MONTREAL – Track and field runners Matthew Beaudet of Montreal's Notre Dame de Grace borough, and Donna Ntambue of Montreal are the McGill University athletes of the week for the period ending March 12, 2023.

Beaudet, a 22-year-old electrical engineering junior, broke a school record while winning bronze at the U SPORTS indoor track and field championships in Saskatoon over the weekend. It was the Redbirds first medal at Nationals since 2016. On Saturday, the 5-foot-9, 145-pound distance runner finished third the 3,000-metre race in eight minutes, 9.62 seconds, shaving about nine seconds off the previous McGill record of 8:18.75 that he set earlier in the season. Beaudet also finished eighth in the 1,500m (4:05.28) and was part of the 4x800 relay that finished 11th (7:52.69).
 
Ntambue, an NCAA transfer and first-year economics student, helped the Martlets win a bronze, their first 4x200m relay medal in school history at the U SPORTS indoor track and field championships. The 5-foot-9 sprinter ran leadoff on the quartet which crossed the finish line in 1:41.47, fractions shy of the team record (1:41.18). The 21-year-old Ntambue also finished sixth in the 60m sprint, crossing the finish line in 7.46 seconds, a mark that matched the third fastest time in team history.
 
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Earl Zukerman
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