OTTAWA –
Markus Geiger of the McGill University men's track and field team broke a school record and qualified for Nationals, to highlight the team's performance at the Ravens Last Chance Meet, Saturday. The two-day indoor competition was held at the Louis Riel Dome in the nation's capital, Feb. 16-17.
The Redbirds registered nine podium finishes, with three gold medals, three silvers and three bronzes.
Geiger, a 21-year-old management senior from Toronto, won bronze in the 600-metre race. His time met the U SPORTS qualifying standard and is currently ranked as the 11th fastest across the country. The middle-distance sprinter completed his race in one minute, 18.95 seconds, breaking the previous McGill mark of 1:19.15 set by
Jack Crosby at the same venue in 2019. Crosby's record at that time, broke a McGill mark that had stood for 22 years.
David Fitzgerald, an Arts sophomore from Panama City, won the triple jump with a meet record leap of 14.05 but it was short of the school record (14.90). He also registered a silver medal result in high jump, with a leap of 1.95m.
Kilty McGonigal, a civil engineering junior from Deux Montagnes, Que., won the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.46m that was still shy of the team standard (4.86m).
The other gold pedal performance was by
Patrick Young, a two-sport athlete who also plays on the rugby team. The third-year kinesiology major from Derby Line, Vt., was first in the weight throw with a toss of 11.97m.
Other second-place finishes were posted by
Mackenzie Stathis (triple jump) of Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que., and
Philippe Haddad (weight throw) of Toronto. Rounding out the bronze medal results was
Jules Barrieu (pole vault) of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and
Alexander Crooks (long jump) of Montreal.
This was the last opportunity for athletes to qualify for the upcoming U SPORTS Nationals, prior to the RSEQ championship meet in Quebec City, Feb. 23-24. All gold medalists at the conference title meet will qualify for Nationals.
COMPLETE RESULTS
LINK TO WOMEN'S RECAP
INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
How McGill Athletes Fared
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MEDAL COUNT (G-S-B) |
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(3-3-3) |
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| McGill |
MEDAL COUNT (G-S-B) |
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| MARTLETS |
(1-1-3) |
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How McGill's Best Fared |
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BEST RESULT |
SECTION / |
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| EVENT |
MARTLETS |
RANK |
(FINAL) |
(PRELIM) |
McGILL RECORD |
| 60m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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0:07.32 |
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| 300m |
Felicitas Zahlbruckner |
8th |
0:39.58 |
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0:39.48 |
| 600m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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1:29.97 |
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| 1000m |
Abby McIntosh |
9th |
3:02.73 |
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2:45.1 (h) |
| 1500m |
Noemi Chenail |
22nd |
5:10.82 |
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4:22.82 |
| 3000m |
Noemi Chenail |
10th |
11:10.60 |
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9:18.70 |
| 60m hurdles |
Lara Collins |
5th |
0:09.69 |
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0:08.55 |
| 4x200m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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1:41.18 |
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| 4x400m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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3:52.94 |
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| 4x800m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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8:54.21 |
| High Jump |
Leila McFarland |
BRONZE (tie) |
1.50m |
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1.84m |
| Pole Vault |
Rosalie Lupien |
GOLD |
3.21m |
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3.65m |
| Pole Vault |
Sophie Andrew |
BRONZE |
2.46m |
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| Long Jump |
Eugenie Dicker |
11th |
4.64m |
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5.80m |
| Triple Jump |
Annika Burkard |
BRONZE |
11.09m |
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12.46m |
| Shot Put (4 kg) |
Lina Ikhlef |
6th |
9.79m |
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12.18m |
| Weight Throw (20 lbs) |
Ella Villeneuve |
SILVER |
12.05m |
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15.71m |
| Pentathlon |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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3,868 pts |
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| (MR) McGill record |
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| (U) U SPORTS standard achieved |
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How McGill's Best Fared |
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BEST RESULT |
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| EVENT |
REDBIRDS |
RANK |
(FINAL) |
(PRELIM) |
McGILL RECORD |
| 60m |
Luca Nicoletti |
10th |
0:07.02 |
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0:06.78 |
| 200m |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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| 300m |
Alexander Crooks |
18th |
0:35.68 |
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0:34.14 |
| 600m |
Markus Geiger |
BRONZE |
1:18.95 |
(U/MR) |
1:19.15 |
| 1000m |
Devin Chapple |
4th |
2:28.41 |
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2:24.76 |
| 1500m |
Sacha Dernoncourt |
10th |
4:03.57 |
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3:40.39 |
| 3000m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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8:09.62 |
| 5000m |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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| 60m hurdles |
Jacob Weldon |
5th |
0:10.92 |
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0:08.19 |
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| 4x200m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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1:27.92 |
| 4x400m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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3:14.98 |
| 4x800m |
(no McGill entries in this event) |
na |
na |
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7:38.96 |
| High Jump |
David Fitzgerald |
SILVER |
1.95m |
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2.07m |
| Pole Vault |
Kilty McGonigal |
GOLD |
4.46m |
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4.86m |
| Pole Vault |
Jules Barrieu |
BRONZE |
3.81m |
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| Long Jump |
Alexander Crooks |
BRONZE |
6.55m |
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7.20m |
| Triple Jump |
David Fitzgerald |
GOLD |
14.05m |
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14.90m |
| Triple Jump |
Mackenzie Stathis |
SILVER |
14.04m |
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| Shot Put (7.26 kg) |
Ryan Yuen |
5th |
9.77m |
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16.35m |
| Weight Throw (35 lbs) |
Patrick Young |
GOLD |
11.97m |
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(n/a) |
| Weight Throw (35 lbs) |
Philippe Haddad |
SILVER |
9.97m |
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| Pentathlon |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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3,669 pts |
| Heptathlon |
(event not held at meet) |
na |
na |
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4,739 pts |
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| (MR) McGill record |
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| (U) U SPORTS standard achieved |
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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
