Martlets capture 4 golds at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ All-Comers meet
By Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL – ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ athletes captured five gold medals, four of them
by women, at the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University All-Comers track and field meet,
Saturday.
The two-day event, held on campus at Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse,
was highlighted by the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 4x800 relay squad, which finished
first overall, crossing the finish line in 9:13.17, which would
rank them third fastest in Canadian Interuniversity Sport at this
point in the season.
The winning quartet was composed of leadoff runner Trish Muddiman,
a sophomore from Sarnia, Ont., followed by junior Heather McCurdy
of Stirling, Ont., Deborah Lightman of Toronto and Catherine
Drouin-Audet, a freshman from Repentigny, Que., who ran the anchor
leg.
Lightman, an environmental science senior, also won the 1500m
(4:42.32) and sophomore Zaria Stoffman of Vancouver, B.C., won the
high jump (1.56m), edging out teammate Alana Battiston of Toronto,
and was second in the 60m hurdles.
The ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ women’s final gold medal was produced by the 4x400 relay
(3:57.19), composed of Fatihat Momoh, a kinesiology master’s
student from Montreal, the aforementioned Battiston, sophomore
Hilary Kellar-Parsons of London, Ont., and Catherine Drouin-Audet,
a freshman from Repentigny, Que.
Battiston also won bronze in the shotput, while McCurdy (silver,
triple jump) and Muddiman (bronze, 1000m) medaled in other
events.
For the Redmen, Keith Esch, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound junior from Lake
George, N.Y, won the triple jump (13.15m) and was second in the
high jump (1.85m).
Complete results are posted at .