Race Recap: McGill Team Challenge

This past weekend the Marauders travelled to Montreal to compete in their biggest Canadian meet of the season, the McGill team challenge. Mac came out of the meet with a few more rankings in the CIS top 12, and a gold, silver, and 5th place finish from the men's 3000m, as well as a 4th place finish by Chelsea Mackinnon in the 1500m.

Men's 60m:
Prelims
29 Gareau, Jacob McMaster 7.34

Men's 300m:
66 Gareau, Jacob McMaster 39.88

Women's 600m:
34 Hopkins, Kylie McMaster 1:40.84

Men's 600m:
13 Mah, Jeff McMaster 1:22.87
41 Bomers, Nick McMaster 1:27.12
43 Wyman, Ben McMaster 1:27.53
46 Yaeger, Luke McMaster 1:28.31

Women's 1000m:
9 Mackinnon, Chelsea McMaster 2:55.16

Men's 1000m:
6 Tweedle, Jeff McMaster 2:27.76
30 Thomas, Rhys McMaster 2:39.50

Women's 1500m:
4 Mackinnon, Chelsea McMaster 4:36.86
17 Benjamin, Madeleine McMaster 4:45.67
43 Mawhinney, Erin McMaster 4:57.81
46 Pansegrau, Kaitlyn McMaster 4:58.41
52 Nowak, Emily McMaster 5:00.12
53 Locco, Lauren McMaster 5:00.34

Men's 1500m:
7 Forbes, Taylor McMaster 3:54.36
9 Morgan, Blair McMaster 3:55.57
17 Charbonneau, Luke McMaster 3:59.46
20 Forbes, Austen McMaster 4:00.85
33 Kondrat, Nick McMaster 4:06.31
47 Deane, Patrick McMaster 4:11.08

Women's 3000m:
22 Foran, Gabrielle McMaster 10:29.29
24 Myers, Kierstin McMaster 10:33.17

Men's 3000m:
1 Forbes, Taylor McMaster 8:19.66
2 Morgan, Blair McMaster 8:21.93
5 Forbes, Austen McMaster 8:28.87
14 Kondrat, Nick McMaster 8:39.47
34 Meizinger, Ivan McMaster 9:00.41
39 Deane, Patrick McMaster 9:08.55

Men's 4x200m:
11 McMaster 'A' 1:34.99
1) Wyman, Ben 2) Noel, Richard 3) Mah, Jeff 4) Gareau, Jacob

Men's 4x400m:
10 McMaster 'A' 3:30.46
1) Yaeger, Luke 2) Mah, Jeff 3) Bomers, Nick 4) Napier, Matt

Women's 4x800m:
5 McMaster 'A' 9:40.78
1) Benjamin, Madeleine 2) Nowak, Emily 3) Hopkins, Kylie 4) Pansegrau, Kaitlyn

Full Results

Marauders in the CIS Top 12:
Jeff Tweedle, 12th, Men's 1000m
Chelsea Mackinnon, 12th, Women's 1000m
Taylor Forbes, 12th, Men's 1500m
Taylor Forbes, 6th, Men's 3000m
Blair Morgan, 10th, Men's 3000m
Women's 4x800m, 10th
Full Rankings

This weekend part of the team will travel to York, while the rest recover and train for Boston or Windsor in two weeks time.

Race Recap: 32nd Annual Don Wright Team Challenge

This past weekend the Marauders headed to their second meet of the season at the 32nd Annual Don Wright Team Challenge. The team came home with golds in both the men's and women's 1k and the men's 1500, as well as a bronze in the men's 1500. You can check out the Marauders.ca recap of the first two meets here.

Men's 60m:
Prelims:
4 Gareau, Jacob McMaster Mauraders 7.30Q
5 Kofia, Arnold McMaster Mauraders 7.21q
Finals:
6 Kofia, Arnold McMaster Mauraders 7.26
7 Gareau, Jacob McMaster Mauraders 7.30

Men's 300m:
3 Noel, Richard McMaster Mauraders 37.36
5 Yaeger, Luke McMaster Mauraders 38.43
7 Bomers, Nick McMaster Mauraders 38.56

Women's 600m:
5 Hopkins, Kylie McMaster Mauraders 1:40.37
7 McPherson, Kara McMaster Mauraders 1:45.23

Men's 600m:
7 Bomers, Nick McMaster Mauraders 1:28.06

Women's 1000m:
1 Mackinnon, Chelsea McMaster Mauraders 2:55.48

Men's 1000m:
1 Tweedle, Jeff McMaster Mauraders 2:29.38
4 Charbonneau, Luke McMaster Mauraders 2:33.68
5 Napier, Matt McMaster Mauraders 2:34.33
7 Kondrat, Nick McMaster Mauraders 2:35.40
8 Thomas, Rhys McMaster Mauraders 2:37.96

Women's 1500m:
7 Benjamin, Madeleine McMaster Mauraders 4:49.24
10 Myers, Kierstin McMaster Mauraders 4:55.00
12 Mawhinney, Erin McMaster Mauraders 4:57.04
13 Foran, Gabrielle McMaster Mauraders 4:59.64
14 Locco, Lauren McMaster Mauraders 4:59.98
15 Nowak, Emily McMaster Mauraders 5:03.56
17 Gravina, Maxine McMaster Mauraders 5:06.40

Men's 1500m:
1 VanSchepen, Derek McMaster Mauraders 4:02.40
3 Deane, Patrick McMaster Mauraders 4:03.82
9 Wilson, Peter McMaster Mauraders 4:21.13

Women's 4x400m:
3 McMaster Mauraders 'A' 4:11.10

Full Results

For his win in the 1500, Derek Van Schepen was named the Pita Pit Athlete of the Week. 

After this meet thereare 4 Marauders ranked in the top 12 as well as 2 teams: 

Jeff Tweedle, 5th, Men's 1000m

Luke Charbonneau, 7th, Men's 1000m

Chelsea Mackinnon, 6th, Women's 1000m

Taylor Forbes, 10th, Men's 1500m

Men's 4x400m, 11th

Women's 4x400m, 10th

Full Rankings

This weekend most of the team will travel to Montreal for the 20th Annual McGill Team Challenge. You can view the start lists here, and Trackie will also be showing the live stream of the meet here starting Friday evening. 

Race Recap: Windsor Can Am Meet

Last weekend the Marauders opened up the 2015 season at the Windsor Can Am Classic. It was a rust-buster for many, but a few performances are ranked in the CIS Top 12 after this weekend. 

Men's 60m:
Prelims:

17 Jacob Gareau                 McMaster University       7.27q

Semis:

18 Jacob Gareau                 McMaster University       7.40

Women's 600m:
12 Kara McPherson               McMaster University    1:46.23


Men's 600m:
4 Jeff Mah                      McMaster University    1:24.64
9 Nick Bomers                   McMaster University    1:27.31 
10 Ben Wyman                    McMaster University    1:27.38


Men's 1000m:
3 Luke Charbonneau              McMaster University    2:30.57
10 Rhys Thomas                  McMaster University    2:42.93


Women's 1500m:
11 Chelsea Mackinnon            McMaster University    4:44.64
14 Madeline McDonald            McMaster University    4:51.77
17 Madeleine Benjamin           McMaster University    4:54.81   
18 Erin Mawhinney               McMaster University    4:56.22    
20 Lauren Locco                 McMaster University    5:03.71   
21 Maxine Gravina               McMaster University    5:06.40   
22 Kaitlyn Pansegrau            McMaster University    5:16.42



Men's 1500m:
7 Taylor Forbes                 McMaster University    3:54.61   
11 Blair Morgan                 McMaster University    3:58.98   
12 Jeff Tweedle                 McMaster University    4:02.44   
14 Patrick Deane                McMaster University    4:03.36  
17 Nick Kondrat                 McMaster University    4:05.69   
19 Derek Van Schepen            McMaster University    4:05.94   
23 Austen Forbes                McMaster University    4:07.12   
34 Paul Rochus                  McMaster University    4:18.18   
36 Peter Wilson                 McMaster University    4:23.94

Men's 4x400m:
6 McMaster University  'A'                            3:36.52
     1) Jeff Mah                        2) Nick Bomers         
     3) Ben Wyman                       4)            

Full Results


After this weekend, there are 4 Marauders ranked in the CIS Top 12:
Brandon Huzevka, 11th, Men's 600
Luke Charbonneau, 5th, Men's 1000
Taylor Forbes, 7th, Men's 1500
Blair Morgan, 12th, Men's 1500
Full Rankings

This weekend, some of the team will head to Western while others rest for the McGill Team Challenge next weekend!