SHERBROOKE – Jorden Savoury of LaSalle, Que., broke two records while winning a gold and two silver medals for the McGill women's track and field team at the RSEQ championships, a two-day indoor meet held at Universite de Sherbrooke over the weekend.

Teammate Makayla Mitchell of Nanaimo, B.C., was the only other McGill woman to strike gold, winning the pentathlon. Both merited first team all-star status, which is awarded to all gold medalists at the RSEQ championship meet. Silver medalists receive second-team honours.

The Martlets combined to collect two golds, six silvers and a pair of bronzes en route to finishing second of seven schools at the competition. Laval won the women's title with 281 points, followed by McGill (137), Montreal (88), Sherbrooke (51), Carleton (24), UQAM (9), UQAC (6) and UQTR (2).

(SEE McGILL MEN'S RESULTS)

Savoury, a 5-foot-8 sprints and jumps specialist, broke her own school, for the fifth time this season, Saturday, winning the 60m race in 7.46 seconds. That ranks as the second fastest time in the country this season, behind Guelph's Jacqueline Madogo (7.39). The RSEQ record is 7.31 set in 2009 by Laval's Genevieve Thibault,

Savoury, a 23-year-old psychology senior, registered silver-medal performances in the long jump and the 4x200 relay. Her leap of 5.80 metres was the sixth-best in the nation this year and broke the eight-year-old school record of 5.75m set by Helena Reinfels in 2014.

In the relay, Savoury ran lead off on a foursome that was clocked in 1:42.92, just missing the six-year-old school record of 1:41.25. Joining her in that race was sophomore Vanessa Lu Langley and freshman Audrey Gilmour, both natives of Ottawa, along with Bethany Walton-Knight, a freshman from North Vancouver. B.C.

Lu Langley claimed her other silver medal in the 60m hurdles (9.34 seconds).

In the grueling pentathlon, the aforementioned Mitchell, a 20-year-old pharmacology major, scored a combined 2,872 points over her five events to edge out teammate Leila McFarland by 236 points for gold. The 5-foot-8 junior also finished fourth in the 60m hurdles (10.10 seconds)

Rounding out McGill's silver medalists was a pair of sophomores, namely high jumper Emily Roest (1.50m) of Waterloo, Ont., and triple jumper Rosalie Lupien (9.87m) from Longueuil, Que.

LIVE MEET RESULTS

SEE McGILL's MEET HIGHLIGHTS BELOW

2022 RSEQ TRACK & FIELD MAJOR AWARDS

(at Sherbrooke, March 19-20)
 

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Jessy Lacourse, Laval

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Mélina Gallé, Laval

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Piste : Jessy Lacourse, Laval

Concours : Noémie Jeffrey, Laval

ATHLETE OF THE MEET

Jessy Lacourse, Laval

COACH OF THE YEAR

Sylvain Cloutier, Laval

LEADERSHIP AWARD

Stéphanie Meunier, UQTR 2022 RSEQ ALL-STARS

FIRST TEAM (gold)

Alexandra Telford, Carleton

Amélie Pessonneaux, Sherbrooke

Audrey Leduc, Laval

Claudine Nafaa, Laval

Fiola Tejiofo, Laval

Isaline Hountondji, Laval

Jessy Lacourse, Laval

Jorden Savoury, McGill

Makayla Mitchell, McGill

Marie-Ève Turcotte, Laval

Mélina Gallé, Laval

Noemie Jeffrey, Laval

Sabrina Lavigne, Laval

Sabrina Rimouche, Montréal

Sandrine Desrosiers, Laval

Sarah Dulude-Bellavance, Laval

SECOND TEAM (silver)

Audrey Gilmour, McGill

Bethany Walton-Knight, McGill

Camille Bourdeau-Marcil, Sherbrooke

Claudelle Prévost-Cormier, Montréal

Émilie Poulin, Laval

Emily Roest, McGill

Emma Houle-Selby, Sherbrooke

Eve-Marie Fortier, Laval

Isabel Lavallée-Bourget, Laval

Juliane Royal, Montréal

Kassandra Lee, Sherbrooke

Leila McFarland, McGill

Myriam Poirier, Montréal

Nina-Carla Günther, Montréal

Rosalie Lupien, McGill

Sophie Ba, Sherbrooke

Vanessa Lu Langley, McGill

 

McGILL'S MEET HIGHLIGHTS

MEDAL COUNT	GOLD-SILVER-BRONZE
McGill REDBIRDS	(2-6-2)
MEDAL COUNT	GOLD-SILVER-BRONZE
McGill MARTLETS	(2-6-4)

 

			BEST RESULT		McGILL
EVENT	MARTLETS	RANK	(FINAL)	(PRELIM)	RECORD	RECORD HOLDER (YR)
60m	Jorden Savoury	GOLD	0:07.46 (MR)		0:07.47	Jorden Savourey (2022)
300m	Audrey Gilmour	12	0:42.88		0:39.48	Helena Reinfels (2016)
600m	(no McGill entries)				1:29.97	Sarah Ali-Khan (2003)
1000m	(no McGill entries)				2:45.1 (h)	Sarah Ali-Khan (2003)
1500m	Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire	6	4:39.53		4:22.82	Sarah Ali-Khan (2002)
3000m	Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire	4	9:57.70		9:18.70	Caroline Ladanowski (1987)
60m hurdles	Vanessa Lu Langley	SILVER	0:09.34		0:08.55	Leslie Estwick (1993)
4x200m	Jorden Savoury	SILVER	1:42.92		1:41.25	Parker / Reinfels / Ashby / Croce (2016)
	Vanessa Lu Langley
	Audrey Gilmour
	Bethany Walton-Knight
4x400m	Marianne Djigo	4	4:04.65		3:52.94	E.Croce / J.Tat / M.Huszarik / A.Lismer (2017)
	Chloe Morrison
	Audrey Gilmour
	Eden Muyard
4x800m	Laura Carlton	BRONZE	10:07.03		8:54.21	Drouin-Audet / Castro / Puel / McCuaig (2011)
	Katherine Brown
	Ann-Rebecca Drolet
	Sophie Rashid-Cocker
High Jump	Emily Roest	SILVER	1.50m		1.84m	Leslie Estwick (1987)
	Leila McFarland	BRONZE	1.50m (J)		1.84m	Leslie Estwick (1987)
Pole Vault	Rosalie Lupien	BRONZE	3.15m		3.65m	Hannah Moffatt (2004)
Long Jump	Jorden Savoury	SILVER	5.80m (MR)		5.75m	Helena Reinfels (2014)
Triple Jump	Rosalie Lupien	SILVER	9.87m		12.46m	Abby Woods (2019)
Triple Jump	Eugenie Dicker	BRONZE	9.76m		12.46m	Abby Woods (2019)
Shot Put (4.0kg)	Anakin McMahon	6	8.07m		12.18m	Kristen Fry (1992)
Weight Throw (20 lbs)	(no McGill entries)				15.71m	Vanisa Ezukuse (2017)
Pentathlon	Makayla Mitchell	GOLD	2872 pts		3868 pts	Helena Reinfels (2016)
Pentathlon	Leila McFarland	SILVER	2636 pts		3868 pts	Helena Reinfels (2016)
(MR) - McGill Record
(J) jumps tie-breaker

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca