Verreault-Paul and Grand'Maison named ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Athletes of Week
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MONTREAL -- Francis Verreault-Paul, from the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh,Que., and ³Õ²¹±ôé°ù¾±±ð Grand'Maison from Town of Mount Royal, Que., are the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ athletes of the week for the period ending Nov. 29, 2009.
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Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-10,178-pound right winger with the hockey Redmen, accounted for seven points, including a four-goal performance in ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s 15-4 road victory at Ottawa last Tuesday. A 22-year-old science sophomore who is taking a double major in psychology and kinesiology, he tallied a natural hat-trick in the first period alone, at 6:01, 10:45 and 14:56 to put ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ ahead 4-1. His seven-point night was the most by a ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ player since October, 1996 when Pierre Gendron had eight. verreault-Paul attended College de Chicoutimi prior to joining the Redmen last fall.
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Grand'Maison, a member of the Martlets swim team, swam an unofficialÌý world record time in the S13 division for the visually impaired at a Canada Cup Grand Prix meet in Etobicoke, Ont., last weekend. The 21-year-old psychology and history sophomore was clocked in nine minutes, 29.86 seconds in the women's 800-metre freestyle. It surpassed her own mark of 9:34.55 established at the 2008 German Open in Berlin but was not considered to be a new world record as the meet was not sanctionedby the International Paralympic Committee. She attended College Andre-Grasset prior to enrolling at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ last January.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Athletics & Communications
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