Andrew Yorke - Olympic Alternate!

Triathlon Ontario Article

“I have worked very hard over the last few years and its nice to see that all the instruction and time that my McMaster Coaches and Barrie Shepley have generated for me is turning into strong international performances” said Yorke.

 Trimes Mention
 
Congratulations Yorke! Noone works harder. It's a proud day to be a Marauder.

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London 1500m Night Preview

UPDATE: Added schedule

With 265 entries, one of the biggest meets in Ontario is upon us and it looks like it will be a doozy. One week out from Canadian Nationals/Olympic Trials and athletes are really hitting their form. Katie Anderson will be contesting for a medal in the Women's High Performance section before she heads to Calgary in the same event next week. Their is a total of 8 Marauder's and Marauder Alumni competing tomorrow night, and we are predicting 8 PB's.

Follow @TrackieGroup for twitter highlights, and for live Marauder results follow @G__Rivs and @MacTrackVids. Trackie.ca will have videos posted after the meet that we will link in a recap post.

Weather
After a hot week, it looks like the weather will be set up perfectly for the race, with temperatures cooling off and wind and humidity expected to die down.
Temp~20°C
Wind~NW5-10km/hr
Humidity ~ 50%

Performance Lists

LondonRunner.ca Preview

Last Year's Results

New Balance 1,500m Night Schedule
7:50pm Open Women Section 1 - Seeds 5:10.00+
8:00pm Open Women Section 2 - Seeds 4:57.30-5:09.25
8:09pm Open Women Section 3 - Seeds 4:48.00-4:56.00 - Alison Ludzki
8:18pm Open Women Section 4 - Seeds 4:43.00-4:46.29

8:27pm Open Men Section 1 - Seeds 4:35.00+
8:37pm Open Men Section 2 - Seeds 4:24.00-4:33.47
8:46pm Open Men Section 3 - Seeds 4:16.00-4:20.90
8:55pm Open Men Section 4 - Seeds 4:10.10-4:15.88
9:04pm Open Men Section 5 - Seeds 4:08.00-4:10.00
9:13pm Open Men Section 6 - Seeds 4:05.00-4:07.88 - Taylor Fox
9:22pm Open Men Section 7 - Seeds 4:01.00-4:04.52
9:30pm Invitational Men Section 1 - Seeds <3:47
9:40pm Open Men Section 8 - Seeds 4:00.00-4:00.69 - Eric Barry, Ryan Tice, Jordan Bierema, Sean Bowen

9:48pm High Performance Women Section 1 - Seeds 4:35.13-4:42.93
9:57pm High Performance Women Section 2 - Seeds 4:22.87-4:34.60 - Katie Anderson
10:06pm High Performance Men Section 1 - Seeds 3:59.37-4:00.00
10:14pm High Performance Men Section 2 - Seeds 3:55.99-3:58.98
10:22pm High Performance Men Section 3 - Seeds 3:47.99-3:55.97 - Jeremy Walsh

Marauder Performance list
Seed - Bib# -  Name - Year of Birth - Club - Seed Time
Women's Open                   
24    198    Alison Ludzki    90    Harbour Track    4:50.0
Women's HP                   
4    84    Katie Anderson    90    Harbour Track    4:25.93
Men's Open                   
1    77    Eric Barry    92    London Runner    4:00.0
3    197    Ryan Tice    88    Harbour Track    4:00.0
8    195    Jordan Bierema    92    Harbour Track    4:00.0
10    196    Sean Bowen    90    Harbour Track    4:00.0
47    212    Taylor Fox    92    Newmarkert Huskie    4:06.87
Men's HP                   
9    70    Jeremy Walsh    90    London Runner    3:54.25

Last Week's Results at a Glance (June 11-17, 2012)

Another successful week for Marauders past and present, where every athlete hit the podium.On Friday was the Cambridge Classic Mile, where both Pauline Skowron and Jeremy Walsh medalled in the open events on the crushed gravel track. On Sunday, several Maruaders were at Guelph Lake Triathlon, including alumni Sean Bechtel taking 2nd in the men's Olympic race, with Andrew Bysice in 3rd. The relay event at Guelph Lake was won by a team comprised of Taylor Forbes, Lindsay Carson, and Steph MacNeill. Wrapping up the podium weekend was Katie Anderson with a 2nd place in Windsor with a 2:10 800m (outdoor PB?).

Also we recap results we've missed in the past couple weeks including some great track performances from Taylor Fox, and a 5k by MacNeill and Claire Stewart. If you have any other Marauder results be it from last year or within the last 100 years, let us know!

Cambridge Classic Mile - June 15, 2012

Women 1 Mile Open

3 Pauline Skowron              Not Registered         5:40.25 

Men 1 Mile Open

1 Jeremy Walsh              90 London Runner Di       4:22.49 

Subaru Guelph Lake Triathlon - June 17, 2012

Olympic Triathlon

	Name	City		Time				1500m Swim	40.0 km BIKE	10.0 km RUN	T1	T2
2	Sean BECHTEL	Orangeville		1:54:55.9				19:20 1:18	58:05 41.3	35:53 3:36	0:51	0:50
3	Andrew BYSICE	Oakville		1:58:01.8				19:24 1:18	1:02:59 38.1	34:03 3:25	0:54	0:44

Triathlon Relay
McMaster Mavericks
Swim - Taylor Forbes, Bike - Lindsay Carson, Run - Steph MacNeill

 1  2:10:24.8 McMaster Mavericks  Cambridge 1/28  Relay   1706    1    1 20:01  1:21   0:52    5    5 1:10:20 34.1   0:52    1    1   38:23  3:51 

Ontario Spring Prep Meet, Nat Jr. Qualifier & Relays, Windsor - June 17, 2012

Women 800 Meter Run Open

2 Anderson, Katie 90 Harbour Track 2:10.91

Missed results

Toronto Tuesday Twilight Spring Series 2012 - May 22, 2012

Men 800 Meter Run 

1  1432 Fox, Taylor            Newmarket Huskie       1:59.69  

Moon in June 5k - June 2, 2012

Place	Bib#	Name	City	Time			Pace	ChipTime
6	303	Stephanie Macneill	Hamilton	17:54			3:35	17:51
9	479	Claire Stewart	Mississauga	19:14			3:51	19:11

YUTC Twilight Series Meet #1  - June 5, 2012

Men 1500 Meter Open3 Fox, Taylor 92 Newmarker Huskie 4:06.87

TheSpec Article on new Track and Recruits

We thought about just adding this post to the last as an update, but decided that it deserves it's own mention.

TheSpec posted an article about the new track at Mac. We'll break it down for those too lazy to read all 529 words.

1. The old track was built in 1983
2. Paula Schnurr went to the Olympics. Twice.
3. The new track will be 8-lane Mondo surface with FieldTurf
4. A name for the track is aimed to be released at the end of the month. We are suggesting "MacTrack" or "The Jeremy Walsh Experience"
5. With the new track the successful Twilight series will return.
6. Verbal commitments have been made and released from Madeline McDonald of Toronto Lawrence Park and Connor Darlington of Oshawa R.S. McLaughlin!

We'll keep you posted on further updates.

Update: Canadian Running Magazine also chimed in

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McMaster University's New Outdoor Track

 McMaster is getting a brand new track!

Update: Added pictures curtsey of Steph MacNeill

At this point, the excavation is mostly complete, and the new track surface will be put down over a two month process beginning this week or next week. Completion is expected at the end of August. We'll keep you posted with the progress, and make sure your the first to see the brand new facility.

Reminiscing

Many great races and events have been on the old track, and I'd like to take a minute to remember them. Personally, I'll remember the fighting through solo workouts in the summer heat, and running laps at 4am with great friends for Relay for Life.

Mac Alumni Andrew Douglas Performing at Relay for Life 2010

But if we had to pick a video that the Mac track would be remembered for, we're going to have to pick this one. If you haven't seen this yet it's an absolute must see. Greg Anderson from Dundas Parkside runs 8:00.2 to win the Ofsaa 3000m in 1987. It is still the Ofsaa record 25 tears later. Greg's final 800m was 2:00, and final 1500m was 3:55. This was a North American record for 22 years until German Hernandez from California bested it in 2009. An intent observer can even see Guy Shultz (assistant coach at Western for both cross and track) finishing third in 8:31.70.

We'll miss you Mac track.

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First Look at Racing Schedules 2012/13

Events bolded are those where McMaster Marauder teams will likely be sent.

Cross Schedule

September 9, 2012
TBA	Laurentian Open	@ Sudbury
September 15, 2012
TBA	McGill Open	@ Montreal
TBA	Queen\'s Invitational	@ Kingston
September 22, 2012
TBA	Western International Invitational	@ London - Thames Valley GC
September 29, 2012
TBA	University of Waterloo Don Mills Open	@ Waterloo
TBA	Sean Earl Invite	@ Loyola University - Chicago
October 4, 2012
TBA	Western Mustang Open	@ London - Gibbons Park
October 13, 2012
TBA	Windsor Open	@ Windsor
TBA	New Balance Vic Matthews Open	@ Guelph
October 20, 2012
TBA	Brock Open	@ St. Catharines
October 27, 2012
TBA	OUA Championships	@ York, Toronto
November 10, 2012
TBA	CIS Championships	@ Western - Thames Valley GC

Track Schedule

November 17, 2012
TBA	Guelph Meet	@ University of Guelph
November 20, 2012
TBA	Purple and White	@ Western University
November 21, 2012
TBA	Purple and White	@ Western University
November 22, 2012
TBA	Purple and White	@ Western University
TBA	Red and White	@ York University
November 23, 2012
TBA	Red and White	@ York University
December 1, 2012
TBA	Western Season Opener	@ Western University
TBA	Christmas Open	@ York University
December 4, 2012
TBA	Blue and Gold Meet	@ University of Windsor
December 5, 2012
TBA	Blue and Gold Meet	@ University of Windsor
December 15, 2012
TBA	Super Saturday Series	@ University of Ottawa
December 16, 2012
TBA	Christmas Open	@ University of Windsor
January 4, 2013
TBA	Tenka Classic	@ University of Guelph
January 5, 2013
TBA	Tenka Classic	@ University of Guelph
TBA	Sharon Anderson Meet	@ University of Toronto
January 11-12, 2013
TBA	Can Am Meet	@ University of Windsor
January 18, 2013
TBA	Fred Foot Pentathalon	@ University of Toronto
January 19, 2013
TBA	Don Wright Meet	@ University of Western Ontario
TBA	Fred Foot	@ University of Toronto
January 25-26, 2013
TBA	McGill Team Challenge	@ McGill University
February 2, 2013
TBA	York Open	@ York University
TBA	Meyo Invitational	@ Notre Dame University	*Expected date
February 8, 2013
TBA	Windsor Team Challenge	@ University of Windsor
TBA	Valentine Invitational	@ Boston University	*Expected date
February 9, 2013
TBA	Winter National Capital Invitational	@ University of Ottawa
TBA	Windsor Team Challenge	@ University of Windsor
TBA	Valentine Invitational	@ Boston University	*Expected date
February 12, 2013
TBA	Super Saturday Series	@ University of Ottawa
February 15, 2013
TBA	Gryphons Throw Summit and Pent	@ University of Guelph
TBA	Hal Brown Last Chance Meet	@ University of Toronto
February 16, 2013
TBA	Gryphon Track Open	@ University of Guelph
TBA	Last Chance - McGill	@ McGill University
February 22-23, 2013
TBA	OUA Championships	@ TBD
March 7-9, 2013
TBA	CIS Championships	@ University of Alberta

Schedules taken from here
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Last Week's Results at a Glance

Lots of Marauder's and Alumni racing lately so let's recap some of the results of late.

June 2, 2012 -  ITU  Dallas

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country		Time	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
13	John	Rasmussen	CAN		02:02:36	00:18:24	00:00:49	01:01:36	00:00:43	00:40:59
14	Taylor	Reid	CAN		02:02:57	00:19:25	00:00:53	01:03:05	00:00:53	00:38:37

 

June 5, 2012 - YUTC#1

Men's 400m  

5 Hutchinson, Scott         90 Harbour Track            48.95   2 

Women's 400m  

7 Tat, Jessica              91 Harbour Track            59.23   2 

Women's 1500m  

7 Ludzki, Alison            90 Harbour Track          4:55.28   

 

June 6, 2012 - P-K/Queen's Mile Challenge and Distance Allcomers

Men's 3000m 

3 Blair Morgan, Unattached                    8:46.8

Men's Mile 

4 Jeremy Walsh, London Runner            4:11.9 

 

June 10, 2012 - RCLDS#3

Women's 1500m - Videos
1 Katie Anderson 90 Harbour Track 4:25.93
Women's 3000m - Videos
6 Alison Ludzki 90 Harbour Track 11:00.09
Men's 1500m - Videos
8 Jordan Bierema 92 Harbour Track 4:02.40
9 Jeremy Walsh 90 London Runner Di 4:02.56
10 Eric Barry 92 London Runner Di 4:04.59
15 Sean Bowen 90 Harbour Track 4:08.52
Men's 3000m - Video
10 Ryan Tice 88 Harbour Track 8:54.14