Thornhill, Lepage named ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ athletes of the week
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MONTREAL - Matt Thornhill of Ile-Bizard, Que., and Katherine Lepage of Whitby, Ont., are the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ athletes of the week for the period ending Feb. 7, 2010.
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Thornhill, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard with the men's basketball team, scored 40 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in two weekend victories. He shot an impressive 58.3 per cent from the floor (14/24), including a 55.6 success rate from three-point range (5/9). He also shot a stellar 87.5 from the free-throw line (7/8) and was credited with four steals and a pair of assists. The finance senior scored 25 points in a 77-69 road win at Concordia last Friday, then celebrated his 24th birthday with 15 points as ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ upset first-place UQAM 93-63 on Sunday. ÌýThornhill joined the Redmen in 2006 out of Dawson College.
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Lepage, a 19-year-old biochemistry sophomore, won a pair of gold medals and helped ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ to capture the Canadian University Synchronized Swim League championship for the sixth consecutive year. She was part of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s winning White team, which edged out second-place Calgary by 0.67 points and received the John Drake trophy for best team routine. Lepage also paired up with Savannah Forrester to capture the duet routine with a score of 79.5, six points ahead of second-place Western Ontario. Lepage, who serves as co-president of the synchro team, was the club's rookie of the year last season after graduating from All Saints Catholic high school in Whitby.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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