MONTREAL –
Emilia Mastromatteo of the McGill University women's swim program and
Karl-Thommy Laforest from the UQAM men's basketball team, are the RSEQ athletes of the week, presented by Go Pure, for the period ending, Nov. 10, 2024.
McGillians have now merited eight athlete-of-the-week honours at the conference level this semester (see list below).
Mastromatteo, a 20-year-old science junior majoring in anatomy and cellular biology, guided the McGill Martlets to sweep their third straight RSEQ University Cup competition of the season at the Montpetit Hall pool in the nation's capital last Saturday. The 5-foot-6 sprinter captured four gold medals and was named swimmer of the meet for the third time this season. She won the 50-metre butterfly (27.73 seconds), 50m backstroke (28.62), 100 back (1:01.72) and was part of the winning 4x50m medley relay (1:53.23). The next day, she led all swimmers with four race victories as the McGill women upset the defending national champion Toronto Varsity Blues (209.5 – 195.5) in a dual meet fundraiser for pancreatic cancer at McGill's Memorial Pool. She took the 50m back (28.15), 50m breast (32.07), 50m fly (27.89) and was part of the winning 4x50 medley relay (1:54.69).
Laforest, a 6-foot-8 centre from Montreal, registered a double-double as UQAM opened the regular season with a 72-55 road victory over Laval last Saturday. In 35 minutes of court time, the 24-year-old certificate student in cultural activities scored 13 points and pulled down 14 rebounds., in addition to collecting one block and an assist. He shot 5-for-10 from the floor and went 2-for-4 from the free-throw line.
Previous weekly laureates by McGill athletes this fall include swimmer
Loic Courville-Fortin (Oct. 15), soccer's
Chloe Renaud (Sept. 10) and cross-country runner
Sophie Courville (Oct. 1), in addition to four RSEQ football players of the week awards:
Eloa Latendresse-Regimbald (three times: Sept. 9, Oct. 22, Oct. 28) and
Ryan McNally (Oct. 28)
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
CELL:
514-983-7012
E-MAIL:
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
