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.