SHERBROOKE – Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire and Jorden Savoury each posted gold and silver-medal finishes to pace the McGill women's track and field team at the Vert & Or Invitational, a two-day meet hosted by the Universite de Sherbrooke over the weekend.

It was only the second competition of the pandemic-marred indoor season for the McGill program, which hadn't competed since the Martlet Classic Meet on Nov. 27.

The McGill women produced seven podium finishes, including a pair of golds, two silvers and three bronzes.

Asad Bilal of Hatboro, Penn., led the McGill men's side, with gold and silver medal finishes as the Redbirds collected two relay golds, along with a silver and three bronzes.

Fleurent-Gregoire, a 5-foot-5 distance runner from Laval, Que., won the women's 1500-metre race in four minutes, 58 seconds flat. The master's student in nutritional science registered her second-place finish in the 3,000m, which was completed in 3:10.41.

Savoury, a star sprinter from LaSalle, Que., ran the leadoff leg of the winning 4x200m relay, which was timed in 1:45.54. The psychology senior finished second in the 60m sprint, crossing the finish line in 7.59 seconds, which was just off her team record 7.50 set in the first semester.

Bilal, an agricultural and environmental science freshman, finished second in the 60m hurdles, posting a time of 8.98 seconds. He also anchored the winning 4x200m, which was clocked in 1:36.23.

Joining Bilal in that quartet was senior Diego Dorantes-Ferreira of Pte. Claire, Que., in the leadoff spot, followed by Jonas Schweiger, a first-year exchange student from Switzerland, and Jeremi Kolakowski, a sophomore from Toronto.

The victorious 4x800 relay, which crossed the line in 7:50.21, was composed of junior Nicolas Bernard of Scarsdale, N.Y., in the leadoff spot, followed by Torontonians Sebastian Danson and Markus Geiger and  A.J. Bimm, a native of Brampton, Ont., who transferred from U of T to do a master's degree in Urban Planning.

Next on the schedule is the McGill Redbirds Last Chance Meet, a two-day invitational competition for RSEQ conference teams only, hosted by McGill at the Tomlinson Fieldhouse, March 11-12.

LINK TO COMPLETE RESULTS (PDF)

Sherbrooke Vert & Or Invitational Meet (Mar. 5-6, 2022)
 

REDBIRDS	MEDAL COUNT (G-S-B)
McGill	(2-1-3)
MARTLETS	MEDAL COUNT (G-S-B)
McGill	(2-2-3)
	How McGill's Best Fared
			BEST RESULT
EVENT	MARTLETS	RANK	(FINAL)	(PRELIM)	McGILL RECORD
60m	Jorden Savoury	SILVER	0:07.59		0:07.50
300m	Audrey Gilmour	6	0:43.26		0:39.48
600m	(no McGill entries)				1:29.97
1000m	Meredith Chambers	12	3:10.41		2:45.1 (h)
1500m	Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire	GOLD	4:58.00		4:22.82
3000m	Chloe Fleurent-Gregoire	SILVER	10:02.67		9:18.70
60m hurdles	Vanessa Lu Langley	BRONZE	0:09.39		0:08.55
4x200m	Jorden Savoury	GOLD	1:45.54		1:41.25
	Vanessa Lu Langley	GOLD
	Audrey Gilmour	GOLD
	Bethany Walton-Knight	GOLD
4x400m	(event not held at meet)				3:52.94
4x800m	(event not held at meet)				8:54.21
High Jump	Emily Roest	BRONZE	1.50m		1.84m
Pole Vault	Rosalie Lupien	BRONZE	2.90m		3.65m
Long Jump	Leila McFarland	14	4.70m		5.72m
Triple Jump	(no McGill entries)				12.16m
Shot Put	Makayla Mitchell	7	8.34m		12.18m
Weight Throw (20 lbs)	(no McGill entries)				15.71m
Pentathlon	(event not held at meet)				3868 pts
			BEST RESULT
EVENT	REDBIRDS	RANK	(FINAL)	(PRELIM)	McGILL RECORD
60m	Uzo Evuleocha	5	0:07.33		0:06.78
300m	Ricardo Percopo	6	0:37.43		0:34.14
600m	A.J. Bimm	BRONZE	1:22.51		1:19.47
1000m	Markus Geiger	4	2:31.76		2:25.51
1500m	Jack Stanley	5	4:01.84		3:52.00
3000m	Jack Stanley	BRONZE	8:38.65		8:18.79
60m hurdles	Asad Bilal	SILVER	0:08.98		0:08.27
4x200m	Diego Dorantes-Ferreira	GOLD	1:36.23		1:27.92
	Jonas Schweiger	GOLD
	Jeremi Kolakowski	GOLD
	Asad Bilal	GOLD
4x400m	(event not held at meet)				3:14.98
4x800m	Nicolas Bernard	GOLD	7:50.21		7:38.96
	Sebastian Danson	GOLD
	Markus Geiger	GOLD
	A.J. Bimm	GOLD
High Jump	Kilty McGonigal	7	1.75m		2.07m
Pole Vault	Kilty McGonigal	4	2.60m		4.86m
Long Jump	Mackenzie Stathis	5	6.37m		7.20m
Triple Jump	Mackenzie Stathis	5	13.74m		14.90m
Shot Put	Kilty McGonigal	6	10.61m		16.35m
Weight Throw (35 lbs)	Antonio Danzi	BRONZE	11.12m		(n/a)
Pentathlon	(event not held at meet)				3669 pts
Heptathlon	(event not held at meet)				4379 pts

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