MacTrack Interviews - Connor Darlington

Name - Connor Darlington
Nickname - Conny, Darling, Jonathan, World
Program - Environmental & Earth Science
Year - 1
Event Speciality - 1000m
Season Goal - PB in 1000m

Notable PBs
800m - 1:52.46
1500m - 3:56.68
3000m - 8:36.39

MacTrack Interviews - Derek Van Schepen

Name - Derek Van Schepen
Nickname - D-Rock
Program - Business - Commerce
Year - 1
Event Speciality - Cross
Season Goal - PB in 3000m, 1500m

MacTrack Interviews - Sean Bowen

Name - Sean Bowen
Nickname - Basil
Program - Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Year - 5
Event Speciality - 1500m
Season Goal - Sub 4 1500m

Cross Results (to 11/12 season)
Indoor Track Results

Notable PBs
1500m - 4:03
3000m - 8:53
5000m - 16:05
10km - 34:20

MacTrack Interviews - Jeremy Walsh

Track is back and it's time to get to know some of the members of the 2013 track team.

                           

Name - Jeremy Walsh
Nickname - JWalsh, Quadzilla
Program - Engineering Physics, Nuclear Engineering and Energy Systems
Year - 4
Event Speciality - 1500m
Season Goal - Qualify for CIS

Cross Results (to 11/12 season)
Indoor Track Results

Notable PBs
1000m - 2:30.25i
1500m - 3:50.39
3000m - 8:39.17i

Prank Wars 2012

With a lack of racing as of late, the McMaster team has become restless. With the illusion of freetime during exams and pent-up energy, the cross country team has taken to pranks to let off some energy. Two sides have formed as the male cross country team competes against the women's.

The first strike was a blocking of the girl's house's front door with a couch and a shopping cart with some shoelaces tied around for good measure.

The second strike was again on the girls with a festive wrapping of one of their cars.

 To complete the trifecta, the guys had one more prank on the ladies, which was termed the fish bomb.




So the girls finally retorted by throwing a bucket full of fish onto an unsuspecting guy and all over the floor.



This likely won't be the end of Prank Wars, but we'll at least start racing track soon. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

#tw

2013 CIS Indoor Track and Field Standards

Qualifying Standards

2013 CIS Indoor Track and Field Championships

March 7-9, 2013

University of Alberta

Prepared by Claude Berube

WOMEN’S STANDARDS

CIS EVENT	STANDARD	EQUIVALENT EVENT STANDARD
60m	7.63	6.55 (50m), 7.09 (55m)
300m	39.63	24.72 (200m), 55.66 (400m)
600m	1:31.66 ***	55.66 (400m), 2:09.13 (800m)
1000m	2:48.64 ***	2:09.13 (800m)
1500m	4:28.25 ***	4:49.95 (Mile)
3000m	9:47.19	16:54.55 (5000m)
60m Hurdles	8.72 ***	7.42 (50m H), 8.07 (55m H)
4x200m	1:41.43 ***	48.79 (4x100m)
4x400m	3:50.15 ***	3:51.25 (4x440y)
4x800m	9:03.25 ***	9:06.54 (4x880y)
High Jump	1.71 ***
Pole Vault	3.72
Long Jump	5.73 ***
Triple Jump	12.04
Shot Put	13.31
20 lb. W.T.	17.12 ***
Pentathlon	3515

Note 1:            Standards based on sixth (6th) in final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings for past three (3) years with exception of the 1000m and the 4 x 800 m where the standards are based on fifth (5th) in the final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings for the past three (3) years.

Note 2:            Events marked *** are sixth (6th) place (or fifth (5^th) place in the case of the 1000m and 4 x 800m) in the previous year’s final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings where the event standard was achieved by eight (8) or more individuals/teams in the final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings (see rule D.10.1.2.1).

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MEN’S STANDARDS

CIS EVENT	STANDARD	EQUIVALENT EVENT STANDARD
60m	6.82	5.91 (50m), 6.37 (55m)
300m	34.25 ***	21.77 (200m), 48.44 (400m)
600m	1:19.81	48.44 (400m), 1:51.41 (800m)
1000m	2:24.45 ***	1:51.41 (800m)
1500m	3.48.50 ***	4:06.63 (Mile)
3000m	8:17.70	14:20.16 (5000m)
60m Hurdles	8.30	7.07 (50m H), 7.74 (55m H)
4x200m	1:28.82	43.00(4x100m)
4x400m	3:18.11 ***	3:19.09 (4x440y)
4x800m	7:35.82 ***	7:37.98 (4x880y)
High Jump	2.02
Pole Vault	4.74
Long Jump	7.09
Triple Jump	14.19
Shot Put	16.22
35 lb. W.T.	17.50 ***
Pentathlon	3569

Note 1:            Standards based on sixth (6th) in final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings for past three (3) years with exception of the 1000m and the 4 x 800 m where the standards are based on fifth (5th) in the final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings for the past three (3) years.

Note 2:            Events marked *** are sixth (6th) place (or fifth (5^th) place in the case of the 1000m and 4 x 800m) in the previous year’s final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings where the event standard was achieved by eight (8) or more individuals/teams in the final Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings (see rule D.10.1.2.1).

 #tw

Nerds

Something odd has swept over the McMaster team this year. The guys can't stop playing mario kart, the girls can't stop posting things about cats, and every verbal or text sentence is ended with a #hashtag. The McMaster Cross Country team has gone geek. It's gotten to the point where a night out is everyone meeting up to play Settlers of Catan. Where every workout we taunt each other by saying "risk, risk, risk". Even now that we are in exams, we study only for breaks from reddit. That on the living room wall of one of the team houses is a giant map of Middle Earth. You know, in case we needed to navigate between Helm's Deep and Hobbiton.

Speaking of Lord of the Rings and related Tolkien fantasy, seemingly endless debates sprout up once a week about one of the many characters. The opening of the Hobbit is looked forward to far more than Christmas as some even go so far as to say that the Mayans were counting down to its opening. Even for Halloween, Lord of the Rings was the theme:

Moral of the story is simple. If you are a friend or family of someone on the team looking for a gift idea, you probably want to head over to something like thinkgeek.com instead of buying another v-neck sweater. Above all else, stay 1337 my friends, and may the force be with you. #nerds