McGill Team Challenge Recap

This weekend the Marauders ventured to Montreal to compete in probably the biggest CIS meet in the country, the McGill Team Challenge. The meet featured 8 Olympians, including a silver medalist, almost all the schools in the CIS from Victoria and Calgary to Dalhousie, and many great performances. Maddy McDonald booked her ticket to the CIS championships with her auto-qualifying time of 9:43.50 and 4th place finish. Other highlights include Brandon Huzevka's 1:22.25 600m, which puts him as the 3rd fastest Marauder ever in that event, as well as personal bests for the 2 other Marauders in the men's 600m. Check out the Marauders.ca article on the meet here.

Full Results

Women's 60m

57 Ebomwonyi, Alma              McMaster                  8.60

Women's 300m

39 Rhooms, Latisha              McMaster                 42.55

60 Shanmugaratnam, Abi          McMaster                 44.69

Heat 7: Latisha     Heat 11: Abi

Women's 600m

29 McPherson, Kara              McMaster               1:43.28

36 Benjamin, Maddy              McMaster               1:45.26

Heat 4: Kara     Heat 5: Maddy

Women's 1500m

17 Mackinnon, Chelsea           McMaster               4:45.60

18 McDonald, Maddy              McMaster               4:45.71 
29 Pansegrau, Kaitlyn           McMaster               4:51.58

Heat 2: Chelsea and Maddy     Heat 3: Kaitlyn

Women's 3000m (All splits included in results)

4 McDonald, Maddy               McMaster               9:43.50

19 Burgess, Raquel              McMaster              10:27.07

Heat 1: Maddy     Heat 2: Raquel

Women's 4x400m

12 McMaster  'A'                                       4:11.58
     1) Shanmugaratnam, Abi             2) McPherson, Kara
     3) Rhooms, Latisha                 4) Mackinnon, Chelsea

Women's 4x800m

2 McMaster  'A'                                       9:29.36
     1) Pansegrau, Kaitlyn              2) Mackinnon, Chelsea
     3) Beverley, Megan                 4) Benjamin, Maddy

Men's 60m

39 Kofia, Arnold                McMaster                  7.34

76 Ferreira, Kristian           McMaster                  7.66

Heat 6: Arnold     Heat 7: Kristian

Men's 300m

36 Tat, Jimmy                   Club McMaster           X36.30

45 Noel, Rich                   McMaster                 36.79

Heat 6: Jimmy     Heat 11: Rich

Men's 600m

15 Huzevka, Brandon             McMaster               1:22.25

26 Mah, Jeff                    McMaster               1:23.83
28 Hitchon, Greg                McMaster               1:24.06

Men's1500m

15 Forbes, Taylor               McMaster               3:56.99

31 Deane, Patrick               McMaster               4:01.39
34 Tweedle, Jeff                McMaster               4:01.71
41 Morgan, Blair                McMaster               4:03.08
45 Charbonneau, Luke            McMaster               4:03.90
47 Barry, Eric                  McMaster               4:04.14

Heat 3: Taylor     Heat 4: Patrick and Eric     Heat 5: Jeff, Blair, Luke

Men's 3000m (All splits included in results)

12 Forbes, Taylor               McMaster               8:33.19

17 Bierema, Jordan              McMaster               8:35.18
19 Forbes, Austen               McMaster               8:36.16
24 Reid, Taylor                 McMaster               8:39.65
33 Morgan, Blair                McMaster               8:47.84
36 Ghiglione, Gabe              McMaster               8:50.73
38 Rochus, Paul                 McMaster               8:54.12

Heat 2: Taylor F. and Blair     Heat 3: Jordan, Austen, Taylor R.     Heat 4: Gabe and Paul  

Men's 4x200m

15 McMaster  'A'                                       1:33.92
     1) Huzevka, Brandon                2) Noel, Rich
     3) Ferreira, Kristian              4) Kofia, Arnold

Men's 4x400m

7 McMaster  'A'                                       3:26.35

     1) Noel, Rich                      2) Huzevka, Brandon
     3) Mah, Jeff                       4) Hutchinson, Scott

Up next is a small squad headed to York University this weekend, and a small squad going to Boston University for the Valentines Invitational on February 7th and 8th. 

McGill Team Challenge Preview

Tomorrow morning the Marauders hop on the bus at 7am heading to Montreal for the McGill Team Challenge. The meet starts tomorrow evening with the 60m heats and finals, 1000m finals, and 3000m finals, as well as the 4x200 and 4x800m relays. Tomorrow, Mac has Maddy McDonald and Raquel Burgess in the womens 3k; Blair Morgan, Taylor and Austen Forbes, Jordan Bierema, Taylor Reid, Gabe Ghiglione, and Paul Rochus in the mens, as well as entries in the 60s, men's 4x200, and men and women's 4x800. Other races to watch include the men's 300m and 600m, as 20-year-old Olympic silver medalist Luguelin Santos will be competing.  The full start list can be found here. If anyone is interested in streaming the meet, there will be a live stream hosted by McGill. Here is the meet schedule so you can plan your viewing. If you can't stream, we will be posting live updates on our twitter account, @Mactrackvids.

CIS Rankings

Trackie has put out the track rankings for the CIS, which collects the top 12 times from around the country this season. To see the full list of times in a certain event, click the 'See full list' below each one. The Marauders have one individual and two relays ranked as of this week, but with the McGill Team Challenge coming up this weekend these rankings are sure to be shaken up.

Individual Rankings:
Men's 3000m:

7

Blair Morgan

08:29.28

Relay Rankings: 

Women's 4x400m:

9

McMaster University

04:12.27

Men's 4x800m:

6

McMaster University

08:01.75

Full CIS Rankings

Don Wright Meet Recap

The rest of the Marauder squad who didn't race in Windsor started their season off on Saturday at Western for the Don Wright Invitational. Mac came home with golds in both the men's 1000 and 1500m, as well as some other great performances. Also check out Laura Sinclair's article on the team in the Sil here. 

Full Results

Women`s 60m

Prelims:

4 Rhooms, Latisha McMaster University 8.09

10 Shanmugaratnam, Abi McMaster University 8.47

12 Ebomwonyi, Alma McMaster University 8.72

Finals

4 Rhooms, Latisha McMaster University 8.06

Women`s 1500m

3 Mackinnon, Chelsea McMaster University 4:45.76

6 Burgess, Raquel McMaster University 4:48.09
12 Hodgson, Lizz McMaster University 5:13.10

Women`s 3000m

4 Myers, Kierstin McMaster University 10:30.23

Women's 4x400m

4 McMaster University A 4:10.00 4:12.27 6
1) Rhooms, Latisha 2) Shanmugaratnam, Abi 3) McPherson, Kara 4) Mackinnon, Chelsea

Men`s 60m

Prelims

5 Hutchinson, Scott McMaster University 7.17

7 Kofia, Arnold McMaster University 77.30
12 Ferreira, Kristian McMaster University 7.41

Finals

4 Hutchinson, Scott McMaster University 7.12
8 Kofia, Arnold McMaster University 7.37

Men`s 1000m

1 Tweedle, Jeff McMaster University 2:31.71
3 Deane, Patrick McMaster University 2:33.51
5 Barry, Eric McMaster University 2:33.70
7 Hitchon, Greg McMaster University 2:38.18

Men`s 1500m

1 Forbes, Taylor McMaster University 3:59.53
3 Forbes, Austen McMaster University 4:03.58
4 Bierema, Jordan McMaster University 4:04.44
5 Charbonneau, Luke McMaster University 4:07.71
6 Ghiglione, Gabe McMaster University 4:08.62

Men`s 3000m

6 Van Schepen, Derek McMaster University 9:07.15
8 Lai, Jeramie McMaster University 9:26.95

Up next for the team is the McGill Team Challenge this Friday and Saturday. Check back later this week for a meet preview and a link to the live stream, if available. 

Can-Am Meet Recap

Track season is here! This past weekend marked the first track meet of the year for McMaster, as well as most the OUA. Mac travelled to Windsor to compete in the 33rd Annual Can-Am classic meet.
(All titles link to race videos).

Full Results

Women`s 60m

Prelims:

6 Latisha Rhooms, 7.95 Video

35 Abi Shanmugaratnam, 8.54 Video

Semis
14 Latisha Rhooms, 7.97

Women`s 300m

14 Latisha Rhooms, 42.11

Women`s 600m

10 Kara McPherson, 1:42.72

Women`s 1000m

5 Kaitlyn Pansegrau, 3:05.78

Women`s 1500m

9 Maddy McDonald, 4:42.59 Video

18 Raquel Burgess, 4:55.95 (No video)

Women`s 3000m

15 Adrienne Morgan, 11:11.15

Men`s 60m

Prelims

14 Arnold Kofia, 7.23 Video

28 Kristian Ferreira, 7.40 Video

Semis

16 Arnold Kofia, 7.22

Men`s 300m

17 Rich Noel, 37.29 (No video)

Men`s 600m

2 Brandon Huzevka, 1:24.06

Men`s 1000m

8 Jeff Tweedle, 2:35.19

Men`s 1500m

13 Patrick Deane, 4:02.33 Video

14 Blair Morgan, 4:05.59 Video

Men`s 3000m

2 Paul Rochus, 8:57.42

7 Nick Belore, 9:17.25

Men`s 4x800m

6  McMaster University, 8:01.75
1) Tweedle, Jeff 2) Barry, Eric
3) Huzevka, Brandon 4) Deane, Patrick

Other Results from the CIS:
Dome Super Saturday Meet 2
Prairie Duel

Up next for the team is either the Don Wright meet at Western on Saturday or the McGill Team Challenge on the 25th. Track is Back!