Anderson, McCuaig named ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ athletes of the week
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MONTREAL -- Austin Anderson of Canmore, Alta., and Sarah McCuaig of Waterloo, Ont., are the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ athletes of the week for the period ending Sept. 19, 2010.
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Anderson, a place-kicker of the Redmen football team, accounted for 19 points and matched a single-game school record with six field-goals in ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s 34-29 loss to Concordia last Friday. The five-foot-11, 180-pounder went 6-for-8, connecting on distances of 46, 27, 12, 48, 18 and 42 yards. Anderson, a Ìý21-year-old finance junior, equalled the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ single-game mark set by Glenn Miller in 1984 and was one short of the Quebec conference record for a non-overtime game. Anderson, the son of former NFL star kicker Gary Anderson, just missed making a 55-yarder and hit the upright on a 45-yard attempt. He joined ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ out of Canmore Collegiate high school in Alberta.
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McCuaig, a 20-year-old science sophomore, was the top university runner and finished second overall at the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Open cross-country meet held on the slopes of Mt. Royal, Saturday.She completed the four-kilometre course in 14 minutes, 38 seconds, one second behind race winner Avril Ogrodnick of the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Olympic Club. McCuaig enrolled at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ in 2009 out of Sir John A. Macdonald secondary school in Waterloo.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
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475 Pine Avenue West (Room 225B)
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