X-Men place second at AUS Track & Field Championship
The StFX X-Men track and field team concluded a their season with a second place showing at the Subway AUS Championship this past weekend in Moncton, NB. The X-Men racked in seven medals in total collecting three gold and four silver for a total of 61 points. Dalhousie claimed the AUS championship banner with 174 total team points while Saint Mary’s was third with 58.
Connor McGuire and Max Maund were the two individual stars of the day for the X-Men as they combined for four of the seven medals, with Maund in on two more as a relay team participant.
McGuire, the 2011 AUS individual cross country champion, earned two gold medals, finishing first in both the 1500m and 3000m races. He is the two-time defending AUS champion in the 3000m event. Maund, also a key member of the X-Men soccer team, won gold in the 300m dash, silver in the 600m run, along with silver medals in both the 4x200m and 4x400m relay races.
Joining Maund on the 4x200m relay team were Chad Samson, Conor Kyte and Jide Ojuawo, while Alex Vanderlinden, Stu MacNeil and Ben Gunn-Doerge comprised the 4x400m relay team along with the anchor Maund. The silver medal performance in 4x400m relay race was a close finish over third place Saint Mary’s which helped edge the X-Men over the same Huskies in the overall team standings into their second place performance.
The relays emerged as strong events for StFX as they received their final silver medal in the 4x800m relay when Gabe Quenneville, Riley Johnston, Ben Gunn-Doerge and Bryden Tate led the blue and white to a second place finish.
Third year X-Men runner Zach MacDonald was honored as the male recipient of the AUS Student-Athlete Community Service award.
Complete X-Men results from all the AUS championship events follow as per below. To access the full AUS championship results, click here. The CIS national championship is scheduled for March 8-10th at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
StFX X-Men AUS Results:
60m dash (preliminaries): Conor Kyte (7.45) 7th place, Jide Ojuawo (7.56) 12th place, Chad Samson (7.61) 16th place and Miroslav Novak (7.96) 21st place
300m dash (finals): Max Maund (36.85) 1st place
300m dash (preliminaries): Conor Kyte (38.93) 7th place, Jide Ojuawo (39.12) 8th place and Alex Vanderlinden (39.78) 10th place
600m Run: Max Maund (1:26.02), Stu MacNeil (1:32.71) 8th place and Alex Vanderlinden (1:34.90) 12th place
1000m Run: Ben Gunn-Doerge (2:38.58) 4th place, and Stu MacNeil (2:49.10) 10th place
1500m Run: Connor McGuire (4:01.60) 1st place, Bryden Tate (4:08.48) 5th place, Gabe Quenneville (4:10.01) 7th place, Stephen Deering (4:12.36) 9th place, Zach Macdonald (4:16.45) 11th place, Riley Johnston (4:18.53) 12th place, Ben Gunn-Doerge (4:23.28) 14th place and Ryan Hatchard (4:25.99) 16th place
3000m Run: Connor McGuire (8:45.52) 1st place, Bryden Tate (8:55.76) 6th place, Stephen Deering (8:57.67) 7th place, Riley Johnston (9:05.50) 8th place, Gabe Quenneville (9:09.35) 10th place, Zach Macdonald (9:15.38) 11th place and Ryan Hatchard (9:28.63) 12th place
60m hurdles: Greg Gilroy (9.23m) 4th place
4x200m Relay: StFX (1:36.51) 2nd place – Max maund, Chad Samson, Conor Kyte, Jide Ojuawo
4x400m Relay: StFX (3:40.88) 2nd place – Alex Vanderlinden, Stu MacNeil, Ben Gunn-Doerge, Max Maund
4x800m Relay: StFX (8:29.55) 2nd place – Gabe Quenneville, Riley Johnston, Ben Gunn-Doerge, Bryden Tate
High Jump: Miroslav Novak (1.70m) 7th place
Long Jump: Chad Samson (6.01m) 4th place