Sunday, February 25, 2007
Ontario
University Championships,
Windsor Feb 22-23, 2007
Some more information about the OUA track
championships. You can see the initial Laurentian reports
at: http://www.luvoyageurs.com/
Lindsy McNicoll ran a superb personal best in the 3000m,
with a time of 10:23.62 and a seventh place finish.
"Lindsy's time is a full minute's improvement over
the last year's best," said assistant coach, Darren
Jermyn. "She and Marnie have made huge gains this year."
Angrand's 1500m race came down to a kick for third place
over the final lap against Guelph's Rachel Cliff and Windsor's
Hannah Eberhardt. Her time of 4:33.93 was a five-second
personal best
Angrand's gold medal race in the 3000m was a tactical chess
match. Guelph teammates Rachel Cliff and Laura Moulton,
had season bests 20 and 30 seconds better than Angrand's,
and it was expected that they would work together and push
the pace from the lead positions. Instead, they sat on Angrand's
shoulder as Angrand assumed the lead through several slow
first laps. Angrand's Laurentian teammate, Lindsy McNicoll,
moved up to run side-by-side with Angrand for several laps,
helping to share the lead and pick up the pace. After that,
Angrand fought off several surges from the Guelph runners,
eventually gapping them by three metres with a lap to go,
and deciding the race with an explosive kick over the final
200m. McNicoll followed with an excellent seventh place
finish and a personal best.
"The race tactics weren't what I expected," said
Angrand after the race. "It started so slowly that
I decided to take the lead and just make sure nobody passed
me. And it really helped when Lindsy moved up to share the
lead in the early laps."
"Leila has improved by leaps and bounds in her first
indoor season," said head coach, Dick Moss. "Her
tactical sense is improving each time she races, and the
3000 proof of that. And I don't think this weekend took
too much out of her. She has plenty left in the tank for
the CI's."
Angrand races the CIS championships in Montreal on March
9th and 10th.
Other Athletes and Information
Madeleine Woods, competing for Windsor, placed 4th in the
600m with a time of 1:35.44
Julie Forbes concluded her collegiate running career with
a huge PB of 5:10.05 19th place finish in the 1500m.
Laurentian's Marnie Smith ran a time of 5:01.0, placing
17th in the 1500m. According to assistant coach, Darren
Jermyn, "I don't think she has recovered from her huge
personal best performance from last week. She looked a little
flat. But she's had an incredible season."
Angrand was named 1st-team All-Star for her gold-medal performance
in the 3000m.
Angrand qualifies for the CIS Championships in both the
1500m and the 3000m.
The meet provides a raucous atmosphere, with spectators
standing both on the infield and in lane three for much
of the 200m circuit. It's a wall of noise as the athletes
run through this narrow gauntlet.
Meghan Juuti was slated to run the 1000m, but scratched
because of a muscle strain.
Photo:
Leila Angrand (L) racing against Guelph's Rachel Cliff (R)
in the 1500m (photo taken by Lindsy McNicoll)
Leila_AllStar:
Leila_Lindsy_web: A low-res photo of Lindsy McNicoll and
Leila Angrand leading the 3000m
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Dave McGill raced indoors at the Ontario Masters'
Mini-Meet at York U, placing 2nd in the 60+ age category
and 11th overall, with a time of 3:32.56 in the 1000m. If
you check out the photo, you can see Dave duking it out
with masters runner legend, Earl Fee.
Congrats to Andrew Ellerton who won gold medals at the Big
Ten Championships in both the 800m and the distance medley
relay. Andrew went through the 600m in 1:19, to finish in
1:50.91 He also ran the 4 x 400, with a 48.3 split.
