Track and Field (M & W) | 1/27/2024 11:48:00 PM
MONTREAL – The McGill Redbirds won a meet-high eight medals, led by silver and bronze performances from
Markus Geiger and
Luca Nicoletti to finish second of 19 schools in the men's division of the 27th annual McGill Team Challenge track and field meet, Jan. 26-27.
The Montreal Carabins tallied 87 points to win the two-day competition, which featured 734 athletes and was billed as the largest indoor meet in Canada. McGill collected 81 points to finish ahead of Laval (79), Dalhousie (73) and York (56), to round out the top five.
COMPLETE RESULTS
LINK TO WOMEN'S RECAP
The Redbirds captured three silver medals and five bronzes to produce one more podium finish than the Carabins, who had seven, including four golds, a pair of silvers and one bronze. Both Dalhousie (2-4-1) and Laval (1-1-5) also had seven podiums.
Geiger, a management senior from Toronto, was second in the 1000m, crossing the finish line in two minutes, 26.31 seconds, which was within reach of the school record (2:24.76). Geiger was even closer to breaking the team mark in the 600m, where he posted a third-place time of 1:19.59, fractions shy of the McGill standard (1:19.15).
Nicoletti, an engineering sophomore from Ottawa, finished third in the 300m, crossing the line in 35.32 seconds, which was also just shy of a team record (35.14). He ran the second leg of the silver-medal winning 4x200m relay squad, which finished in 1:29.74. That quartet also included leadoff runner
Ricardo Percopo, a junior from Boisbriand, Que., freshman
Krescyn Moonsamy of Nanaimo, B.C., and anchor
Jay Yetman, a freshman from Ottawa.
McGill's other silver medal finish was by veteran
Kilty McGonigal, a civil engineering junior from Deux Montagnes, Que., who racked up 4,503 points in the heptathlon. The school record is 4,739.
The team's other bronze medal performances were achieved by
Jack Stanley, a third-year doctorate candidate from Victoria, B.C., in the 3,000m (8:31.01), sophomore
David Fitzgerald of Panama City, in the high jump (1.91m) and the 4x800 relay squad (8:25.15). That foursome was composed of sophomore
Sean Adams from State College, Penn., freshman
Jeremy Burg of St. Bruno, Que., freshman
Sacha Dernoncourt of Baton Rouge, La., and
Devin Chapple, a junior from Toronto.
Next on tap for McGill is the Ravens Last Chance Meet, another two-day competition, at the Louis Riel Dome in Ottawa, Feb. 17-18.
(SEE McGILL LEADERBOARD BELOW)
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MEN'S MEDAL TABLE |
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GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTALS: |
| McGill |
0 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
| Montreal |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
| Dalhousie |
2 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
| Laval |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
| Lakehead |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| Queen's |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| York |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Sherbrooke |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Moncton |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| UQAM |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Carleton |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| TOTALS: |
16 |
16 |
16 |
48 |
MEET STANDINGS
| MEN (PTS) |
| 1. Montreal, 87 |
| 2. McGill, 81 |
| 3. Laval, 79 |
| 4. Dalhousie, 73 |
| 5. York, 56 |
| 6. Sherbrooke, 44 |
| 7. Lakehead, 43 |
| 8. Queen's, 39 |
| 9. Moncton, 23 |
| 10. ETS, 16 |
| 11. UNB, 13 |
| 12. Ottawa, 10 |
| 13. Concordia, 9 |
| 14. UQAM, 8 |
| 15. Laurentian, 7 |
| 16. Carleton, 6 |
| 17. UQTR, 5 |
| 18. UQAC, 4 |
| 19. CMR, 1 |
McGill Team Challenge
Meet Champions |
| (updated Jan. 29, 2024) |
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| No. |
YEAR |
MEN (PTS) |
| 1 |
1996 |
Western, 70.5 |
| 2 |
1997 |
Western, (na) |
| 3 |
1998 |
Western, (na) |
| 4 |
1999 |
Western, 76.5 |
| 5 |
2000 |
Sherbrooke, 67 |
| 6 |
2001 |
Queen's, 86.3 |
| 7 |
2002 |
McGill, 75.5 |
| 8 |
2003 |
Western, 82 |
| 9 |
2004 |
Western, 62.5 |
| 10 |
2005 |
Sherbrooke, 68.5 |
| 11 |
2006 |
Sherbrooke, 50.5 |
| 12 |
2007 |
Guelph, 72.5 |
| 13 |
2008 |
Guelph, 68 |
| 14 |
2009 |
York, 70 |
| 15 |
2010 |
Guelph, 79 |
| 16 |
2011 |
Guelph, 65 |
| 17 |
2012 |
York, 83 |
| 18 |
2013 |
Guelph, 124 |
| 19 |
2014 |
York, 83 |
| 20 |
2015 |
York, 104 |
| 21 |
2016 |
Dalhousie, 138.5 |
| 22 |
2017 |
Guelph, 207.7 |
| 23 |
2018 |
Guelph, 183 |
| 24 |
2019 |
Guelph, 157 |
| 25 |
2020 |
Laval, 159 |
| (na) |
2021 |
(no meet due to pandemic) |
| (na) |
2022 |
(no meet due to pandemic) |
| 26 |
2023 |
Laval, 217 |
| 27 |
2024 |
Montreal, 87 |
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TITLES WON (m) |
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Guelph (8) |
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Western (6) |
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York (4) |
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Sherbrooke (3) |
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Laval (2) |
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McGill (1) |
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Queen's (1) |
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Dalhousie (1) |
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Montreal (1) |
| 2024 McGill Team Challenge Highlights |
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| (at Tomlinson Fieldhouse; Jan. 26-27, 2024) |
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| McGill |
MEDAL COUNT (G-S-B) |
STANDING |
| REDBIRDS |
(0-3-5) |
2nd / 19 |
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| McGill |
MEDAL COUNT (G-S-B) |
STANDING |
| MARTLETS |
(1-3-1) |
4th / 17 |
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McGILL LEADERBOARD |
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BEST RESULT |
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U SPORTS STANDARD (2024) |
| EVENT |
REDBIRDS |
RANK |
(FINAL) |
(PRELIM) |
McGILL RECORD |
RSEQ RECORD |
Banked Track |
| 60m |
Luca Nicoletti |
DNQ |
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0:07.21 |
0:06.78 |
0:06.58 |
0:06.75 |
| 200m |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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| 300m |
Luca Nicoletti |
BRONZE |
0:35.32 |
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0:34.14 |
0:33.40 |
0:34.04 |
| 600m |
Markus Geiger |
BRONZE |
1:19.59 |
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1:19.15 |
1:17.08 |
1:19.35 |
| 1000m |
Markus Geiger |
SILVER |
2:26.31 |
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2:24.76 |
2:21.01 |
2:22.63 |
| 1500m |
Samuel Hepworth |
4th |
3:55.69 |
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3:48.01 |
3:43.21 |
3:45.92 |
| 3000m |
Jack Stanley |
BRONZE |
8:31.01 |
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8:18.75 |
7:51.37 |
8:04.40 |
| 5000m |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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| 60m hurdles |
Ernest Bragg |
DNS |
na |
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0:08.19 |
0:07.85 |
0:08.11 |
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0:08.19 |
0:07.85 |
0:08.11 |
| 4x200m |
Ricardo Percopo, Luca Nicoletti, Krescyn Moonsamy, Jay Yetman |
SILVER |
1:29.74 |
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1:27.92 |
1:26.01 |
1:27.59 |
| 4x400m |
Ricardo Percopo, Luca Nicoletti, Sean Adams, Markus Geiger |
DNF |
na |
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3:14.98 |
3:14.98 |
3:16.84 |
| 4x800m |
Sean Adams, Jeremy Burg, Sacha Dernoncourt, Devin Chapple |
BRONZE |
8:25.15 |
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7:38.96 |
7:34.50 |
7:31.83 |
| High Jump |
David Fitzgerald |
BRONZE |
1.91m |
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2.07m |
2.27m |
2.05m |
| Pole Vault |
Nicholas Sabelli |
7th |
3.40m |
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4.86m |
5.50m |
4.89m |
| Long Jump |
David Fitzgerald |
5th |
6.56m |
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7.20m |
7.64m |
7.23m |
| Triple Jump |
David Fitzgerald |
4th |
14.35m |
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14.90m |
15.89m |
14.79m |
| Shot Put (7.26 kg) |
Frederic Koran |
8th |
11.26m |
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16.35m |
17.93m |
15.87m |
| Weight Throw (35 lbs) |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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(n/a) |
20.09m |
17.49m |
| Pentathlon |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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3,669 pts |
3,685 pts |
(n/a) |
| Heptathlon |
Kilty McGonigal |
SILVER |
4503 pts |
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4,739 pts |
5,267 pts |
5,007 pts |
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| (MR) McGill record |
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SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-983-7012 (Tel.)
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
