StFX track & field athletes to compete at CIS championship

The StFX track and field team is sending a small contingent of qualifiers to the CIS national championship taking place this week, March 6th to 8th at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

The X-Men recently won their first ever AUS team title while the X-Women were second overall.

Head Coach Bernie Chisholm comments, ""Our program is on the upswing and we are very pleased with our accomplishments so far. We do have athletes advancing on to the CIS level and we feel that over the next number of years our program will continue to grow. Our expectation at the CIS championship is not necessarily to medal in all events, but to run personal best times and set personal records."

Competing at the national event this weekend will be the AUS champion X-Women 4x200m relay team consisting of Abby Finnan, Bridget Brennan, Jillian Murphy and Eilish MacQuarrie. The team is seeded 13th heading into the event with a qualifying time of 1:45.96.

Third year sprinter and AUS female track athlete of the year Eilish MacQuarrie will also be competing in the 300m dash. She is seeded ninth with a time of 40.04.

AUS champion in the 3000m Melissa Hardy will be competing in that event as the 14th seed overall. She clocked 9:51.14 to qualify.

For the X-Men, AUS double gold medalist and male track athlete of the year Bryden Tate will race in both the 1000m and 1500m events. He is seeded 12th and 15th, respectively. In the 1000m, Tate's qualifying time is 2:34.98, with a 3:57.94 in the 1500m.

The AUS champion X-Men 4x400m relay team will be put to the test as they enter the race as the 11th seed with a 3:26.44 qualifying time. Members of the relay squad include Adam Mitchell, Andrew Bain, Max Maund and Mackenzie Munroe.

Mackenzie will also be competing in the 600m race and Bain in the 300m. Both were individual AUS champions in the respective events. Munroe is seeded 13th with a time of 36.59 in the 300m, while Bain is seeded 12th in the 600m at 1:23.22.

Rounding out the StFX contingent is X-Men thrower Robert Kennedy who will be competing in the shot put. The AUS champion enters the national event seeded 13th with a qualifying throw of 14.23m.

The complete entry list for all events at the upcoming CIS championship can be found at Trackie.ca by clicking here. 

The schedule is listed below, all times are local Mountain time. The championship will be streamed live on www.cis-sic.tv.

CIS Track & Field Championship  
March 6-8, 2014         University of Alberta, Edmonton        Universiade Pavilion

SCHEDULE of EVENTS (all times local)

Day 1 Thursday, March 6, 2014

2:30pm            Weight Throw W Final
3:00pm            60 M Hurdles W Pent
3:15pm            60 M Hurdles M Pent
3:45pm            High Jump      W Pent
4:00pm            Long Jump      M Pent
5:15pm            Shot Put          M Pent
6:00pm            60 M                W Heats
6:10pm            60 M                M Heats
6:15pm            Shot Put          W Pent
6:30pm            High Jump      M Pent
6:45 pm          Opening Ceremony/Anthem
7:00pm            60 M                W Final
7:10pm            60 M                M Final
7:20 pm          Awards Ceremony for Weight Throw (W) and 60 M
7:30pm            Long Jump      W Pent
7:30pm            600 M              W Heats
7:45pm            600 M              M Heats
8:00pm            4x200 M          W Heats
8:20pm            4x200 M          M Heats
8:45pm            1000 M            M Pent
9:00pm            800 M              W Pent
9:15 pm          Awards Ceremony for Pentathlon (M/W)

Day 2 Friday, March 7, 2014

4:30pm            Shot Put          W Final
4:30pm            60 M Hurdles W Heats
4:45pm            60 M Hurdles M Heats
5:00pm            Long Jump      M Final
5:00pm            Pole Vault        W Final
5:00pm            1000 M            W Final
5:10pm            1000 M            M Final
5:30pm            60 M Hurdles M Final
5:40pm            60 M Hurdles W Final
5:50pm            300 M              W Heats
6:05pm            300 M              M Heats
6:15 pm          Awards Ceremony for Shot Put (W), Long Jump (M), High Jump (M), 1000m                        
                         (M/W), 60m hurdles (M/W)
6:30pm            3000 M            W Final
6:50pm            3000 M            M Final
7:00pm            Weight Throw M Final
7:00pm            High Jump      M Final
7:00pm            Long Jump      W Final
7:40pm            300 M              W Final
7:50pm            300 M              M Final
8:00pm            4x800 M          W Final
8:15pm            4x800 M          M Final
8:30 pm          Awards Ceremonies for 3000m (M/W), Pole Vault (W), Long Jump (W),                                    
                         Weight Throw (M), 300m (M/W), 4x800m (M/W)

Day 3 Saturday. March 8, 2014

12:30pm          Triple Jump     W Final
12:30pm          Pole Vault        M Final
1:15pm            600 M              W Final
1:30pm            600 M              M Final
2:15pm            4x200 M          W Final
2:25pm            4x200 M          M Final
2:30 pm          Awards Ceremony for Triple Jump (W), Pole Vault (M), 600m (M/W), 4x200m                        
                         (M/W)
2:30pm            High Jump      W Final
2:45pm            Triple Jump     M Final
2:45pm            Shot Put          M Final
2:45pm            1500 M            W Final
3:00pm            1500 M            M Final
4:00pm            4x400 M          W Final
4:00pm            4x400 M          M Final
4:30 pm          Awards Ceremony for High Jump (W), Triple Jump (M), Shot Put (M/W), 1500m (M/W),
                         4x400m (M/W) & Championship Banner Presentation