HUGE Weekend at BU Invitational

BU David Hemery Invitational

Last Thursday morning, most of the McMaster Track crew loaded onto the bus for the drive down to Boston for the 2016 BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational. The Marauders have competed there the past few years, however this is the first time they sent a whole bus load of competitors.

Rookie Megan Black in the W Mile PC: Pete Self

As in the past, the BU track seems to have a bit of magic in its ability to bring out fantastic performances. When the pieces fall into place at the right time, all the hard work and preparation can result in blazing personal bests.

This weekend beat last year's record of 13 Personal Bests in one weekend, this year there were 18 PBs!!
Especially exciting was Connor Darlington's New School Record in the 3000m, breaking the previous 42-year old record by 0.4 seconds!


Here are the results from this weekend:

2016 BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Feb 12 & 13th, 2016

Boston, MA


Women's Mile

Benjamin, Maddie             McMaster               5:04.83 PB!

Locco, Lauren                McMaster               5:28.31 PB!

Black, Megan                 McMaster               5:19.82 PB!

Women's 1000m

Mackinnon, Chelsea           McMaster               2:49.85 PB!

Pansegrau, Kaitlyn           McMaster               3:00.22 PB!

Women's 3000m

Foran, Gabrielle             McMaster              10:10.99 PB!

Mawhinney, Erin              McMaster              10:32.86

Nowak, Emily                 McMaster              10:37.16

Men's 1000m

Tweedle, Jeff                McMaster               2:24.00

Napier, Matthew              McMaster               2:29.80 PB!

Thomas, Rhys                 McMaster               2:32.61 PB!

Men's 500m

Yaeger, Luke                 McMaster               1:05.62 PB!

Men's Mile

Deane, Patrick               McMaster               4:20.76 PB!

MacGillivray, Christian      McMaster               4:19.33 PB!

Men's 3000m

Darlington, Connor           McMaster               8:11.98 PB! New McMaster School Record

Forbes, Taylor               McMaster               8:16.70 PB!

Morgan, Blair                McMaster               8:17.79 PB!

Kondrat, Nick                McMaster               8:24.87 PB!

Van Schepen, Derek           McMaster               8:24.89 PB!

Ghiglione, Gabriel           McMaster               8:35.86 PB!

Morgan and Forbes in the M 3000m
PC: Pete Self

Favero, Jonathan             McMaster               8:37.21 PB!

See FULL RESULTS HERE

Coach Pete Self's PHOTOS:

DAY 1: Women's Races

DAY 2: Men's Races

Race videos are available on Flotrack PRO but will hopefully be available soon.

Many of these results also ranked among the All-Time Top McMaster performances on the indoor track from the past 40 years.

Check them out on the updates All-Time Lists here. (Thanks Pete!)

The Marauders also ran at two meets at U of T the weekends before and after Boston. Check out the full results at the links below.

2016 Sharon Anderson Meet

The Marauders used Sharon Anderson as a warm-up meet for the following weekend in Boston. A few racers also culminated their seasons here. Highlights include PBs for Emily Nowak in the 1500m, Kaitlyn Pansegrau in the 600m and dominating wins for both the Men and Women's 4x800m teams!

Sharon Anderson

Feb 6th, 2016

Toronto

Full Results: http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/results_docs/sharon-anderson-meet2016-02-07-17-29-38.pdf

See Photos by Maxine Gravina HERE

2016 Hal Brown Last Chance

This past weekend after Boston, a few Marauders headed back to UofT to get in a few last, fast efforts before OUAs this upcoming weekend. This was also the last race of the season for a few athletes.

Highlights include PBs for Gabrielle Foran in the 1500m, and Josh Andrews in the 60m!

Hal Brown

Feb 19th, 2016

Toronto

Full Results: http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/results_docs/hal-brown-uoft-last-chance2016-02-20-02-22-20.pdf

The Marauders will be racing next weekend at the 2016 OUA Track and Field Championships in Windsor, Feb 26-27th. 

York Open and Other Results

The indoor seasons continued for the Marauders at the York Open on January 30th, which saw many Marauders continue their quest for Boston and OUA times. 

York University Open 2016 - January 30th

Men's 60m

Prelims

42 Gareau, Jacob               McMaster University       7.43

Women's 300m

36 Falla, Katie                McMaster University      45.49

Men's 600m

6 Thomas, Rhys                 McMaster University    1:24.76

Men's 1000m

5 Napier, Matthew              McMaster University    2:33.82

9 Adams, Chris                 McMaster University    2:37.75

Women's 1000m

3 Mackinnon, Chelsea           McMaster University    2:58.53

5 Pansegrau, Kaitlyn           McMaster University    3:02.55

Men's 1500m

1 Tweedle, Jeffrey             McMaster University    3:57.21   
3 Kondrat, Nick                McMaster University    3:58.92   
7 Van Schepen, Derek           McMaster University    4:00.70   
8 Macgillivray, Christian      McMaster University    4:03.36   
11 Deane, Patrick              McMaster University    4:09.79   
13 Favero, Jonathan            McMaster University    4:14.31   
19 Charbonneau, Luke           McMaster University    4:21.57 

Women's 1500m

4 Mackinnon, Chelsea           McMaster University    4:46.75

7 Foran, Gabrielle             McMaster University    4:54.32

Women's 3000m

4 Mawhinney, Erin              McMaster University   10:31.26   
5 Nowak, Emily                 McMaster University   10:31.43   

9 Locco, Lauren                McMaster University   10:47.32   
10 Black, Megan                McMaster University   10:55.19   
11 Head, Alison                McMaster University   11:15.34   
14 Kelly, Alannah              McMaster University   11:31.50 

Full Results

This past weekend also saw alumni Andrew Yorke compete at the Boston Terrier 5000m for the alumni club Hamilton Bombers. Andrew finished in a personal best time of 14:32.96, good for 18th place. Full 5000m results are here. 

The weekend of January 23rd saw one Marauder take to the streets of Burlington in the Robbie Burns 8k. Adrienne Morgan won her age-group and finished as the 15th overall female. Full results can be found here. 

Next up for the team is the Sharon Anderson meet hosted by the University of Toronto this weekend, while the rest of the Marauders rest up for the Boston Valentines Meet on February 12th and 13th.