Women's Track & Field

Team Information

Head Coach:

Melody Torcolacci - BPHE/BA; MA, Throws 18th year as Head Track and Field Coach, Strength and Conditioning Coach, and Adjunct Instructor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies. Fully certified NCCP Level 3 Sprints, Level 3 Throws, and Level 2 Jumps 10x OUA Shot Put Champion; 2x OUA Discus Champion; 3x OUA silver medallist in the discus. OUA Record holder in the shot put 4x CIS Champion and All-Canadian in the shot put Queen's Alfie Pierce (Top Rookie) and PHE 55 (Top graduating student-athlete) Trophy winner. 7x National Champion Competed at 2 Commonwealth Games (4th both times), a Pan-Am Games (6th), a FISU Games (10th), and a World Championships (20th) Holds the Ontario and Manitoba Provincial Record in the shot put (@ 17.06m and 17.21m) Team Ontario Throws Coach - 1997 Canada Games; has also coached at two National Legion Camps Athletes she has coached have won 88 provincial (27 OUA, 19 OFSAA, 42 OTFA) and 20 national (9 CIS, 4 Athletics Canada, 7 Legion) medals Phone: 613-533-6286; E-mail: mt@queensu.ca

Assistant Coaches:

	Shane Lakins - BSc (Kinesiology); Head Cross Country Coach and Distance (12th year) Shane is entering his 12th season as the Head Cross Country Coach and distance coach. He is a fully certified NCCP Level 3 distance coach. During his ten years at Queen's 36 athletes have earned ALL-CONFERENCE and 9 ALL-CANADIAN honours. He has coached the women to 6 consecutive (1998-2003) OUA podium finishes including an OUA Championship Banner in 2003. He has coached the men to 4 CIS top 10 finishes (best 2nd in 1996). He has an extensive National Team coaching history having been the Head Coach of the Canadian Team at the 2003 World University Track and Field Championships in Daegu, Korea; the Head Coach of the Canadian 2002 FISU Cross Country Championship Team in Santiago, Spain; the distance coach at the 2001 FISU Track & Field Championships in Beijing, China; the Head Coach for the 2000 FISU Cross Country Championship Team in Jena, Germany; the distance coach with the 2000 National Junior Team in Montreal, an observer coach at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships in Ireland, and a staff coach with the Canadian Chiba Eiden Team in Japan. He is the past-President of the CIS Cross Country Association. A University of Western Ontario graduate, Shane is a kinesiologist, he works as a personal trainer, exercise therapist and ergonomic consultant and owns his own personal training business (Kingston Body Management – www.kingstonbody.com).
	Wayne Bulak - BPHE/BA; Sprints and Hurdles (10th year) Fully certified NCCP Level 3 Sprints and Hurdles Coach A retired teacher, Wayne, has 39 years experience coaching at the high school, club, provincial, national and international levels. Sprint and jump coach with the Canadian Team at the 2003 FISU World Student Games i Daegu, South Korea;Team Ontario sprints/hurdles coach for the Ontario Team at the 1985 Canada Games Has been a Coach (five times as the Head Coach) on six occasions for Team Ontario at the Canadian National Legion Championships Has coached numerous provincial (OFSAA, OTFA, and OUA) and national (Legion and Athletics Canada) medal winners Wayne was inducted into the Kingston Sport Hall of Fame in 2001 as a Builder in the Sport of Track & Field Wayne coordinates recruiting for both the Track and Field and Cross Country Teams Phone: 613-549-3736; E-mail:dwbulak@sympatico.ca
	Ted Farndon - BA (English), Information Systems Diploma; Horizontal Jumps (9th year); Pentathlon (1st year) Ted was a top performer for Queen=s and is still ranked in the ALL TIME TOP 10 in the 55m (#4 @ 6.57), 60m (#7 @ 7.14), and LJ (#6 @ 6.98m) Ted was a 1997 CIS finalist in the long jump Ted has coached an ALL-CANADIAN (Bill Woods in TJ 2006). His other CIS medallists include [Jon Martin (LJ, 2005), Bill Woods (TJ, 2005), and Chike Madueme (LJ & TJ, 1999)] for a total of one CIS SILVER and 4 CIS BRONZE medals during his tenure Ted has an impressive record of success taking athletes and getting them significantly more competitive. He has coached athletes to two QUEEN’S RECORDS [Bill Woods in TJ @ 14.75m and Laura Williams in TJ @ 11.63m]. He has also coached a number of other athletes ranked in the ALL TIME TOP TEN [Jon Martin (#2 LJ @ 7.15m), Danae Benjamin (#2 TJ @ 11.39m), Laura Williams (#3 LJ @ 5.56m), Chike Madueme (#3 TJ @ 14.62m), Sonja Cosentino (#3 TJ @ 11.23m), Bill Woods (#5 LJ @ 7.01m), Jen Tam (#5 LJ @ 5.36m), Christina Disipio (#5 TJ @ 10.90m), Danae Benjamin (#6 LJ @ 5.32m), Imola Major (#8 LJ @ 5.18m), and Andrea Ecclestone (#10 TJ @ 10.28m). Ted works as a Software Designer and is currently employed by Health Canada Phone: 613-531-8119; E-mail: Ted.Farndon@moh.gov.on.ca
	Curt Bolton - BSc. (Kinesiology)/BEd.; Cross Country and Distance (8th year) Curt coached the Queen's Women's XC team from 1977 to 1989, leading them to 2 OUA Championship Banners. Curt assists with all aspects of distance program but is primarily responsible for the "development" group Curt is retired from Corrections Canada where he worked as a counsellor. Phone 549-4075; E-mail: tierthree@hotmail.com
	Tamara Ferguson - BPHE, MA; Sprints (3rd year) Tamara is a former Queen's Team Captain. As a Queen’s athlete she competed mainly as a 500m and 600m runner. Tamara is still ranked in the ALL TIME TOP 10 in the 500m. Tamara was also on 4x400 and 4x800 relays She is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan (undergraduate degree in physical education) and at Queen's [Master's in Physical Education (Sociology)]. Tamara works with Coach Bulak assisting mainly with the long sprint women. E-mail: tamaraferguson@hotmail.com
Photo not available	Shelley Farndon: B.Sc., BEd; HighJump & Pentathlon (1st year) Shelley hails from Newfoundland where she competed at the National Legion Championships in the HJ from 1994-1996 and she also competed at the 1997 Canada Games in HJ. She was a finalist at National Juniors in the HJ in 1998 competing for New Brunswick. Shelly received her B.Sc. in Kinesiology from the University of New Brunswick and her B.Ed. from Western. Shelley is NCCP Level 1 certified A Special Education Teacher for Limestone District School Board, Shelley is currently teaching at Amherstview Public School. Phone: 531-8119; E-mail: farndons@limestone.on.ca
	Kim James - BPHE/BA, BEd; Pole Vault (5th year) Kim is a former pole vaulter on the team and has coordinated the physical training for the vertical jumpers the last few years as well as assisting with the pole vault group the last four years. She continues to train and compete in open PV competitions and has a best jump of 3.30m Kim is a teacher at Kingston Collegiate E-mail: jameskim@limestone.on.ca

Contact Information:
Melody Torcolacci
Head Coach, Track & Field
c/o Department of Athletics and Recreation
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada, K7L 3N6
613-533-6286
mt@post.queensu.ca

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Team News

Track and Field (M/W): Gael Sets School Record
Ottawa (February 4, 2008) - The Queen's Golden Gaels went to the Nation's Capital for the third time this season and returned home with 12 medals including four gold, but the team's best individual performance resulted in a silver medal. Gael third year long distance runner Leslie Sexton of Markham, Ont. set a new Queen's record in the 5000 metres with her time of 17:06:62 as she claimed one of the Tricolour's six silvers.

Gold medal performances were turned in by Veronica Catry of Kingston, Ont. in the 60 metres as she defeated a field that included the number two CIS ranked sprinter in Lela Christiane of Ottawa. Bri Eshleman of Vancouver, B.C. won in the Weight Throw, Jen Tam of Kingston in the Long Jump and James McCracken of Cobourg, Ont. captured gold in the men's 3000 metres.

The Gaels are in Windsor this weekend for a meet at the University of Windsor.

Gaels Claim 4 Medals at McGill Team Challenge
Montreal (January 27, 2008) - Queen's returned home from the McGill Team Challenge Track & Field meet with one silver and three bronze medals.

Matt Hulse of Hartington, Ont., earned the Gaels highest colour of medal claiming a silver in the Men's 1,000-metre event. Hulse recorded a time of 2:29.27 and is currently ranked third in the CIS for the 1,000-metre event. Nick Stenuf of Nazareth College in the New York won the event with a time of 2:28.52.

Veronica Catry of Kingston, Ont. was Queen's top performer in the women's 60-metre event recording one of three bronze medals won by the Gaels this weekend. Carty logged a time of 7.84 seconds just a tenth of a second behind winners Marie-Eve Dugas from Sherbrooke University and Christiane Lela of Ottawa University. Both Dugas and Lela finished in a time of 7.71. In the men's 1,500-metre event, Braden Novakowski (Kingston) finished third in a time of 3.54.39 just two second behind Sherbrooke's James Poulin-cadovius.

Queen's 4x400 men's relay team claimed Queen's final bronze of the meet. The combined time of Michael Prime (Ottawa), Adrian Heller (Toronto), Michael Nishiyama (Edmonton), and Russell Morrison (Bridgewater, N.S.) finished with a time of 3:26.09. Ottawa University won with a time of 3:21.07 while Saskatchewan took second in 3:21.79.

Overall the men's team finished eight out of 15 teams with a total of 19 points while the women scored 11 points and finished 10th out of 16 points. Next up, Queen's will travel to Ottawa on February 2 for the annual Ottawa Invitational hosted by the Ottawa Gee-Gee's.

Gaels Dominant In Ottawa Again
Ottawa (January 19, 2008) - The Queen's Golden Gaels track and field team went to the Nations Capital for the second straight Saturday and returned home with 20 medals. The Gaels claimed eight gold, eight silver and four bronze behind key performances from two veterans and a rookies.

First year runner Leah Larocque of Kanata, Ont. and Leslie Sexton of Markham, Ont. repeated their gold medal performances from the previous weekend with victories in the 1000 metres and 1500 metres respectively. The time for Larocque in the 1000 metres was the fifth all time best in school history while Sexton's finishing mark in the 1500 puts her seventh all time in the Gaels record books.

On the men's side veteran Matt Hulse of Kingston, Ont. won gold in the 1000 metres. His time of 2:28.08 is the third best so far this year in the CIS and seventh all time in Gaels team history.

Other individual gold medals were won by Kurtis Nishiyama of Edmonton, Alta. in the men's high jump, Alison Larocque of Brantford, Ont. in the women's high jump, Bri Eshleman of Vancouver, B.C. in the weight throw and Lauren Zintel of Kitchener, Ont. in the women's long jump.

The Gaels are back on the road next weekend when they travel to Montreal and the McGill Invitational. McGill will also be the site of this year's CIS Championships in early March.

Track and Field (M/W): Gaels Leslie Sexton Qualifies For CIS Finals
Ottawa (January 12, 2008) - The Track and Field team brought home 19 medals (6 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze) from the Ottawa Dome Classic led by Leslie Sexton's (Markham, Ont.) gold in the 3000 metres. Sexton's time of 9:41.53 was 13 seconds faster than the CIS standard, the fourth best in QueenÕs history and qualified the third year athlete for the March national championships in Montreal.

Three rookies also had fantastic performances for the Gaels with Veronica Catry winning silver in the 200 metres setting a Queen's record with her time of 25.73 seconds. Catry also won silver in the 60 metres, with Leah Larocque taking gold in the 1500 metres and Mikey Prime claiming silver in the men's 400 metres.

The Gaels return to the Nation's Capital next Saturday, January 19th for another exhibition meet.

Track & Field (M/W): Catry earns silver medal at Cornell University Meet
Ithaca, NY (December 2, 2007) - Kingston's Veronica Catry claimed a silver medal in the 60 metre dash at the Cornell University Invitational Track meet over the weekend.

Catry, a freshman on the Queen's Track and Field Team, recorded a personal best time of 7.85 seconds finishing just a .12 hundreds of a second behind Janice Nsor from host Cornell. Michele Krech of Almonte, Ont., finished the 60 metre hurdles in 11th position.

On the men's side Michael Prime finished ninth in the 300 metre dash with a time of 36.09 he was just seconds off Adam Seabrook (Cornell University) who claimed the race in 34.80. In the Men's 4x400 Metre Relay, Queen's was fourth finishing behind Binghamton and the 'A' and 'B' teams for Cornell who finished 1-2 respectively.

Kurtis Nishiyama of Leduc, Alta., earned a personal best result in high jump attaining the 1.94 metre height and finished seventh at the meet.

Full Women's Results:
http://cornellbigred.com/Pdfs/wtrack/2007/12/1/women.pdf

Full Men's Results:
http://cornellbigred.com/Pdfs/mtrack/2007/12/1/men.pdf

Track and Field Wins 21 Medals At McGill
Montreal (November 26, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels opened their season with a strong showing winning seven gold, nine silver and five bronze at the McGill Invitational. Gold medals went to the women's 4 x 200 metre team, women's 4 x 400 metre team, men's 4 x 400 metre team, women's shot put and in the 600 metres. Top performances were put in by Veronica Catry of Kingston, Ont. who won a bronze in the 60 metres and a gold in the 4 x 200 metre with Mikey Prime winning silver in the men's 300 metre race and gold as part of the 4 x 400 metre team. The Gaels head to Ithaca, NY this weekend for the Cornell Invitational Relay Meet.

Queen's Track and Field/Cross Country Teams Announce 3 Recruits
Kingston, ON (April 30, 2007) - Queen's Track and Field and Cross Country Teams are pleased to announce the commitment of 3 athletes from Western Canada. All three athletes plan to start with the Cross Country Team in the Fall and then to continue with The Track and Field Team through their Indoor season.

Kelsey Hawryluk (Headingley, Manitoba) - attended the University of Winnipeg Collegiate. A 400-800M runner who has twice (2004, 2005) represented Manitoba at the National Legion Track and Field Championships. Kelsey will be entering a BSc Program and says that her choice of Queen's "was influenced by the outstanding course selection and the warm welcome she received from everyone."

Nadia Tatlow (Calgary, Alberta) - was a member of the Western Canada High School Team that won the Alberta High School Cross Country Championships in 2006 and has followed that with a personal best result of 10:22.84 in the 3000M during her Indoor season. Nadia says that she is "excited to become a Golden Gael because Queen's is an amazing school with great academics and athletics."

Michael Nishiyama (Edmonton, Alberta) - from Louis St. Laurent SS, Michael will join join his brother Kurtis (High Jumper) on the Queen's Track and Field Team. Michael has won a silver and 2 Bronze medals as a member of the Alberta Team (2005, 2006) at the National Legion Championships, and opened his 2007 Outdoor season with a 1:56.06 800M race.

Head Coach Melody Torcolacci says the three rookies based on their current performances "will be key OUA (and potentially CIS) competitors who if they continue to improve have the potential to be consistent CIS qualifiers during their tenure at Queen's".

Tough Weekend For Track and Field At CIS Finals
Montreal, QC (March 11, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's track and field team discovered that the depth of talent across the country is fantastic as they returned from the CIS Finals without a medal for only the sixth time in 26 years. The Gaels, who travelled to the nationals with twelve athletes, had nine personal bests recorded but the men could just accumulate 12 total points with the women shut out of the points. The best performance for the Gaels came from the men's 4 x 800 metre relay team that finished fourth posting the sixth fastest time in school history and just missing out on a medal to Sherbrooke, Windsor and gold medal winning Victoria. Individually, 60 metre sprinter and Kingston native Dupe Oyewumi finished 11th, 3000 metre runner Rob Kitz finished fifth and another Kingston native Braden Novakowski finished sixth in the 1500 metres running a season best time of 3:53.34.

Track and Field Takes Small Squad To Montreal
Kingston, ON (March 7, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's track and field team travel to McGill University today for the CIS Finals starting tomorrow with their smallest contingent in years. The twelve Tricolour competitors will be competing in the best from across Canada with hopes of improving on their three silver medals two weeks ago in Windsor at the OUA Championships. Leading the way for the Gaels is Kingston native Braden Novakowski who won silver in at last year's CIS Finals and is currently ranked sixth in the country in the 1500 metres. Also on the men's side is another long distance runner Rob Kitz from Halifax, Nova Scotia who won silver in the 3000 metres at the OUA Championships. Spearheading the women's squad is another Kingston native, sprinter Dupe Oyewumi. Oyewumi took silver at the OUA's in the 60 metres and holds the school record at 7.79. Oyewumi, along with Joanna Stansiz, Jen Tam and Lisa McCutcheon will be competing in one of the marquee relay races, the 4 x 200. The Windsor Lancers who won the team competitions at the conference championships are first in the CIS men's rankings with their women's squad ranked second behind Calgary. Action at McGill University gets underway Thursday March 8th at 2pm with events continuing through till Saturday.

Track and Field Wins 3 Silver Medals At OUA Finals
Kingston, ON (February 26, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's track and field team brought home three silver medals at the OUA Championships held in Windsor this past weekend. The men's 4 x 800m relay team of Braden Novakowski, Chris Brens, Justin Hall and Matt Hulse qualified for the CIS championships in McGill, March 9-11 with their runner up finish. Also qualifying for the national championships were Rob Kitz with a silver in the 3000m and Dupe Oyewumi in the 60m. Other members of the team will have to wait till tomorrow at 3pm to see if they can finish in the top 12 rankings for their event before they will know if they have earned a trip to Montreal. Overall the host Lancers won the team titles with the Gaels finishing in sixth both the women's and men's team standings.

Track and Field Wins 11 Medals
Ithaca, NY (February 11, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's track and field team won 11 medals including four gold at the Cornell Invitational on the weekend. Calla Humphries was the top Gael as she won gold in the 500 metres and 4 x 400 metre relay with Jan Stirling, Angela King and Joanna Stanisz. Other golds were won by Chris Hartman and the 4 x 400 metre men's relay squad (David Burr, Adam Campigotto, Russell Morrison and Adrian Heller). Winning silver medals were Dupe Oyewumi 60m, Amy Schneeberg 1000m and Victoria Swan 3000m. The bronze medals were claimed by Russell Morrison 400m, Chris Brens 800m, Laura Andrighetti 500m and Danae Benjamin Triple Jump. The Gaels are in Montreal this weekend for the McGill Invitational with the OUA championships the following weekend in Windsor.

Track and Field Wins Five Gold At Dartmouth
Hanover, NH (February 5, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's track and field team came home from the Dartmouth Classic on the weekend with 8 medals and a school record. Lisa McCutcheon led the way winning two gold medals on her birthday. Her first victory came in the 60 metre hurdles which she won in a personal best time of 9.22 which broke the 15 year Queen's record of 9.25 set by Denise Steadman. McCutcheon followed that gold up with another in the 4 x 200 metre relay where she teamed up with Dupe Oyewumi, Joanna Stanisz and Danae Benjamin to win in a time of 1:46.74. Other gold medals won by the Gaels came from Matt Hulse 1000 metres, Dupe Oyewumi 60 metres, and Danae Benjamin triple jump. Calla Humphries 500 metres and the 4 x 200 metre relay (Humphries, Jen Tam, Jocelyn Poirier and Michele Krech) won silver medals with Joanna Stanisz taking bronze in the 60 metres.

Track and Field Wins Three Medals At McGill
Montreal, QC (January 29, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels Track and Field team won a gold, silver and a bronze at the McGill Team Challenge this weekend in Montreal. The meet, which was being held at the site for this year's CIS championships in March, featured all but one OUA school, and most the Quebec and Atlantic university schools that will be participating in March. Winning gold was Iris Roman in the women's pole vault clearing the height of 3.35 metres. Roman is still looking to qualify for the nationals which no other Gael female pole vaulter has ever done and she is currently ranked in the top 8 in the CIS. Katie Mackay coming off a gold January 20th at the University of Toronto in the shot put took the silver this weekend with a throw of 11.08 metres. The lone bronze medal won by the Gaels came courtesy of Bri Eshleman in the Weight Throw with a toss of 12.16 metres. Queen's travels to Hanover New Hampshire this weekend for a meet at Dartmouth College.

Track and Field Wins 12 Medals In Toronto
Toronto, ON (January 22, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's Track and Field team had a workmanlike effort in winning 12 medals (2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze) and 11 personal bests at the University of Toronto Classic this past weekend. The meet featured almost all OUA, Quebec and Atlantic schools making it essentially an Eastern Canadian showdown. The gold medals were both won by Katie Mackay in the shot put (throw of 11.34m) and the weight (throw of 12.09m). Silver medals went to David Burr (600m), Matt Hulse (100m), Amy Schneeberg (1000m), Iris Roman (Pole Vault) and Bri Eshleman (Weight). Winning bronze were Chris Brens (1000m), Kevin Magee (Shot Put), Victoria Swan (1000m), Megan Jaquith (Shot Put) and Mhairi Karklin (Weight). The Gaels are in Montreal next weekend for the McGill Invitational, McGill will be the site for this year's OUA championships March 8-10.

Queen's University to Host 2010 World University Cross Country Championships
Kingston, ON (January 16, 2006) - Queen's University will be hosting the World in 2010 as athletes from around the globe will be competing in the World University Cross Country Championships. Coordinator of the Kingston bid committee Shane Lakins, Head Coach of Cross Country at Queen's University, goes on record as saying "it was an incredible feeling and relief to get the phone call from Italy today telling us we had be selected". The bid has been a team effort between Queen's University, KEDCO, and the City of Kingston. The championships will take place on the grounds across from "Old Fort Henry on the course that Coach Lakins helped create in 1995. We wanted to have a running venue that was great for the athletes, but equally great for the spectators and I think we have done that. Lakins knows a thing or two about the World University Cross Country Championships, as he has been Canada's Head Coach on two previous occasions (Germany 2000, Spain 2002). Garry Kelly, KEDCO's Sport Tourism and Event Manager, said "it has been great to be part of the bid process and now we look forward to hosting a first class championship event that the athletes attending and the City of Kingston can be proud of".

Historic Details:
The date of the competition will be early April 2010.
The course was designed by Patrick Gagnon and Shane Lakins in 1995.
The course has hosted the 1996, 2005, 2006 Ontario University Championships; 1999 Canadian University Championships.

This marks the third time a FISU championship will be held in Canada. The 1996 judo world university championships and 2003 wrestling world university championships were on Canadian soil. The 1983 Summer Universiade was held in Edmonton, Alta., while the 1993 Universiade women's soccer and rowing competitions were held in Ontario as part of the United States hosting the Summer Games in Buffalo, NY.

Shane Lakins can be contacted at:
613-561-1890
shane@kingstonbody.com

Gary Kelly can be contacted at:
613-544-2725 x242
kelly@kingstoncanada.com

Track and Field Wins 11 Gold Medals At St. Lawrence Invitational
Canton, NY (January 15, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels track and field team turned in one of their finest performances in memory at the St. Lawrence University Invitational in Canton New York on the weekend. The Gaels brought home 34 medals including 15 gold, 11 of which were won by the women's team and is just two shy of the best ever total by a Queen's men's or women's team. Among the event winners for the Gaels was Danae Benjamin who won the long and triple jumps, events she also won last week in Ithaca New York. Overall the Gaels women won the team event with a meet record score of 235 breaking the record of 196 they set last year, while the men finished third. In one other note from the meet, high jumper Kurtis Nishiyama was called into duty to run for one of the Gaels entries in the 4 x 400 relay and in receiving the baton fell dislocating his shoulder but unflinchingly bounced back up and finished the lap handing it to the anchor runner allowing them to post a personal best. In addition Nishiyama popped the shoulder back into place himself after crossing the finish line and handing off the baton. The Gaels are at the Toronto Invitational this Saturday.

Track and Field Wins 14 Medals At Cornell Meet
Ithica, NY (January 6, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels won 1 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze in their first ever appearance at the Cornell Meet Saturday. The gold was won Justin Hall (mile) with silvers going to, Danae Benjamin (Triple & Long Jump), Russell Morrison (400m), David Burr (800m), Laura Andrighetti (500m) and Megan Jaquith (shot put). Bronze medals were claimed by Lauren Zintel (Long Jump), Chris Brens (800m), Justin Hall (1000m), Brian Wilson (60m Hurdles), Laura McCutcheon (60m Hurdles) and Bri Eshleman (Weight). Eshleman's throw of 11.70 was one of the team's 16 personal bests and for Eshleman the ninth best throw all time for the Gaels. Queen's travels to Canton, New York next weekend for the St. Lawrence University Invitational.

Men's & Women's Track Results - McGILL SEASON OPENER
Montreal, PQ (November 25, 2006) - Last year the biggest team ever 43 women (17 rookies) and 42 men (19 rookies) descended upon McGill and came away with 48 medals (15-gold, 17-silver and 16-bronze); all medal numbers being a new team record. Four ALL TIME TOP TEN and a team record 42 PB’s were established. This year 63 athletes 38 men (19 rookies) and 25 women (8 rookies) competed.

Despite being significantly smaller in number this crew proved equally adapt at pulling in its share of hardware. The men brought home 16 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze) while the women brought home 21 medals (7 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze) for a total of 37 medals (12 gold, 16 silver, and 9 bronze); the second best medal total for Queen’s at this meet. Two ALL TIME TOP TEN performances were posted along with 32 personal bests – PB’s (men – 11; women 21). A significant number of athletes made travel standard (we use the OUA standards for our team travel standards) and posted performances just off their best ever. So, all-in-all it was another very solid start to a season. The promise of another outstanding season is definitely in the air!

GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCES
JOANNA STANISZ: 300m – 42.46
CAITLIN PIETRAS: 1500m – 5:12.21, PB
LISA McCUTCHEON: 60mH – 9.53; 9.54
WOMEN’S 4x200m RELAY: 1:48.25 [DUPE OYEWUMI (27.4), JEN TAM (27.2), DANA BENJAMIN (26.7), KIM McCRORY (27.1)
WOMEN’S 4x400m RELAY: 4:05.77 [ANGELA KING (62.0), LAURA ANDRIGHETTI (62.5), CALLA HUMPHRIES (60.0), JOANNA STANISZ (61.0)]
DANAE BENJAMIN: LJ – 5.22m
DANAE BENJAMIN: TJ – 10.75m
DAVID BURR: 600m – 1:24.68
JAMES McCRACKEN: 1000m – 2:46.26, PB
CHRIS BRENS: 1500m – 4:12.48
MEN’S 4x400m RELAY: 3:33.88 [ADRIEN HELLER (54.0), CHRIS BRENS (52.6), TYLER NIGHTINGALE (53.6), MIKE HERMANNS (53.4)]
EVAN LONG: TJ – 12.87m

SILVER MEDAL PERFORMANCES
ANGELA KING: 300m – 43.14
LAURA ANDRIGHETTI: 600m – 1:41.64
MICHELE KRECH: 60mH – 9.74; 9.56
WOMEN’S 4x200m RELAY: 1:50.65 [MICHELE KRECH (27.5), LISA McCUTCHEON (27.0), JOCELYN POIRIER (26.4), NOREEN CHOE (29.4)]
MALLORY GRIFFITH: HJ – 1.55m, equals PB
HELENA BLEEKER: LJ – 4.81m
IRIS ROMAN: PV – 3.10m
KATIE MACKAY: WT – 13.19m, PB, #4 ALL TIME
RUSSELL MORRISON: 300m – 36.34, PB
TREVOR WALMSLEY: 1500m – 4:21.09
MEN’S 4x200m RELAY: 1:33.57 [RUMAAN AHMAD (23.4), PETER MITCHELL (22.2), KEVIN BROMFIELD (24.1), RUSSELL MORRISON (23.6)]
MEN’S 4x400m RELAY: 3:34.24 [MATT MacDOUGALL (54.4), DAVID BURR (51.7), ANDREW ENGBRETSON (53.7), ANDERS KLAUS (53.6)]
EDWARD CHEUNG: LJ – 4.95m
EDWARD CHEUNG: TJ – 10.56m

BRONZE MEDAL PERFORMANCES
DUPE OYEWUMI: 60m – 8.10; 8.06 HEATS MICHELLE NICHOLSON: 3000m – 11:10.79
ALISON LaROCQUE: HJ – 1.55m, EQUALS PB
CHRISTINE JOANNOU: LJ – 4.79m
CHRISTINA DISIPIO: TJ – 10.36m
MEGAN JAQUITH: SP – 10.94m, PB
BRI ESHLEMAN: WT – 11.51m, PB, #9 ALL TIME
ANDERS KLAUS: 600m – 1:26.57
KURTIS NISHIYAMA: HJ – 1.90m, PB
DOMINIK WYSS: PV – 3.00m
KEVIN MAGEE: SP – 12.52m
KEN TING: WT – 11.03m

Submitted by
Melody Torcolacci
Head Coach