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

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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