglione. Rounding out the top 5 were the Forbes twins finishing side by side, with Taylor in 36th and Austen in 37th. Displacers were Taylor Reid in 42nd and Eric Barry in 76th. This years 4th place finish is tied for 2nd-best in the schools history, behind 1962's gold (and tied with 2000's 4th), and also the 2nd-best points score, again behind 1962's team.

All-time Men
All-time Women

Full Results
Sil Article
Marauders.ca Article
Videos
Trackie Interview with Blair and Lionel

Also, after an impressive showing on the course, the men's team went on to take the double gold in Speedgoogles annual post-CIS mustache report, with Blair Morgan taking the individual gold.

So that wraps up the 2013 cross country season, but we will keep you update with all things Marauder running between now and track!

Putdowns and Prognostications CIS 2013

The intensely and warily awaited Putdowns & Prognostications, CIS XC 2013 Edition is finally here.
Marauder Men are ranked 3rd, and the Marauder Women are 8th.

http://putdownsandprognostications.blogspot.ca/2013/11/putdowns-prognostications-cis-xc-2013.html

Race Recap: OUA Championships 2013

Well that was exciting. Mac played host to the 2013 OUA Championships on Saturday at the Chedoke Golf Course in Hamilton (just in case you had forgotten). Though the weather may have been less than ideal, the performances were stellar and the weather didn't dampen the fans spirits one bit.

On the women's side, Courtney Patterson and Maddy McDonald led the way in 24th and 25th respectively. Kiersten Myers and Emily Nowak once again ran side by side the entire race, finishing in 31st and 32nd, only 0.2 seconds apart. The last scoring Marauder was Raquel Burgess in 41st, and rounding out the top 7 was Megan Beverly in 51st and captain Chelsea Mackinnon in 53rd. As a team, the women placed 6th.

What a race for the men. Going into the race ranked 4th in most polls, the Marauders surprised everyone to take down both Queen's and Windsor for the silver medal, only the 2nd OUA medal in team history (also crushing the previous point record of 86, scoring 56 this year). Captain Blair Morgan and Taylor Reid finished 6th and 7th to take first team All-Star status, while Connor Darlington and Lionel Sanders crossed the line in 13th and 14th to make second team All-Stars. Just missing the top 14 was Taylor Forbes in 16th. Rounding out the men's squad was Gabriel Ghiglione in 44th and rookie Paul Rochus in 57th.

Full Results
Update All-Time List: Women
Update All-Time List: Men
Marauders.ca Recap

Also, congratulations are in order to Maddy McDonald for receiving the OUA Community Service award, and coach Rory Sneyd for picking up OUA Coach of the Year.

Marauders.ca awards article

Up next is the CIS national championships held by Western at the Thames Valley Golf Course on November 9th.

Race Preview: OUA Championships 2013

Classic Kitely-McInnes Report #3
Jeremy Walsh's impressive team/individual predictor
Trackie predictions thread

Finally, championship season is here. Tomorrow, the best cross country athletes in the province will test their mettle against each other, and against the Chedoke golf course in Hamilton for the first time ever, and potentially the weather, which is looking to be 9 degrees with an 80% chance of rain. Given the rain Hamilton has gotten this week, its going to be messy either way.

Course Maps:

Women: Race goes at 11am, and the women do two of the 3km loop.

Men: Gun at 12pm, they start with a single 1km loop and continue on to three 3km loops. Something tells me they will be hurting by the time they hit the hill on loop number 4.

Women:
Even with the loss of the majority of last years top seven, the addition of some strong rookies and grad student Kierstin Myers means that the women will be looking to continue their streak of OUA medals this year. Leading the way will be Maddy McDonald, who is coming off a strong outdoor track season and will be looking to improve on her 7th place finish from King City last year. Courtney Patterson and captain Chelsea Mackinnon, the only other returning top 7 athletes, will be using their championship experience and the home course/crowd to their advantage. Rookie Emily Nowak and Kierstin Myers have been within seconds of each other both times they've raced together, and will be pushing each other harder than ever come tomorrow. 2nd year Raquel Burgess and 2009 World Track and Field Championships competitor Megan Beverly round out the top 7.

Men:
With the loss of only their 7th man from last year, the mens squad is looking the best they ever have. Things are looking good for the team to come home with their 2nd-ever OUA podium finish. Lionel Sanders is going to be putting the hurt on the competition, especially with the home course advantage. Who knows how to hurt better than an Ironman champion anyways? Connor Darlington, coming off a strong summer season with a Canada Summer Games gold medal, will be looking to improve on his race in Montreal and threatening some guys for at least a 2nd team All-Star spot. Taylor Forbes, Blair Morgan, and Taylor Reid are showing no signs of slowing down, and with a solid 2 weeks of running behind them after Montreal will be surprising some people come race time (I know my opinion may be slightly biased). Rounding out the top 7 are 2nd-year Gabe Ghiglione, who surprised a lot of people after being cut from the team last year, and rookie Paul Rochus. Come tomorrow, the boys will be looking to run down Windsor while staving off competition from a strong Queen's team.

Cheerios:
As always, I'm predicting another overwhelming win in the cheering department for Mac. See below:




One last article from the Sil before the race. See you on the course!

OUA Promo Video and Sil Race Recap

Thanks to Maxine Gravina for putting together a short promo video for the upcoming race.

Here is the Sil's recap from last week's excursion to Montreal.

Athlete of the Week and Marauders.ca Article

Congratulations to Maddy McDonald on being named Pita Pit's athlete of the week based on her bronze-medal performance on Saturday! There is also a recap of the race up on Marauders.ca.

Race Recap: Interlock 2013

This Thanksgiving weekend, the Marauders traveled to Montreal to compete in the RSEQ/AUS's annual Interlock meet. It was a good chance to face the full Laval and Queen's squad, both of which had not raced their full teams against Mac this year.

On the women's side, the Marauders were once again led by Maddy McDonald who ran her way to a bronze medal. Just outside of the top 10 was Courtney Patterson in 11th, followed by Emily Nowak and Megan Beverly in 25th and 27th respectively, and rounding out the scoring for Mac was Raquel Burgess 30th. The women ended up in 3rd, a mere 7 points behind 2nd place Dalhousie.

The men placed 3 athletes within 12 seconds of each in the top 10, with Connor Darlington in 5th, Taylor Reid in 9th, and Blair Morgan in 10th. Not far behind was Taylor Forbes in 20th and Gabriel Ghiglione in 22nd, with the team finishing 3rd behind Laval and Queen's.

Full Results

Next up for the team is the OUA provincial championships, which McMaster is hosting at the Chedoke Golf Course in Hamilton. If you're in Hamilton on October 26th, stop by and cheer on the Maroon and Grey! And another MacTrack post, another well-written article by Laura Sinclair in the Sil. Expect her recap of Montreal to be out later this week.

McMaster Cross Country climbs CIS rankings- The Silhouette

Laura Sinclair has yet again written another fantastic article based on the Marauders results from the New Balance Vic Matthews open two weekends ago. The article also consists of some small feedback about the race from myself (Taylor Forbes) and a little inside info on what the men's goals are for the up and coming championship season in 3 weeks time.

You can check out the article here: McMaster Cross Country climbs CIS rankings

Race Recap: University of Waterloo Don Mills Open

It was an easy weekend for all but Austen Forbes, Megan Beverly and Lizz Hodgson, who travelled to Waterloo for the Don Mills Open. On the women's side, Megan ran to a 10th place finish, with Lizz not far behind in 13th. Austen came home with the bronze medal, the first men's individual podium this season. Most of the team will be competing this Saturday at the RSEQ-AUS Interlock in Montreal, the last race before championship season.

Full Results

Other Results From Around the CIS:
Rouge et Or Invitational

University of Saskatchewan Open

Louisville Classic (Guelph, Western)

Charles Bowles Invitational (UVic, UBC)

Geneso Invitaional (Ottawa)

UW-Eau Claire Invitational (Lakehead)

In other team news, the Trackie article profiling the Marauders, among others, went up this morning. 

Mid-Season Predictions and Marauders.ca Article

The 2nd CIS-XC poll from the fine folks over at Montreal Endurance came out yesterday, with the men once again ranked 5th and the women 6th. There is also a recap of the Vic Matthews Open over on Marauders.ca, although there are a few mistakes regarding distances ran.

Race Recap: New Balance Vic Matthews Open

This past Saturday was the 2013 edition of Guelph's Vic Matthews Open, with some updated distances from previous years. With both the men and the women running the full OUA/CIS distances (10km and 6km, respectively), this was the first chance to see the guys run longer this season, and the first chance for the women to run 6km since the decision to up the distance from 5km was made.

The Marauders once again had some very strong performances on both sides, despite still not running all of their top athletes. Maddy McDonald had a strong first race, finishing 10th and leading the women to a 6th place finish. Kierstin Myers and Emily Nowak once again ran well together, finishing within 5 seconds of each other in 36th and 43rd, respectively. Also scoring on the women's side was Raquel Burgess in 53rd and Charlotte Ward in 58th.

The men improved on their placing from Western with a 4th place finish, only 3 points behind the 3rd place Speed River team. Lionel Sanders and Taylor Forbes both started their seasons off strong, with 6th and 17th place finishes. Close behind was Blair Morgan in 22nd, and rounding out the top five was Paul Rochus in 32nd and Gabe Ghiglione in 36th.

Individual Results
Women's Team Results
Men's Team Results
Videos to come

Next up for the team is the RSEQ-AUS Interlock meet in Montreal on October 12th.

Videos and Updated All-Time Lists From Western International 2013

Updated All-Time Lists:
Women
Men

Videos:
Women
Men

There is also another article on Mac XC in the Sil this week:
'Marauders Cross country is on the right track'

Race Recap: Western International 2013

Yesterday the Marauders traveled to London to start their season where they will eventually end it- the Thames Valley Golf Course. After some confusion due to a modified course, cancelled Alumni 5k, and delayed starts, the womens race was underway. The Marauders placed 5th even without top runner Madeline MacDonald, led by a strong 3rd place finish by Courtney Patterson. Former Mustang Kierstin Myers placed 21st, followed by Emily Nowak in 22nd, who was also the first rookie. Also scoring for McMaster were rookies Charlotte Ward in 60th and Adrienne Morgan in 67th.

Running without many of their top athletes, the Marauder men finished in 7th place. Blair Morgan was the top scorer in 17th, followed by Gabe Ghiglione in 23rd. The Marauders also took the top rookie spot on the men's side with Paul Rochus finishing in 31st. Rounding out the top 5 was vet Eric Barry in 43rd and rookie Nick Belore in 44th. 

The Marauders will be racing again next weekend in Guelph, where some of their top athletes will be making their debuts. 

Results

Women's Race

Men's Race
Update all-time lists and our videos will be added shortly. 

Other results from the CIS:
St. FX Cross Country Meet

Mac Cross Country Articles in the Silhouette and Athletics Illustrated

'Stakes are high for Mac cross country'

'CIS Cross Country Season: McMaster Marauders are looking strong'

'Tis the Season

The days are getting shorter, the winds are getting colder, and that can only mean one thing: its cross country season. With less than 6 weeks to go until the conference championships, the hay is starting to pile up in barns around the CIS. The Western women's squad justified the pre-season hype with a convincing win at the McGill Martlett Open, with the mens picking up the bronze. Queens had a strong showing at the Queen's Invitational, although there was an admittedly weaker field than McGill. Out east, Dal, St. FX, and UNB opened the season with 2 team medals apiece at the UNB/STU Open. Results:
McGill Martlett Open
Queens Invitational
UNB/STU Open

Trackie is also running weekly articles profiling teams from around the country. Check out this weeks article on Victoria, Regina, Laurentian, and Lakehead, and keep an eye out for the Marauders in the spotlight over the next couple of weeks. The team is looking strong, so expect big things. #onwardstolondon (it doesn't work so well this year. Oh well).

Cross Country CIS 2013 Preview

This year, Montreal Endurance is hosting the CIS-XC poll that used to be over at TNFNorth.  The Men and Women Marauders are both ranked in 5th place.
Read the full article at the link below.

http://www.montrealendurance.com/results/the-classic-kitely-mcinnes-report-cis-xc-poll-at-montreal-endurance-brought-to-you-by/

Time Trials, Official Roster, and some special mentions

This past Friday, September 6th, the McMaster cross country team held their time trials at Churchill Park.
The women raced 4 kilometers while the men raced 6 kilometers. For a little added competitiveness the team of Veterans square off with a team of newcomers and first years trying out.

Notable highlights on the ladies side includes veteran Courtney Patterson, first over the line in a time of 14:21... and also the Rookie girls who took the team victory with four of them placing among the top five. 

Runners Missing: Maddy McDonald

Notable highlights on the men's side includes Paul Rochus, a first year recruit who ran an impressive 18:33 to place 2nd.

Runners Missing: Lionel Sanders, Connor Darlington, Jordan Bierema, Austen Forbes, Taylor Reid, Nick Kondrat

Thank you Foot Tools once again for providing post-race food for the runners and giving us a chance to get a fresh new pair of shoes

Congratulations to all who made the 2013-2014 McMaster Cross Country team.

A Huge congratulations to Lionel Sanders for taking gold at the Muskoka Ironman 70.3. This is a huge feat for him. After completing a 1.9km swim and a 90km bike he was still able to run the half-marathon portion of the race in 1:10:58.

Last thing, thanks Ryan Tice for the new website banner to the Mactrack blog. It gives the blog a very sleek look.


Muskoka Ironman 70.3 results - Lionel Sanders

Time trial results

2013-2014 Rosters

Connor and Maddy Featured in Marauders.ca Article

Darlington and MacDonald Conclude Summer Season in Style

Junior Pan Am Games

The Junior Pan Am Games were held over this past weekend in Medellin, Colombia. The Marauders were represented by Maddy MacDonald, who earned her spot when she won the silver at the Junior Nationals 3k. Despite the poor conditions, Maddy managed to have a good race and again won the silver medal in a time of 9:56.65. 3k results can be found here. Full meet results are here.

Weekly Results: August 12th-18th

Even with the season winding to a close, the Marauders are still bringing back the hardware, as 3 Maruaders came home with gold medals this weekend. Austen Forbes led Team Ontario to a silver medal in the men's triathlon relay at the Canada Summer Games, as well as claiming a gold in the mixed relay with Team O. Connor Darlington had a blistering kick to take the win in the men's 5000m at the Games. Connor also has a write up in the Ottawa Sun, which you can check out here. Elsewhere, Andrew Beardsall claimed his first triathlon win in Orillia, beating the 2013 national age-group sprint champion Jeff Scull for the gold. Also, congratulations to Marauder swim team member Connor Gillespie-Friesen on a bronze medal in the individual triathlon at the Canada Summer Games. 

Canada Summer Games:

5000m

Connor Darlington, 1st, 14:33.56

Full Results

Triathlon

Austen Forbes, 7th Individual Triathlon, 2nd Men's Relay, 1st Mixed Relay

Results: Individual

 Men's Relay: Individual; Team

Mixed Relay: Individual; Team

Orillia Sprint Triathlon:
Andrew Beardsall, 1st

Full Results

Weekly Results: August 5th-11th

Cross country season is almost upon us, and that means very few track and tri results. That being said, 5 Marauders competed at home at the 3rd Hamilton Twilight Meet, and Connor Darlington and Taylor Reid made the switch from triathlon to duathlon for the ITU World Duathlon Championships held this past weekend in Ottawa. 

Hamilton Twilight Meet #3:

100m:
Scott Hutchinson, 1st, prelims 10.92; finals 10.96

Tony Giannikouris, 2nd, prelims 11.27; finals 11.20

Rudy Baronette, 3rd, prelims 11.34; finals 11.35

400m:

Jessica Tat, 1st, 56.34

800m:
Jeff Tweedle, 1:54.14

Full Results

ITU World Duathlon Championships Junior/U23:

Connor Darlington, 8th overall; 3rd U23

Taylor Reid, 11th overall; 4th U23

Full Results

MacTrack Coffee Table

MacTrack has a new, custom coffee table, hand painted by the lovely Leah Donaldson, complete with Marauder drawer knobs. 

Marauders.ca Canada Summer Games Article

The Marauders website posted an article last week highlighting McMaster athletes who will be competing at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke between August 2nd and 17th. Featured in the article are Connor Darlington, Austen Forbes, Blair Morgan, and recruit Reid Burrows. You can read the article here.

Weekly Results: July 29th- August 4th

We're heading down the backstretch of the summer racing season, as most of the Marauders have left the tracks and bikes behind in favour of trails to prepare for the upcoming cross country season. McMaster posted some strong results at the provincial triathlon championships in Ottawa, which ended up being the provincial duathlon championships due to high bacteria levels in the bay. Mac athletes and alumni swept the top 5 in the elite category, with Andrew Beardsall finishing top 10 in the junior event. Blair Morgan also led his relay team to a win at the 30th annual K-Town Tri in Kingston on Sunday, posting the 2nd fastest swim time of the day. 

U23/Elite Provincial Triathlon Championships:

Andrew Bysice, 1st

Austen Forbes, 2nd

Taylor Reid, 3rd

Blair Morgan, 4th

Jon Rasmussen, 5th

David Hopton, 7th

Full Results

Junior Provincial Triathlon Championships:

Andrew Beardsall, 9th

Full Results

30th Annual K-Town Tri: 

Physi-Kult (Blair Morgan, Bill McIlroy, Jeff Archer): 1st

Full Results

Passing the Torch

I just wanted to take a quick moment to let our readers know that I, Jeremy, have relinquished control of this blog, and am passing it off to some young talents that will be on the McMaster team this year and following.

Contributors you've already seen posts from are:

Taylor Forbes - Going into his third year in psychology, this triathlete has excelled both on the track and on grass.

Greg Lariviere - Perhaps best known as the painted-up guy running around the cross country course, Greg is entering his fourth year in kinesiology.

Madeline McDonald - Going into her second year of kinesiology, Maddy hasbeen a very frequent topic on this blog due to her outstanding performances thus far.

Blair Morgan - Another triathlete, Blair is heading into his third year of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and has taken over the majority of the work for the blog.

I will still be involved with some things in the future, but the bulk of the work will be done by the fantastic four listed above, and other contributors on the team. As a semi-retirement present, I put together a few of my favourite moments behind the camera over the years with MacTrack. After all, the blog started to showcase videos.

Updated Athlete Profiles

If you're a stats junkie like us, or just want to creep your favourite Marauder, then head on over to our Athlete Profiles tab where you can check out cross country, track, and road racing profiles, as well as any mentions within our Mactrack blog, for every athlete to compete at McMaster since the 1998-99 season. We have just updated all of the profiles and rosters for this past season.

The profiles showcase every result we have for each runner with an easy to view summary table.

Example Cross Country profile

So check it out and get your creep on.

Weekly Results: July 22nd-28th

Slow week for track meets this week, as Jeff Tweedle was the only Marauder competing this week.

York Twilight #4:

800m

Jeff Tweedle, 3rd, 1:58.65

Full Results

Weekly Results: July 15th-21st

Lots of track and triathlon action this past weekend as the Marauders represented at the provincial outdoor track champs and the national triathlon champs. On the track, both Maddy McDonald and Luke Charbonneua did the 800-1500 double, and Lindsay Carson and Connor Darlington both ran to 2nd place finishes in the 5k. Lionel Sanders was crowned national triathlon champ with his win at the Toronto Triathlon Festival, competing against fellow Marauder Blair Morgan. Andrew Beardsall competed in his first junior race, along side junior veteran Rui Xu.

Ontario Outdoor Junior-Senior Championships:
Junior 800:
Maddy McDonald, 2:22.73 
Luke Charbonneau, 1:57.69

Junior 1500: 
Maddy McDonald, 5th, 4:33.20
Luke Charbonneau, 9th, 4:04.16
Sam Foran, 4:25.46

Senior 5000:
Lindsay Carson, 2nd, 16:53.26
Connor Darlington, 2nd, 14:47.64

Full Results

Toronto Triathlon Festival (National Championships): 
Olympic Distance: 
Lionel Sanders, 1st, 1:50:54
Blair Morgan, 11th, 2:01:18

Junior Elite:
Rui Xu, 21st, 57:34
Andrew Beardsall, 42nd, 1:00:23

Full Results

Missed Results: Utica Boilermaker 15k
Ryan Tice, 49th, 52:17

Full Results

Maddy McDonald Marauders.ca Write Up

'Maddy McDonald Strikes Silver at Junior Nationals'

Weekly Results: July 8th- 14th

York Twilight Meet #3:
400: Scott Hutchinson, 1st, 48.40

Full Results

Canadian Junior Track And Field Championships:

3000: Madeline McDonald, 2nd, 9:32.59

Full Results

Congratulations to Maddy for qualifying for the Junior Pan Am Games in Colombia, August 23rd-25th! 

Weekly Results: June 30th-July 7th

Congratulations to Connor Darlington on being named to Team Ontario for the Canada Summer Games in the 5000m. Connor won the 5k at the Ontario Canada Summer Games Trials last weekend in Windsor with a 14:35.59. He also placed 3rd in the 1500 with a 3:53.22.

Full Results

London Distance Series Meet 4: 1500m Night
Madeline McDonald, 3rd in High Performance heat #1, 4:33.15
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/2013-1500m-night-womens-hp-h1/2786/

Sam Foran, 4:22.56
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/2013-1500m-night-mens-open-h7/2780/

Jeff Tweedle, 4:03.31
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/2013-1500m-night-mens-open-h8/2781/

Luke Charbonneau, 4:01.57
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/2013-1500m-night-mens-open-h9/2782/

Ryan Tice, 3:59.29
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/2013-1500m-night-mens-open-h11/2784/

Full Results

Triathlon Results:
Huronia Triathlon
Lionel Sanders, 1st place in the Olympic distance
Results

Sydenham Triathlon
Blair Morgan, 1st place in the Olympic distance
Results

Mine Over Matter Offroad Triathlon
Rui Xu, 3rd
Andrew Beardsall, 5th
Results

Results: June 9th-June 25th

Sorry for the delayed post. Sorry if any results got missed.

June 9th: London Distance Series Meet #3
1500:
Luke Charbonneau, 1st in heat 2, 4:05.96
Jeff Tweedle, 6th in heat 2, 4:09.52

3000:
Madeline MacDonald, 1st, 9:41.91
Greg Lariviere, 3rd in heat 1, 9:40.62
Ryan Tice, 6th in heat 3, 8:52.34
Keenan Viney, 4th in heat 3, 8:37.30

Full Results

June 14th: Cambridge Classic Mile
Keenan Viney, 1st in men's collegiate mile, 4:32.89
Lindsay Carson, 1st in women's collegiate mile, 4:58.45

Full Results

June 15th/16th: Ontario National Standards Meet
1500: Luke Charbonneau, 4:04.91
800: Luke Charbonneau, 2:00.22

Full Results

June 25th: York Twilight #2
800:
Jeff Tweedle, 1:58.29
Ryan Tice, 1:58.54
Luke Charbonneau, 1:59.32
Keenan Viney, 2:02.52

3000:
Greg Lariviere, 9:38.81
Ryan Tice, 9:39.42

June 23rd: Edmonton Triathlon
Junior Pan Am Cup:
Rui Xu, 5th

Edmonton ITU World Cup:
Taylor Reid, 16th
Austen Forbes, 32nd

Junior Results
World Cup Results

Race Recap: Triple Threat Junior Elite Triathlon

The first triathlon in the Canadian Junior Elite series took place last Sunday June 9th at Bird's Hill Park, just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Marauders were well represented with 4 athletes competing, as well as 2 athletes who will be attending McMaster in the fall. Leading the way was Blair Morgan, who finished in 6th, with the 4th fastest run split. Following closely behind were fellow Marauders Austen Forbes in 7th, with a strong showing while still recovering from pneumonia, and Rui Xu in 8th after catching the pack with the 2nd fastest bike split. Both athletes finished strong with run splits under 16:30. After some issues in transition 1 with his bike shoes, Connor Darlington came off the bike with a vengeance, and ran his way to a 15th place finish with the fastest run of the day, 15:18. Soon-to-be Marauders Reid Burrows from New Brunswick and Patrick Daley from Peterborough finished 10th and 12th respectively. Based on these results, both Blair and Austen have unofficially earned spots to represent Team Ontario in the 2013 Canada Summer Games in August. The official team should be announced on Friday June 21st.

Full Results

2013-2014 (Men) Marauder Recruits

This year’s Men’s team will be joined by some equally speedy recruits as the Women’s. Expect to see more great results like these:

Nick Kondrat of Hammarskjold H.S. in Thunder Bay ran an awesome 1500m and 3000m double at OFSAA this year. He set new PBs in both races, with 3:56.42 (10^th place in the 1500m) and 8:40.56 (11^th place in the 3000m).

At the West Regionals, Paul Rochus of East Elgin S.S. placed 12^th in a very competative Senior Mens 3000m with a time 9:10.41.  The top 3 men in this race went on to be the top 3 at OFSAA, proving the depth of this West Regionals field.

Patrick Deane also competed at the West Regionals, representing Lord Dorchester S.S. He ran 4:09.09 in the 1500m, placing 8^th.   Again, this was a fast field of competitors, as the top two men here placed among the top 5 at OFSAA.

Congratulations, we’re excited to watch you compete for McMaster in the fall!

2013-2014 (Lady) Marauder Recruits

Next year the Mac teams will be welcoming some accomplished recruits to the roster. Here’s a look at some of their great results from this weekend:

In the OFSAA 1500m Steeplechase, Emily Nowak of St. Joan of Arc in Mississauga finished 5^th in 5:04.32, a mere 5 seconds from the podium.

Adrienne Morgan (sister of current member Blair Morgan) from Ernestown S.S. finished 18^th in the very fast field of the OFSAA Senior Girls 3000m. Her time was 10:36.75. 

Due to a hamstring injury, unfortunately Phoebe Cseresnyes of Westadale S.S. was unable to compete in her final T&F OFSAA. However she posted some quick times in the South Regional Meet, 4:45.75 in the 1500m, behind the winner in 4:45.35. She also ran 10:41.79 to win the SOSSA Championships earlier this season.

Kierstin Myers will be joining the Marauders from Western University while she studies Physiotherapy. Last night at the Trackie Mania Meet in London, she started the season with 10:23.53 in the 3000m. 

Looking forward to seeing these runners in Maroon and Grey next year!

- Maddy MacDonald

Hamilton Twilight #2 May 30th Preview - Performance List, Schedule

Performance List
Meet Website

Schedule
The first event will begin at 7pm with a rolling start of the following events.
100m - Fastest Boy and Girl Qualifying Races
100m - Open Men and Women (Round 1)
400m
100m - Open Men and Women (Round 2)
3000m

We are pleased to host the Hamilton Regional qualifier for the Fastest Kid in Ontario Competition. The fastest boy and fastest girl (age 11 and under) at this regional qualifier will move on to compete at the Toronto International Track and Field Games in Toronto on June 11, 2013. It is there that the title of fastest boy and girl in Ontario will be decided.

The other highlight of the meet is the men's 3000m where 10 of McMaster's current and past athletes will face off in battle royale. Who will be victorious? A triathlete? A runner? A student or an alumni? Come by the Campbell track Thursday May 30th at 7pm to find out, or stay tuned here for results, video, and recap after the meet.

Distance Junkies

Recently, some members of the McMaster men’s team have turned to the long race courses of the roads and trails to get their fill.  It started back on April 27th with men’s captain Jeremy Walsh making the jump right passed the marathon distance to compete in the Pick Your Poison 50km ultra race near Barrie, Ontario.  He won the event in a time of 4:06:24, winning by over 10 minutes.

On the same weekend, Around the Bay medalist Lionel Sanders made the trip to Kingston to take first place in the Limestone Half-Marathon in a time of 1:07:52.  In the 5km Limestone race Kingston local Blair Morgan placed second in a sprint finish behind Queen’s runner Jeff Costen, both finishing in 15:10.

A mere week later came “Half-Madness” with marauders heading to half-marathon races across the country.  Lionel Sanders came right back from his half the previous weekend to win the Mississauga Half-Marathon in a time of 1:06:30.  Just down the road, Keenan Viney and Ryan Tice raced the Goodlife Toronto Half-Marathon placing first and second in times of 1:10:43 and 1:12:22 respectively.  Finally, team manager Greg Lariviere celebrated his 21^st birthday with a 21km race; making the trip to British Columbia to compete in the BMO Vancouver Half-Marathon finishing in 1:20:04.

Jeremy Walsh was also lured out to the B.C. coast where he competed in the 5 Peaks Trail Running Series event on May 11^th.  The 14km trail race includes some tough mountain climbs and descents in Golden Ears Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.  Walsh placed fourth overall in a time of 1:02:06 in his first true mountain race.

Most recently two men returned to the trails of Dundas Valley Conservation Area, one of the team’s favourite training grounds, to compete in the Sulphur Springs Trail Run on May 25^th.  Returning from the mountains of B.C. Jeremy Walsh claimed third place in the 25km event in a time of 1:42:52.  Gregory Lariviere took part in the 100 Mile Relay race on a team with 7 others from the local Orienteering/Racing group Don't Get Lost, with each runner completing a 20km leg.  He anchored his team to a second place finish with a 1:23:14 leg, the team finishing in 11:35:28, breaking the old course record but coming up just short of the win.

Full Results:
Pick Your Poison 50km: http://pickyourpoison.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PYP2013-50km-Overall-Results.html
Limestone Half-Marathon: http://www.sportstats.ca/displayResults.xhtml?racecode=103561
Limestone 5km: http://www.sportstats.ca/displayResults.xhtml?racecode=104228
Mississauga Half-Marathon: http://www.sportstats.ca/displayResults.xhtml?racecode=103566
Goodlife Toronto Half-Marathon: http://www.sportstats.ca/displayResults.xhtml?racecode=104251
BMO Vancouver Half-Marathon: http://www.sportstats.ca/displayResults.xhtml?racecode=104287
5 Peaks Golden Ears Provincial Park: http://racedaytiming.ca/raceday-results?display=goldenearsenduro2013
Sulphur Springs 25km: http://chiptimeresults.com/resultsreader.php?y=2013&r=sulphursprings2.htm
Sulphur Springs Relay: http://chiptimeresults.com/resultsreader.php?y=2013&r=sulphursprings5RELAY.htm

With the end of May, it seems so too ends the distance season.  Most are now returning to the land of speed demons on the track or focusing on the strength to close out triathlons.

Race Recap (Triathlon edition) - April/May

With the triathlon season now in full swing some of our elite triathletes travelled south to take part in various ITU Continental cup and ITU World cup races over the past 2 months. Alumni Andrew Yorke continues pursuing his Olympic dreams by trying, and succeeding, to make a name for himself among the worlds best Triathletes. Last Month he lined up against the best in San Diego's ITU World Triathlon Series race, big names including Alastiar Brownlee and Jan Frodeno, where he placed 38th overall. Yorke more recently lined up at the World cup race in Huatalco Mexico this past Sunday with fellow McMaster athletes Taylor Reid and John Rasmussen, who placed 20th and 24th respectively. Yorke placed 12th overall.

Rookie Austen Forbes took part in his first ever Olympic distance race and second ever ITU continental cup race  in Juan Dolio, The Dominican Republic. He placed 6th overall and posted the second fastest run time following behind Olympian Manuel Huerta.

Last month in April, alumni Andrew Bysice travelled south as well to race in the continental cup race in Bridgetown Barbados. Rain poured prior to the race which left the roads slick and the corners dangerous causing almost every athlete to wipe-out. Unfortunately Andrew was unable to finish after numerous crashes on the bike course. But not to worry, he trains like a true veteran to the sport, despite only starting a few years ago, and he is definitely ready to race like one too.

Full Results
Yorke's World Triathlon Series race - San Diego
Yorke's, Taylor's, and John's World Cup race - Huatalco, Mexico

Austen's Continental Cup- Juan Dolio, The Dominican Republic

Bysice's Continental Cup - Bridgetown, Barbados



Sorry for the overlap of posts. I will be taking over the triathlon updates from now on.

London Distance Series Meet #2 - Results, Videos, Recap

Humidity spoiled what was otherwise perfect weather conditions for the second London meet of the season, taking it's toll on the 5000m runners. Luke Charbonneau showed little problems with the weather in his 800m as he was handily under 2 minutes finishing 2nd in his heat with a 1:58.72. Check out his race video linked below for his very strong move down the backstretch to go from 5th to 2nd.

In the 5000m, Lindsay Carson finished as the top women in 16:23.03, and finished 3rd in her mixed heat. Her strong finish in this mixed race gives some relief to the Mac boys that may have been dropped by her throughout the year.

Also in the 5000m were Keenan Viney and Blair Morgan who ran 15:03.67 and 15:16.20 respectively. Viney finished in 2nd in the heat, benefiting from the early pacing work of Morgan who was unafraid to work hard early.

Full Results

Race Videos

Luke's 800m

Lindsay's 5000m

Blair and Keenan's 5000m

Some have mentioned that our posts have died off lately, and we're sorry for that and any other problems that may occur as we go through some changes on the blog. Lots of great things in the works, and we'll try to catch you up on all the results of late as soon as we can.

Hamilton Twilight Meets - Meet 1 Today

Update:
Performance List (as of 9:40am May 16)
Hamilton Twilight All-Time List

Today, May 16 2013, is the first Hamilton Twilight meet in nearly a decade, as McMaster opens it's track to the public. The meet begins today and includes the 100m, 400m, and 1200m.

Twilight Meet Information

You can still eneter for todays race up until 6pm. We will be posting the results link and recap here.

Ray Lewis Relays 2013 - Recap

Marauders.ca Recap

Watch CHCH New's Coverage

Photo Curtosey of Abirami Shanmugaratnam

Ray Lewis Relays 2013 - Results

Full Results

We'll post pictures and Marauders.ca recap link when they are available.

Congratulations to Big Mac Mile winners!

Jasmine Buckridge (Midget Girls)
Evan Notley (Midget Boys)
Madeleine Kennedy (Junior Girls)
Adrian Gimon (Junior Boys)
Stephanie Ryall (Senior Girls)
Ben Preisner (Senior Boys)

Also we would like to thank all of the volunteers for the event, from Mr. MacKinnon's announcing, to the support from the McMaster team.

Ray Lewis Relays - May 2, 2013

McMaster University

XC & Track Teams is proud to host 

the 2013 Ray Lewis Relays

in honour of Hamilton born

Olympian – “Rapid” Ray Lewis

(1910-2003).

Ray Lewis was born and died in Hamilton and was nicknamed Rapid Ray for his speed on the track. As a member of the track and field team at Hamilton’s Central Collegiate, Ray excelled in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metre distances.  Ray was the first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist, capturing a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and a silver medal in the 4x440y relay at the 1934 British Empire Games.  

This highschool track meet is the first meet to be hosted at McMaster's new track, and will be host to some fast times, on what should be a beautiful sunny day. We'll post results, and whatever photos and video we capture here after the meet, and hope to have some tweets posted @MacTrackVids. Come out and cheer on some of the areas best highschool runners, or take the opportunity to talk to any one of the many McMaster Marauder Track team volunteering at the meet.

Meet Information + Schedule

2013 Ray Lewis Relays Schedule

Thursday May 2, 2013

Events may run up to 30min ahead of schedule        

10:00 A.M. Open Girls 1500m Steeple, Open Boys 2000m Steeple                                      

10:30 A.M. 4 X 100m Relay

                                          MG-MB-JG-JB-SG-SB

11:30 A.M. 4 X 800m Relay

                                          Open Girls, Open Boys

12:00 P.M. 100m Heats

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                                          8 fastest in each division qualify for final

1:00 P.M. 4 X 200m Relay

                                          Junior Co-ed, Senior Co-ed   

1:30 P.M.                BIG MAC MILE – Sponsored by McDonalds

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2:30 P.M.                100m Final

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2:45 P.M.                 4 X 400m

                                          Open Girls, Open Boys

"Rapid"  Ray Lewis

MacTrack 2013 Graduates Interviews

Another year has past and that means another round of sad goodbyes to our graduating athletes. We've got several video interviews for you this year, and will post them below as they are released, and also tweet/facebook them.

Keenan Viney

Marauders Performance Summary
Keenan did his in undergraduate in Economics at the University of Victoria, and after failing to make the cross country in his first year, he moved up to the marathon for the remainder of his undergrad, and ran 2:41 for the Calgary Marathon. He came to Mac this year for a one-year masters degree and performed well in his first ever cross country season, despite wearing spikes for the first time. For the track season, his first season racing indoors, he ran 8:52 at OUAs out-kicking his teammates in an exciting fashion.

Victoria Coates

Marauders Performance Summary

After a lackluster first year dealing with anemia, she came onto the scene in a big way in her second year with a 5th place at CIS Cross Country, and a silver medal in the CIS 3000m. In her third year she helped the cross country team to a CIS bronze medal, and followed that up in track with a bronze in the OUA 3000m, and a 4th place finish in the CIS 3000m. In her final year as a Marauder she finished 3rd at CIS Cross Country, and 3rd in the CIS 3000m, bringing her CIS medal total to 3 silvers and 4 bronzes over her career.

Jeremy Walsh

Marauders Performance Summary
Walsh joined the McMaster team in his first year in 2008. After worrying about not making the cross country time standard he was surprised to finish as the top rookie at time trial. Unfortunately, running time trial well and only time trial well was a curse he'd carry for every cross country season. Walsh made a large breakthrough in his first year indoor season, going from a 4:31 1500m PB to a 4:06. Continuing this string of strong track performances, his 2nd year was highlighted by his time as a member of the 4x800m team, which narrowly missed a birth to the CIS championships. Before his final year, he went on a 16-month co-op, on which he ran his current 1500m PB of 3:50. In his final year, he was granted captaincy for the second time, and ran indoor 1500m and 3000m PBs ending 4th all-time in the 1500m at McMaster.

Ryan Tice

Marauders Performance Summary
Ryan joined the team 2008 in his 3rd year after finally gaining the confidence to try out. Through his first three years on the team, he was best seen as the man carrying around the giant flags and banners at cross country meets that he spent hours making. Finally last year in his 4th year on the team Ryan made the CIS Cross Country team placing 57th. That track season he continued his breakthrough year as he went from 9:15 to 8:41 in the 3000m. This year he made the CIS cross country team after a great performance at the Vic Matthews meet, and set some 1000m PBs.

Lisa Giles

Marauders Performance Summary

Lisa made alternate for the CIS Cross Country bronze medal winning team in her first year, and followed that up with a bronze medal in the 4x800m relay at CIS Track 2010, running the lead off leg. In her second year she PBed in the 1000m, the 1500m, and finished 6th in the 4x800m at CIS Track. That summer she ran her 800m PB of 2:15.25.