OUA Track Championships 2016
February 26-27th, 2016
St. Denis Center, Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse, Windsor
"McMaster's distance unit continued to excel this weekend, taking home three bronze medals from the OUA Track and Field Championships hosted by the Windsor Lancers on Friday and Saturday.
Beaten only by the pair of Toronto's Sacha Smart and Windsor's Corey Bellemore —who both broke the previous OUA meet record — Mac's Jeff Tweedle came away from the 1000m event with a bronze medal and beat the CIS standard with a time of 2:24.13.
He was back in action again as the Marauders notched a pair of podium places in the 4x800m relays, with Tweedle, Connor Darlington, Nick Kondrat and Matt Napier winning OUA bronze and beating the CIS standard in a time of 7:40.43, while the women's team of Chelsea Mackinnon, Emily Nowak, Kaitlyn Pansegrau and Maddie Benjamin also won bronze.
Other scores for the Marauders came courtesy of Benjamin, who crossed the line seventh in the 1500m event in a time of 4:41.71, and veteran Blair Morgan, who finished fifth in the 3000m with a time of 8:22.05."
- From Marauders.ca
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| Bronze Medallists in the Relay for Women and Men in 4x800m PC: Maxine Gravina |
Great Marauder results include:
Women's 1000m
10 Chelsea Mackinnon 2:54.95
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| Jeff Tweedle in the M 1000m PC: Maxine Gravina |
Men's 1000m
3 Jeff Tweede 2.24.13
13 Patrick Deane 2.33.62
21 Rhys Thomas 2.39.36
Men's 60m
18 Joshua Andrews 7.27
22 Jacob Gareau 7.33
Women's 3000m
10 Gabrielle Foran 10:30.03
12 Erin Mawhinney 10:32.06
Men's 3000m
5 Blair Morgan 8:22.05
12 Taylor Forbes 8:44.84
14 Derek Van Schepen 8:47.77
Women's 300m
25 Katie Falla 44.55
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| Maddie Benjamin, Chelsea Mackinnon and Emily Nowak in the W 1000m PC: Maxine Gravina |
Men's 300m
19 Luke Yaeger 36.94
Women's 4x800m
3 McMaster 9:16.34
Men's 4x800m
3 McMaster 7:44.62
Men's 600m
10 Rhys Thomas 1:23.47
15 Luke Yaeger 1:24.62
Women's 1500m
7 Maddie Benjamin 4:41.71
14 Chelsea Mackinnon 4:47.22
18 Emily Nowak 4:51.91
Full Results HERE
Photos by Maxine Gravina HERE
This OUA competition also marked the last race as a Marauder for a number of competitors: Chelsea Mackinnon, Gabrielle Foran, Blair Morgan, Taylor Forbes, Derek Van Schepen. They were each valuable members of the team, and while they will be missed, we know they will continue to achieve great things both on and off the track!
CIS Track Championships 2016
The CIS Championships are happening THIS WEEKEND at York University!
Marauders competing include:
Jeff Tweedle, M 1000m (Friday, 5:10pm)
Connor Darlington, M 3000m (Friday. 6:50pm)
Jeff Tweedle, Connor Darlington, Matthew Napier, Nick Kondrat, M 4x800m (Friday, 8:15pm)
FISU Cross Country Championship 2016
Captain Blair Morgan and Coach Paula Schnurr are currently in Cassino, Italy for the FISU Cross Country Championships. Blair is one of the 6 Men who will race on the 10.7km course at 12:00 noon Italy Time (6:00 AM Hamilton time). Paula is there as an assistant coach for the Canadian Team.
This promises to be an exciting weekend!
