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By Earl Zukerman

SHERBROOKE – ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ won five events in the women’s division and two more on the men’s side at the four-team Vert & Or Open track and field meet in Sherbrooke, Saturday.

Sherbrooke finished atop the women’s division with 164 points, followed by Maine (152), ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (121) and Laval (38). The Vert & Or also won the men’s competition with 132 points, followed by Maine (121), Laval (96) and ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (76).

Martlets newcomer Charlène Puel – whose father Claude Puel serves as head coach of Olympique Lyonnais, France’s reigning pro soccer champions – won the 1,000 metres in two minutes, 58.84 seconds. It was a solid first outing for the mathematics freshman from Nice, falling some 14 seconds shy of the school record (2:45.1) held by five-time all-Canadian Sarah Ali-Khan.

Other first-place finishes went to senior Heather McCurdy of Belleville, Ont., in the triple jump (10.80 metres), sophomore Catherine Drouin-Audet, a native of Repentigny, Que., in the 600m (1:39.01) and freshman Mélanie Myrand of Pointe Claire, Que., in the 3000m (10:25.32).

The final gold medal finish by the Martlets was in the 4x200 relay (1:48.59), which featured Majenta Whyte Potter-Mal of Montreal, Alison Cameron-Vendrig of Ottawa, Katherine Elmore of Pittsburgh, P.A., and Hilary Kellar-Parsons, from London, Ont.

For the Redmen, Lucas Lafourcade and Dong Liu, both freshmen, were the only ones to come away with a first-place finish.

Lafourcade, from the Bordeaux region in France, captured the long jump with a leap of 6.60 metres.

Liu, a science major from China, won the 60m sprint in 9.01 seconds.

The ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ track team will now prepare for an upcoming tri-meet with the University of Vermont and Middlebury College in Burlington, Vt., on Jan. 23.

The first home competition of the new year will be the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Team Challenge, arguably the largest university meet in Canada. The two-day event, which is expected to attract about 20 teams and 600 athletes from various CIS and NCAA institutions, is slated to be held at Tomlinson Fieldhouse, Jan. 30-31.

MARTLETS MEDALISTS:
GOLD:
Catherine Drouin-Audet, 600m, 1:39.01
Charlène Puel, 1000m, 2:58.84
Mélanie Myrand, 3000m, 10:25.32
Heather McCurdy, triple jump, 10.80m

SILVER:
Brittany Therrien, 1500m, 4:59.24
Zaria Stoffman, 60m hurdles, 9.21
Zaria Stoffman, high jump, 5.50m (tied for third)
Mélinda-Megan Rock, pole vault, 3.00m
Alana Battiston, pentathlon, 3165 pts.

BRONZE
Kate Elmore, long jump, 5.10m

REDMEN MEDALISTS:
GOLD:
Dong Liu, 60m, 9.01
Lucas Lafourcade, long jump, 6.60m

SILVER:
Daniel Kramer, 1500m, 4:14.51
Maxime Beaumont-Courteau, 60m, 9.81

BRONZE
David Faille, 60m, 7.04,
Andrew Archibald, long jump, 6.42m

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
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