WINNIPEG, MAN – Matthew Beaudet and Kilty McGonigal both broke school records and the former posted a silver medal finish to highlight performances by the McGill men's track and field team at the U SPORTS national championships, hosted by the University of Manitoba at the James Daly Fieldhouse, March 7-9.
 
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Beaudet's second-place finish in the 3,000 metres was clocked in eight minutes, 1.44 seconds to surpass his own previous best of 8:03.26, set last month at a meet in Boston. He was edged out for gold by Laval's Jean-Simon Desgagnés (7:59.72), while bronze went to Guelph's Nicholas Bannon (8:06.66).

A 24-year-old electrical engineering senior from the NDG region of Montreal, Beaudet also finished fifth in the 1500m (3:46.96)

Gold medalists earn first-team All-Canadian status, while silver medalists merit second-team honours.
 
McGonigal's record-breaking effort occurred in the heptathlon, where he posted a fourth-place finish. The 22-year-old civil engineering junior from Deux Montagnes, Que., scored a combined 4,789 points over his seven events to erase the previous McGill mark of 4,739 set by Alex Stathis in 2020 at Quebec City.
 
Guelph finished first of 25 teams to capture a seventh consecutive men's banner with 89.5 points, to edge out Manitoba (82.3). Laval, the RSEQ champion, finished third (56.5). Other teams from the Quebec-based conference included Montreal (11th, 24 pts), McGill (14th, 17), Sherbrooke (18th, 9.5), UQAM (20th, 7) and Carleton (24th, 3).
 
Guelph's Max Davies was named male athlete of the year, based on his performance at the meet, where he collected three gold medals and broke two meet records. He set one mark in the 1500m with a time of 3:44.00 flat, breaking a 34-year-old standard set UBC's Allan Klassen in 1990.  His other record was in the 1000m, crossing the line in 2:21.00 flat. That erased a 12-year-old mark of 2:22.09 by Guelph's Tommy Lecours in 2012.

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COMPLETE RESULTS
 

TEAM STANDINGS

WOMEN:

1. Guelph, 115; 2. Western, 102; 3. Calgary, 87; 4. Saskatchewan, 86; 5. Laval, 59; 6. Alberta, 30; 7. (tie) Dalhousie and Toronto, 21; 9. Windsor, 20; 10. (tie). Manitoba and York, 18; 12. Waterloo, 15; 13. Sherbrooke, 14; 14. Montréal, 12; 15. Regina, 9; 16. McGill, 8; 17. Trinity Western, 7; 18. Victoria, 6; 19. Carleton 4; 20. UPEI, 3; 21. (tie) Lakehead, Ottawa and UNB, 2; 24. Brock, 1.

 

MEN:

1. Guelph, 89.5; 2. Manitoba, 82; 3. Laval, 56.5; 4. Western, 55; 5. Alberta, 48; 6. Windsor, 42; 7. Toronto, 31; 8. Trinity Western. 30.5; 9. Calgary, 29; 10. Regina, 28; 11. Montréal, 24; 12. (tie) Dalhousie and Saskatchewan, 22; 14. McGill, 17; 15. UNB, 15; 16. (tie) Moncton and Queen's, 10; 18. Sherbrooke, 9.5; 19. York, 9; 20 (tie) Brock, UQAM and Waterloo, 7; 23. Lethbridge, 5; 24. Carleton, 3; 25. Victoria, 1.

 

RECORDS SET:

Men's 1500: Max Davies, Guelph, 3:44.00 (Old record was 3:46.85 by Allan Klassen of UBC in 1990).

 

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS:

WOMEN:

Athlete of the meet: Sienna MacDonald, Calgary.

Coach of the year: Jessica Zelinka, Calgary.

 

MEN:

George Gemer Award (athlete of the meet): Max Davies, Guelph.

Coach of the year: Jason Kerr, Guelph.

Greg Baril-Kenney Award (high jump champion): Noel Vanderzee, Calgary.

 

INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS:

WOMEN

600 metres: 1. Favour Okpali, Western, 1:28.64; 2. Avery Pearson, Saskatchewan, 1:29.39; 3. Emma Dagenais, Laval, 1:29.45.

1500 metres: 1. Cameron Ormond, Guelph, 4:23.57; 2. Olivia Cooper, Alberta, 4:24.55; 3. Julia Agostinelli, Guelph, 4:24.97.

4 x 200 metres: 1. Guelph (Nicole McKenzie, Gabrielle Cole, Maria-Theresa Ulysse, Adenike Abiodun), 1:36.90; 2 Laval (Audrey Leduc, Sarah Dulude Bellavance, Fiola Tejiofo, Sandrine DesRosiers), 1:37.26; 3. Calgary (Dawn Richardson-Wilson, Georgia Oland, Natasha Gatzke, Emma Parnetta), 1:38.01.

4 x 400 metres: 1. Saskatchewan (Paige Willems, Sarah Schwab, Jenica Swartz, Avery Pearson), 3:45.37; 2. Guelph (Gabrielle Cole, Julia Agostinelli, Ruby Radovich, Nicole McKenzie), 3:45.81; 3. Laval (Marie-Frédérique Poulin, Mélina Gallé, Camille Boudreau, Emma Dagenais), 3:47.77.

Triple jump: 1. Chloe Knox, Western, 12.72 metres; 2. Mandy Brunet, Windsor, 12.57; 3. Olamide Olaloku, Saskatchewan, 12.23.

High Jump: 1. Lara Denbow, Manitoba, 1.78 metres; 2. Celia Markovinovic, Waterloo, 1.75; 3. Chloe Zaraska, Guelph, 1.72.

 

MEN

600 metres: 1. Tristan Allen, Manitoba, 1:17.96; 2. Zach James, Dalhousie, 1:18.30; 3. Dawson Mann, 1:18.44.

1500 metres: 1. Max Davies, Guelph, 3:44.00 (new U SPORTS record), Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Laval, 3:44.76; Jonathan Podbielski, Regina, 3:45.18..

4 x 200 metres: 1. Western (Alex Collins, Thomas Helland, Ayden Blain, Josh Duckman), 1:27.11; 2. Windsor (Ryan Mahabir, Cameron John-Dunslow, Ben Tilson, Weagbe Mombo), 1:27.75; 3. Alberta (Evan Essapa, Josh Li, Jake Sawatzky, Alexander Gross), 1:38.01.

4 x 400 metres: 1. Alberta (Josh Li, Clay Grattidge, Nicholas Cook, Justin Rose), 3:16.83; 2. Manitoba (Alejandro Civetta, Keenan Allen, Dawson Mann, Tristan Allen), 3:17.22; 3. Windsor (Ben Tilson, Will McBride, Paul Popescu, Noah Waldmann), 3:19.03.

Shot put: 1. Samuel Bourque, Moncton, 17.40 metres; 2. A.J. Stanat, Windsor, 16.85; 3. Seth Edwards, Western, 16.53.

Pole vault: 1. Nicolas Martin Huerta, Trinity Western, 4.90 metres; 2. Evann Mangue, Montréal, 4.85; 3. Michael Ivanov, Brock, 4.75.

Triple jump: 1. Daxx Turner, Manitoba, 15.82 metres; 2. Kenneth West, Western, 15.38; 3. Tegra Jan-King, Alberta, 15.27.


DAY 2

INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS:

WOMEN

60m hurdles: 1. Sienna Macdonald, Calgary, 8.20 seconds; 2. Hailey Reid, Guelph, 8.30; 3. Maoly St-Germain, Sherbrooke, 8.34.

300 metres: 1. Nicole McKenzie, Guelph, 37.99 seconds; 2. Paige Willems, Saskatchewan, 38.10; 3. Favour Okpali, Western, 38.46.

1,000 metres: 1. Avery Pearson, Saskatchewan, 2:47.10; 2. Cameron Ormond, Guelph, 2:48.46; 3. Julia Agostinelli, Guelph, 2:48.70.

3,000 metres: 1. Catherine Beauchemin, Laval, 9:36.08; 2. Chloe Turner, Calgary, 9:36.97; 3. Sophie Coutts, Western, 9:37.08.

4 x 800 metre relay: 1. Saskatchewan (Kaitlyn Harrison, Attleigh Maloney, Jenica Swartz, Avery Pearson), 8:45.60; 2. Laval (Sabrina Lavigne, Camille Boudreau, Catherine Beauchemin, Emma Dagenais), 8:46.30; 3. Western (Juliana Hendrikx, Sophie Coutts, Chloe Coutts, Hallee Knelsen), 8:50.79.

Long jump: 1. Sienna Macdonald, Calgary, 6.04 metres; 2. Milenne Habash, Guelph, 5.87; 3. Fiola Tejiofo, Laval, 5.86.

Pole vault: 1. Jennifer Elizarov, Guelph, 4.15 metres; 2. Rachel Grenke, Alberta, 4.10; 3. Patyon Serraglio, Western, 4.00.

Shot put: 1. Liv Sands, Western, 15.32 metres; 2. Anna McConnell, Manitoba, 14.84; 3. Kaitlin Brooks, York, 13.81.

 

MEN

60m hurdles: 1. Craig Thorne, Guelph, 7.81 seconds; 2. David Adeleye, Toronto 7.83; 3. Tamarri Lindo, York, 8.02.

300 metres: 1. Emmett Bravakis, Toronto, 33.72; 2. Brandon Smith-Drouin, Montréal; 34.25; 3. Devon Zuchotzki, Calgary, 34.28.

1,000 metres: 1. Max Davies, Guelph, 2:21.00 (U SPORTS record); 2. Jonathan Podbielski, Regina, 2:22.99; 3. Jared Howse, UNB, 2:23.66.

3,000 metres: 1. Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Laval, 7:59.72; 2. Matthew Beaudet, McGill, 8:01.44; 3.

Nicholas Bannon, Guelph, 8:06.66.

4 x 800 metre relay: 1. Guelph (Adam Schmidt, Mason Basson, Alanzo Ryan, Max Davies), 7:28.99; 2. Regina (Adam Mytopher, Brayden Mytopher, Daniel Eiswerth, Jonathan Podbielski), 7:30.60; 3. UNB (Benjamin Perrett, William Boyle, Mitchell Kean, Jared Howse) 7:31.51.

High jump: 1. Noel Vanderzee, Calgary, 2.15 metres; 2. (tie) Aiden Grout, Toronto and Emile Ollivier, UQAM, 2.07.

Long jump: Jonathan Jacob, Guelph, 7.35 metres; 2. Kenneth West, Western, 7.30; 3. Solomon Arase, Guelph, 7.26.

Weight throw: 1. Abdellah Hassar, Laval, 21.22 metres; 2. Graham Wright, Manitoba, 18.65; 3. Joshua Suelzle, Manitoba, 17.77.

Heptathlon: 1. Max Speiser, Manitoba, 5270; 2. Masson Altrogge, Saskatchewan, 5107; 3. Brandon Gremaud, Trinity Western, 4925


DAY 1
 

PENTATHLON

1)   SIENNA MACDONALD, CALGARY – 4164

2)   REBECCA PARKER, GUELPH – 3794

3)   ALYSON EDWARDS – CALGARY – 3793

 

WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW

1)   PHOEBE PRICE-ROBERTS, TORONTO – 17.98M

2)   ALEXISON JOHNSON, CALGARY – 16.94M

3)   LIV SANDS, WESTERN -- 16.72M

 

WOMEN'S 60M

1)   AUDREY LEDUC, LAVAL – 7.26S

2)   VIVIAN OGOR, WESTERN – 7.33

3)   DONNA NTAMBUE, MCGILL – 7.37

 

MEN'S 60M

1)   JORDAN SOUFI, MANITOBA – 6.69S

2)   TYRELL DAVIS, MANITOBA – 6.73

3)   KENNY BLACKMAN JR., TWU – 6.76


SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-983-7012 (Tel.)
www.mcgillathletics.ca
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca