WINDSOR MEN LEAD AT NATIONALS
The Huskies, vying to defend both national banners this weekend, enjoy a slight two-point advantage over the Lancers (39-37) on the women's side, with Western Ontario a distant third with 28 points after Friday's events. The Saskatchewan women are three-time defending CIS champions, and have claimed five of the past six titles.
The picture is far different in men's competition where the Lancers have opened a nine-point gap between them and second-place Toronto. Reigning champion Saskatchewan is tied for eighth place, trailing by a full 17 points.
The story of the day on Friday belongs to Ueli Albert of Dalhousie, who scored a huge upset winning the gold medal in the men's 1000-metre with a time of 2:28.75. Albert went into the race seeded last among the 10 competitors.
The 2006 CIS meet resumes and ends on Saturday, with finals starting at 1:10 p.m. CST.
Following is an event-by-event recap of the 15 finals contested on day two.
Championship web site (complete results): www.cisport.ca/e/championships/track/2006
WOMEN
LONG JUMP
Going into the championship ranked No. 3, Calgary's Diana Gruber won the gold with a personal best of 5.87m. Regina's Nicole McKell maintained her pre-meet rank with a jump of 5.80m. Seventh-ranked Jen Sulpher of Western won the bronze, tying her season best at 5.72m. Number one-ranked Kelley Park placed fourth.
60 M HURDLES
The lone athlete from the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) stood atop the podium for the 60m Hurdles. Ranked second going in, Marie-Ève Dugas had a season best of 8.49, knocking off 2006 CIS outstanding field event performer of the season Kelley Park of Windsor. Park recorded a time of 8.62 for the silver, while defending CIS champion Andrea Vinet of Saskatchewan won the bronze at 8.66.
POLE VAULT
Fifth-ranked Janice Creighton of Windsor won the gold with a season best of 4.00m. Canada West female field athlete of the year Adrianne Vangool of Saskatchewan won silver at 3.95m. Her teammate, third-ranked rookie Leah Vause won the bronze at 3.75m.
1000 M
Second-ranked Megan Brown of Toronto won gold with a time of 2:49.84. 2006 CIS outstanding track event performer of the season Jaqueline Malette of Windsor won the silver with a time of 2:52.21. Third-ranked Renee Kaylor of Calgary won the bronze at 2:52.70.
SHOT PUT
Second-ranked Heather Patterson of Western won the gold with a season-best of 13.89m. Canada West student athlete community service award winner Megan Reid of Saskatchewan was a silver medalist for the second straight year, with a throw of 13.52m. With four fouls in six tries, Laura Van Dam's first try was a throw of 13.32m, which earned the Windsor athlete a bronze medal. Third-ranked Chantel Spies of Saskatchewan placed sixth.
3000 M
The gold and silver went, as expected in the 3000m, to Toronto's Beth Wightman and St. Francis Xavier's Erin MacLean, respectively. Saskatchewan's Ashley Hinther passed Victoria's Tiffany Evans coming around the final stretch, to win the bronze and improve her fourth-spot ranking.
300 M
The women's 300m went according to rankings, with 2006 CIS female rookie of the year Carline Muir of Alberta at number one, Montreal's Martine Cloutier-Leblanc at number two, and Manitoba's Sharon Drake at number three. Muir had a season best of 38.51, as did Drake at 39.46.
4x800 M RELAY
Second-ranked Toronto won the gold at 9:09.47. With McGill disqualified because of an unclean baton exchange, number one-ranked Windsor bumped up to a silver medal performance at 9:11.79, while fifth-ranked Saskatchewan won the bronze with a season best of 9:12.94. Two Calgary runners fell, with the second fall causing them not to finish the race. (Note: McGill's
disqualification is currently being appealed.)
MEN
WEIGHT THROW
2006 CIS outstanding field event performer of the season Matt Doherty of Alberta maintained his ranking, winning gold with a throw of 18.31m. Sean Steacy of Lethbridge, brother of Jim Steacy - last year's defending national champion - went into the competition ranked fifth. He ended up with a silver medal, with a throw of 17.93m. Ranked No. 3, Guelph's Owen Willems won the bronze with a throw of 17.77m. Willems' teammate Teo Schwartzentruber, who came into the event ranked second, finished in fifth spot.
HIGH JUMP
Toronto's No. 1 ranked Mark Dillion, who won a CIS bronze medal last year, jumped a season-best of 2.19m for a gold medal finish in the high jump. Defending national champion Mitch Vermue of Western won the silver and third-ranked Jon Odumeru of Guelph won the bronze.
60 M HURDLES
No. 1-ranked Mark Stewart of Toronto won the gold with a time of 8.15. Western's Andrew Judge, ranked No. 2, won the silver at 8.33. Fourth-ranked Cody Sorenson of Guelph won the bronze with a time of 8.35. Third-ranked Jeremy Slater finished sixth.
1000 M
Going into the championship ranked in the last spot (10th), Ueli Albert of Dalhousie had a huge upset winning the gold with a time of 2:28.75. Jose Carvalho of Toronto and Stephen Douglas of McGill both maintained their rankings winning the silver and the bronze, respectively. Number one-ranked Trevor Pye of Windsor placed fifth.
LONG JUMP
Windsor's Jamie Nelson-Adjetey and Regina's Wade Huber swapped spots, with Huber winning the gold with a season best of 7.53m and Adjetey-Nelson jumping 7.19m. Sixth-ranked Gerod Wiens of Regina won the bronze with a jump of 7.15m. Third-ranked Ben Warnock placed fifth.
300 M
Seventh-ranked Ben Youssef Meite of Sherbrooke had a season-best of 34.35 to win the gold at the 300m. Number one-ranked Kris Geyson of Manitoba won silver at 34.48, while ninth-ranked Emmanuel Montreuil Jean-Pois of Sherbrooke won the bronze with a season best of 34.54.
4x800 M RELAY
Top-ranked Victoria won the gold with a time of 7:40.61. Seventh-ranked Manitoba won the silver with a season-best of 7:42.46, and third-ranked Dalhousie won the bronze with a season best of
7:43.16.
TEAM STANDINGS: AFTER DAY 2
Women
1 Saskatchewan 39 points
2 Windsor 37
3 Western Ontario 28
4 Toronto 23
T5 Calgary 19
T5 Alberta 19
T7 Regina 8
T7 Guelph 8
T9 UQAM 7
T9 Manitoba 7
T9 StFX 7
12 Victoria 6
13 Montreal 5
14 Sherbrooke 4
15 McGill 3
Men
1 Windsor 28
2 Toronto 19
3 Guelph 17
4 Western Ontario 16
5 Alberta 15
6 Sherbrooke 14
7 Dalhousie 12
T8 Regina 11
T8 Saskatchewan 11
10 Manitoba 10
T11 McGill 8
T11 Calgary 8
T11 Lethbridge 8
T14 Waterloo 7
T14 Victoria 7
16 York 4
17 Queen's 3
CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE: DAY 3 (all times LOCAL)
Saturday, March 11
Session IV
13:10 Triple Jump M Final
13:15 60m W Heats
13:20 High Jump W Final
13:30 60m M Heats
13:45 Shot Put M Final
13:50 Pole Vault M Final
14:00 600m W Final
14:10 600m M Final
14:20 60m W Final
14:30 60m M Final
15:00 Triple Jump W Final
15:30 4 x 200m Relay W Final
15:40 4 x 200m Relay M Final
15:55 1500m W Final
16:10 1500m M Final
16:40 4 x 400m Relay W Final
16:50 4 x 400m Relay M Final
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Tera Schneider
Sports information officer
Huskie Athletics
University of Saskatchewan
Ph: (306) 966-1024
tera.schneider@usask.ca
Michel Bélanger
Communications manager
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger@universitysport.ca
www.universitysport.ca