Race Recap: AC XC Championships and Bob Vigars Season Opener

Last weekend was a busy one for racing. Most of the team either raced in their first track meet of the season (Bob Vigars Season Opener at Western), at the National Cross Country Championships in Vancouver, or spent the weekend glued to the live feeds. (Who needs football anyways?)

Here are the results:

Canadian National Cross Country Championships
29/11/2014 Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC

Junior Men, 
74   Evan Ubene      30:14

Senior Men, 10k
31   Blair Morgan     34:01
60   Alex Green        38:10

Full Results Here


Bob Vigars Season Opener

29/11/2014 Thompson Arena, Western University 

60m
3   Arnold Kofia    7.19
6   Jacob Gareau    7.33

200m
3   Richard Noel     23.92
4   Arnold Kofia     23.94
6   Jacob Gareau     24.37

600m
4   Kylie Hopkins     1:41.86

1    Brandon Huzevka    1:23.14
3    Jeff Mah                   1:23.92
7    Luke Yaeger             1:25.87
9    Nick Bomers            1:28.90

1500m
1   Raquel Burgess   4:57.92
2   Maxine Gravina  5:03.43

3000m

1    Taylor Forbes             8:29.04
2    Nick Kondrat             8:38.95
3    Derek VanSchepen    8:39.82

5    Jeff Tweedle              8:49.67

6    Ivan Meiszinger        8:51.66
8    Patrick Deane           8:57.30



11  Peter Wilson             9:32.14

Full Results Here

Race Recap: CIS Championships

The Marauders finished up the 2014 cross country season on November 9th at Pippy Park in St. John's, Newfoundland. Inclement weather was expected going in, but there was no way to prepare for the wind that gusted up to 100km/hr, rain, hail, snow, and rainbows that were all seen within about a four hour time period on race day. The woman's team was led by Gabrielle Foran, who finished 46th in her CIS debut. Maddy McDonald finished 53rd, Kierstin Myers 55th in her final collegiate XC race, Chelsea Mackinnon in 71st, and Erin Mawhinney rounded out the scoring in 106th. Maddie Benjamin finished in 108th as our first displacer, and Phoebe Cseresneyes unfortunately had to DNF due to a pulled hamstring. The women finished 12th as a team.

On the men's side, Luke Charbonneau had the race of the day (maybe season) finishing as the first man in 22nd, the same position as he was at OUAs. Who does that? Gabriel Ghiglione and Austen Forbes weren't far behind, finishing in 27th and 28th, Blair Morgan was 34th, and Taylor Forbes rounded out the top five in 42nd. Displacers Connor Darlington and Paul Rochus finished in 52nd and 82nd. The men once again ended up just off the podium in 4th place as a team, in a three way tie for 2nd best finish ever with the 2013 and 2000 teams. Both teams will be shooting for improved finishes when CIS rolls around next year in Guelph.

Full Results
Sil Article
Videos

This past weekend was also the AO Provincial Cross Country Champs and the Hannukah Hustle, where a few of the Marauders continued their fall seasons. Eric Barry finished 18th and Alex Green 28th in the seniors men's  AO race. Evan Ubene was 10th in the junior men's  AO race. Jordan Usher won the Hustle, Gabrielle Foran finished 7th overall and the 2nd female and Lauren Locco finished 8th overall and 3rd female.

AO's: Full Results
Hannukah Hustle: Full Results

Up next for the Marauders is the start of the indoor track season at Western next Saturday the 29th, as well as the Canadian National XC Championships in Vancouver the same day, where Alex Green, Blair Morgan, and Evan Ubene will be competing.

OUA Recap and CIS Preview

Last weekend the Marauders once again found themselves preparing to race on the Fort Henry course in Kingston, this time for the OUA championships. Unusually for an OUA champs, the conditions were good, with only wind this year and no rain or freezing temperatures. The lady Marauders were led by Maddy McDonald, placing 17th and narrowly missing an OUA-All Star spot. Gabrielle Foran scored second in 37th, Kierstin Myers third in 39th, and Chelsea Mackinnon and Maddie Benjamin rounding out the scoring in 46th and 48th. Displacers Maxine Gravina and Erin Mawhinney finished 54th and 57th, and the women finished 8th overall.

On the men's side, Taylor Forbes showed his bronze-medal debut was no fluke, as he led the men with an OUA First Team All Star 7th place finish. The rest of the scorers finished within 19 seconds of each other, with Connor Darlington grabbing his 2nd consecutive OUA 2nd Team All Star placing in 14th, Gabe Ghiglione in 15th, Austen Forbes in 17th, and Blair Morgan in 18th. Displacers Luke Charbonneau and Paul Rochus were not far behind either, finishing in 22nd and 24th. The men finished 3rd overall; after tying the Windsor Lancers with 71 points through 5 men, OUA rules look at the 6th place man giving Windsor the victory (Alex Ullman finished 21st). However, CIS rules compare the 5th man, giving Mac the advantage.
Full OUA Results

Other Conference Results:
RSEQ
AUS
Stewart Cup (Calgary)

Tomorrow the Marauders leave for St. John's, Newfoundland, where they will be racing at Pippy Park this Saturday. The men will be looking to make it onto the podium for just the second time ever, while the women will be looking to redeem themselves after OUAs and improve on last years 6th place finish. The final coaches poll of the season has the men ranked 2nd, just edging out Windsor and Laval. A preview of the 2.5km loop can be found here, and there is some more information in this Trackie thread. The races will be live-streamed on Trackie Saturday morning, and I believe the start times will be 10:30am for the women (Eastern time) and 11:30am for the men (12pm and 1pm start times in Newfoundland).

Queen's Open Recap and OUA Preview

Thanksgiving weekend the Marauders traveled to Kingston for their final meet of the year before the OUA championships. It was a good chance for Mac to test out the OUA course, and based on the results they seem to have taken to it. You can read Laura Sinclair's recap here. The women were once again on the podium, taking the silver medal led by Maddy McDonald in 5th. Other scorers for McMaster included Gabrielle Foran in 12th, Maddy Benjamin in 17th, Kierstin Myers in 19th, and Erin Mawhinney in 28th.

The men continued their winning ways, dominating London Runner and Lakehead teams by over 50 points. Taylor Forbes had a successful season debut, as he finished in 3rd overall, and 2nd collegiate. Gabriel Ghiglione and Twin #2 (Austen) raced side by side to finish 7th and 8th, Luke Charbonneau had his best race this season with an 11th place finish, and Derek van Schepen rounded out the scoring in 15th.  Taylor Forbes was named the Marauders Pita Pit Athlete of the Week for his performance.

Full Results
Other Results from Thanksgiving Weekend:
RSEQ-AUS Interlock (Antigonish)
Wisconsin-Parkside Invite (Racince, WI)
Last Weekends Results:
Adidas Wisonsin Invite (Madison, WI)

This weekend the Marauders will once again travel to Kingston, this time for the OUA championships. The men will be looking to defend their silver medal from last year, and the women will be looking to improve upon their 6th place finish. The final CIS coaches poll before OUAs has the men in 2nd in the CIS, and the women 8th (which puts them 5th out of the OUA schools).

Men:
Blair Morgan. OUA 2013: 6th; CIS 2013: 11th; Western 2014: 4th
Taylor Forbes. OUA 2013: 16th CIS 2013: 36th; Queen's Open 2014: 3rd
Austen Forbes. CIS 2013: 37th
Connor Darlington: OUA 2013: 13th; CIS 2012: 34th
Gabe Ghiglione. OUA 2013: 44th; CIS 2013: 20th
Paul Rochus. OUA 2013: 57th
Luke Charbonneau. OUA/CIS debut
Alternates: Derek van Schepen, Paul Kolb

Women:
Maddy McDonald. OUA 2013: 25th; CIS 2013: 18th; Western 2014: 4th
Gabrielle Foran
Maddie Benjamin
Kierstin Myers. OUA 2013: 31st; CIS 2013: 39th
Erin Mawhinney. OUA/CIS Debut
Chelsea Mackinnon. OUA 2013: 53rd; CIS 2013: 77th
7th: Phoebe Cseresneyes or Maxine Gravina.

The course will be run at Fort Henry, the same course as the Queen's Open. This course has hosted previous OUA and CIS champs, as well as multiple highschool meets, OCAAs, CCAAs, FISU World Champs, as well as winning the Canadian National Champs from 2015-2018.

Men's Course:


Women's Course:

Race Recap: Don Mills Invite

It was a down weekend for most of the Marauders, but two men and seven women travelled to Waterloo to compete in the Don Mills Invitational. While they were missing many of their top scorers, the women's team still finished second overall. Kierstin Myers led the way with a 5th place finish. Captain Chelsea Mackinnon finished in 12th, Raquel Burgess in 17th, Lizz Hodgson in 20th, Kaitlyn Pansegrau in 23rd, Adrienne Morgan in 27th, and Alannah Kelly in 33rd. On the men's side, Connor Darlington started his season on a strong note, finishing second overall to Nick Falk, the winner of last weekends Windsor Open. Alex Green also ran his first race of the season, finishing 19th overall. You can find the Marauders.ca race recap here. Up next for the Marauders is the Queen's Open this Saturday, where both the men and women will be racing their top squads.

There is also an article this week in the Sil highlighting none other than our own Gabe 'The Babe' Ghiglione.

Full Results

Other Race Results:
Paul Short (Lehigh, Pennsylvania)
Louisville Classic (Louisville, Kentucky)
Notre Dame Invite (South Bend, Indiana)
Moncton Invite (Moncton)
Sled Dog Open (Saskatoon)
Rouge et Or Invite (Quebec City)

Race Recap: Windsor Open

Both the men's and the women's teams continued their successful seasons this past weekend at Malden Park in Windsor. This was the first university cross country meet held in Windsor since the 1998 OUA championships. The course was challenging and the summer temperatures did not help, with the heat affecting all the athletes, some severely. This did not stop the Marauders though, as the women improved on their bronze medal from Western with a second place finish. Maddy McDonald ran well again placing 2nd. Rookie Erin Mawhinney had a great race finishing in 7th, and Marauders Maddie Benjamin (8th) and Gabrielle Foran (9th) also finished in the top ten. Phoebe Cseresnyes finished 11th (in her first race as a Marauder) to round out the scorers.

The men's team once again found themselves atop the podium, also with four top ten finishes. Blair Morgan led the scoring in 2nd, Paul Rochus finished 6th, Paul Kolb 8th, Derek Van Schepen 9th, and Nick Kondrat 13th. The men's team is looking very strong, as they won despite missing four of the potential top seven (two Forbes, Darlington, and Ghiglione). You can read the Marauders.ca recap of the meet here, and the Sil has also posted Laura Sinclair's recap of the Western race.

Full Results
Women's Video
Men's Video

Next weekend a few Marauders will be travelling to Waterloo for the Don Mills open, but most of the team will continue their season on Thanksgiving weekend at the Queen's Open in Kingston.

Other Race Results:
Roy Griak Invitational (Minnesota)
Stanford Invitational (California)
Vert et Or Invitational (Sherbrooke)

Race Recap: Western International

This past weekend, the Marauders opened the 2014 cross country season as per usual, competing at the 40th Annual Western International meet at the Thames Valley Golf Course in London. The conditions this year were much more favorable than last years, with a few people even complaining that the weather was too warm, though this didn't seem to affect McMaster's results. The lady Marauders were led by Madeline McDonald and her 4th place finish, followed by Kierstin Myers in 25th, Maddy Benjamin in 26th, Erin Mawhinney in 29th, and Gabrille Foran in 31st. After removing the open athletes, the Marauders finished with a total of 111 points, good enough to put them back on the podium this year with a bronze.

The Marauder men started their season with a bang, placing all five scorers in the top 15 (last year the top scorer was 17th). The first Marauder across the line was Blair Morgan in 4th, then Austen Forbes in 8th, Gabe Ghiglione in 10th, Paul Rochus in 11th, and Paul Kolb in 15th. The final team total was 44 points, which put the Marauders on top of the podium for the first time ever at Western, and in recent memory. This also marked the first time ever that both teams finished on the podium at Western. As you may notice in the pictures below, the team went barefoot for part of their warmdown and the awards ceremony as part of McMaster's 'Go Barefoot' campaign in support of Right to Play. You can find the Marauders.ca write up here.




Photos by Clive Morgan

The Marauders continue their season next weekend at the University of Windsor Lancer Open.

Full Results
Women's Race Video
Men's Race Video
Women's All - Time (2014)
Men's All - Time (2014)

The Sil Cross Country Preview

Other race results:
UNB/STU Invite (New Brunswick)
NB Vic Matthews Open (Guelph)
Sundodger Invite (Oregon)

2014-2015 Marauder Recruits (Ladies)

Julia Baxter

Graduated from: Uxbridge Secondary School, Uxbridge

Accomplishments:
2013 OFSAA Cross Country Team 1st place
2013 Nationals Cross Country Team 6th place

Personal Bests:
5km (Cross Country) - 18:55

Program: Life Sciences

Fun Fact: She loves Folk music and also climbing things.



Kylie Hopkins

Graduated from: Highland Secondary School, Dundas

Accomplishments:
2014 OFSAA Track 4x400m relay Bronze Medallist
2012 OFSAA Track 800m 12th place
Qualified and competed in the 4x400m relay at Penn Relays,

Personal Bests:
200m - 26.5s
400m - 60.09s
600m - 1:42.1
800m - 2:22.3

Program: Nursing

Fun Fact: She is addicted to salt and vinegar flavoured popcorn.

Lauren Locco

Graduated from: Westmount Secondary School, Hamilton

Accomplishments:
2014 Toronto Triathlon Festival, 2nd place U-19, 1:16:00 (sprint)
2013 OFSAA Track 3000m, 20th place

Personal Bests:
1500m - 4:51
3000m - 10:45
5km (road): 19:18
5km (Cross Country) - 19:47

Program: Nursing

Fun Fact: She enjoyed her debut as a triathlete this past summer in the sprint distance.

Erin Mawhinney

Graduated from: Notre Dame Secondary School, Burlington

Accomplishments:
2013 OFSAA Track 3000m, 12th place
2012 OFSAA Track 3000m, 7th place
2012 OFSAA Cross Country, 29th place

Personal Bests:
800m - 2:23
1500m - 4:49
3000m - 10:27
5km (road) - 18:34

Program: Nursing

Fun Fact: She can recite the entire movie 'Grease' from beginning to end.

2014 - 2015 Marauder Recruits (Men)

Zack Hannon

Previous School: Collingwood Collegiate Institute
Notable Accomplishments:
- 28th at 2012 Ofsaa Cross Country
- 43rd at 2013 Ofsaa Cross Country
Program at McMaster: 
Life Sciences

PBs:  
1500m - 4:12 3000m - 9:03
Results:
SportStats

Matt Napier

Previous School: Erin District HS

Program at McMaster: 

Life Sciences

PBs:  

800 - 1:56.39, 1500 - 3:58.5

Keaton Smee

Previous School: Huron Heights SS
Notable Accomplishments:
-9th at Ofsaa Cross 2013
- YRAA 2k steeple record holder
- 2013 Team Ontario member at Legion National Youth Championships
Program at McMaster: 
Kinesiology
PBs:  
800m - 2:01.27, 1000m - 2:34.7 1500m - 4:05.32, 3k - 9:00.32,
5k - 16:09, 2k Steeple - 6:02.61
Results:
SportStats
Notes:
Captain of the Newmarket Huskies

Frank Sorbara

Previous School: York University
Notable Accomplishments:
- 2 time Barrie Half Marathon champion
Program at McMaster: 
Masters of Physiotherapy
PBs:  
5k - 15:16, 10k - 31:57, Half - 1:11:03, Marathon - 2:34:03
Results:
SportStats
Road Race Results

Patrick Sullivan

Previous School: Orangeville District SS
PBs:  
800m - 2:01.2, 1500m - 4:07.1

Evan Ubene

Previous School: Belle River DHS
Program at McMaster: 
Engineering and Co-Op
PBs:  
1500 - 4:05, 3k - 8:59
Results:
SportStats

Weekly Results: August 3rd - 10th

NACAC U23 Championships - August 8th - 10th, Kamloops
Men's 1500

2 Darlington, Connor        21 CANADA                 3:55.36

5 Peaks Albion Hills Enduro 11.4k - August 9th

7 Madeline Mcdonald        53:34 (1st Female)

Steelhead 70.3 - August 10th, Benton Harbor, Michigan

Name
Country
Div Rank
Gender Rank
Overall Rank
Swim
Bike
Run
Finish
Points

Sanders, Lionel
CAN
1
1
1
00:29:42
02:00:41
01:12:36
03:46:13
3500

NACACs wraps up the summer track season for the Marauders, as most of us start to switch over to cross country mode. Upcoming races for the rest of the summer include the Cactus 5 and 10k this weekend in Dundas, triathlon world championships in Edmonton, and the Ironman 70.3 world championships in September. Marauders.ca has an article on Taylor Forbes and the Edmonton race which you can check out here. Also, missing from the results a few weeks ago was Paul Kolb's Ironman. Paul's results, and the full results, can be found here. Congratulations Paul! 

Weekly Results: July 26th- August 2nd

Sketchers Downhill 5k - July 26th, Hamilton
12 Adrienne Morgan 18:45.1 (4th female)

Provincial Triathlon Championships - August 1st, Ottawa

PLACE	NAME	RESIDENCE	BIB #	TIME	CATEGORY	CAT. PLACE	GENDER PLACE	750M SWIM	20KM BIKE	5KM RUN
1	Taylor FORBES	Dundas, CAN	1311	0:57:45.7	M-U23	1/11	1/11	00:11:06	00:30:34	00:16:07
2	Austen FORBES	Dundas, CAN	1308	0:58:00.5	M-U23	2/11	2/11	00:11:11	00:30:29	00:16:21
5	Andrew BEARDSALL	Alliston, CAN	1309	1:00:00.9	M-U23	5/11	5/11	00:12:12	00:30:11	00:17:40
7	Rui XU	Dundas, CAN	1310	1:00:46.1	M-U23	7/11	7/11	00:12:12	00:30:12	00:18:23
8	David HOPTON	Ancaster, CAN	1304	1:00:51.3	M-U23	8/11	8/11	00:12:24	00:29:56	00:18:32

Congrats to Taylor and Austen on their twin sweep at provincials! Triathlon Canada has also announced that Taylor will be representing Canada the the U23 triathlon world championships at the end of August in Edmonton. The full TriCan release can be found here. There is a Marauders.ca article also highlighting the twins successful summer seasons, as well as Lionel's and Connor's. Finally, good luck to Connor as he travels to Kamloops, BC this weekend to compete in the 1500 at NACACs to wrap up the 2014 outdoor season!

Weekly Results: July 14th - 20th

Eaton Downtown Dash 5k and 10k - July 17th, Burlington
5k:
6   16:56  Madeline McDonald
18 18:26  Kierstin Myers
24 18:52 Lizz Hodgson
25 18:55 Maxine Gravina

10k:
1  31:54  Gabriel Ghiglione
4  32:59 Ivan Meizinger

AO Outdoor Championships - July 19th and 20th, Ottawa
Men 800m Senior

3 Darlington, Connor        93 Harbour Track          1:51.20

Men 1500m Senior

1 Darlington, Connor        93 Harbour Track          3:45.31

Racine 70.3 - July 20th, Racine, Wisconsin

1  Lionel Sanders

Congratulations to Lionel for winning two back-to-back, competitive 70.3s! Lionel ran 69:36 for the half marathon to overcome an 8 minute deficit off the bike. 

Coming up on Mactrack, hopefully in the next week, there will be a profile of the incoming recruits. 

Edit: 

Somehow the results from the national triathlon championships were left out of the weekly roundup!

Canadian National Championships and PATCO Sprint Pan-Am Cup - July 20th, Magog

Pos
First Name











5
Taylor
Forbes
CAN
00:54:18
00:09:12
00:00:36
00:28:56
00:00:47
00:14:49
12
Austen
Forbes
CAN
00:54:59
00:09:13
00:00:36
00:28:54
00:00:46
00:15:33
38
Andrew
Beardsall
CAN
00:59:17
00:10:10
00:00:38
00:30:39
00:00:54
00:16:59
42
Blair
Morgan
CAN
01:00:55
00:10:06
00:00:36
00:33:20
00:00:53
00:16:02
46
David
Hopton
CAN
01:04:58
00:10:24
00:00:33
00:34:34
00:00:46
00:18:43