平特五不中

(PHOTO OF SARAH SOLNIT BY GARY RUSH)

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OTTAWA -- 平特五不中 has qualified nine women and five men for the 2012 CIS indoor track and field championships in Winnipeg this week.

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The three-day national meet, hosted for the first time since 2005 by the University of Manitoba, kicks off Thursday at 11 a.m. Central with the season awards luncheon at Marshall McLuhan Hall on the campus of the U of M.

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The first final of the championships, the women's weight throw, follows shortly after, at 2 p.m., at the Max Bell Field House. The meet concludes Saturday afternoon with the always exciting 4x400m relays.

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There will be live results and webcasting of the event.听 Fans can either follow links from the CIS website at the page for the Championships or the Bison Sports website or link directly:

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Leading the way for the Martlets are Sarah McCuaig of Waterloo and Charl猫ne Puel, a native of Lyon, France. McCuaig will run the 1500m and the 4x800 relay, while Puel is entered in four events, including the 600m and 1000m, as well as the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

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Other members on the 4x400 include Catherine Drouin-Audet of Repentigny and soccer star Alexandra Morin-Boucher, from St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que.

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The remainder of the 4x800 is composed of freshman Evelyn Anderson of Calgary as well as sophomores Genevi猫ve Blanchard of Sherbrooke, Que., and Aimee Castro of Hamilton, Ont.

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Morin-Boucher and Blanchard have also qualified for the 4x200 relay along with Majenta Whyte Potter-Mal, a senior in medicine from LaSalle, Que., and freshman Kamila Rogic-McLean of New Westmnter, B.C.

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Qualifiers on the men's side include pole vaulter Nicholas Busque, a freshman from Lititz, Penn., as well as the 4x200 relay. That quartet features junior Jordan Masys of Ottawa, sophomore Eric Ellemo of Hudson, Que., freshman Alexander Steinbrenner of Montreal and freshman Steven Murray of Burlington, Ont.

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The University of Windsor Lancers hope to sweep the team banners for the second straight year. The Windsor women are looking for a fourth consecutive CIS title. After edging archrival Guelph by a single point back in 2009, they crushed the competition at the last two Nationals, winning by 41 points over Toronto in 2010 and by 55.5 over Guelph a year ago.

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Two weeks ago, Windsor "three-peated" as OUA champion thanks to a 13-point lead over Western.

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Interestingly enough, despite their status as reigning national and conference champs, the Lancer women head into the CIS meet ranked second behind the Guelph Gryphons, who settled for third place at the OUA championships. Western and Toronto are tied for third in the latest rankings published Tuesday, while Saskatchewan rounds out the top five.

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On the men's side, the Lancers were even more dominant at last year's Nationals, finishing with a mind-boggling 84-point lead over Regina. With the triumph, Windsor avenged a heartbreaking one-point loss to Guelph in 2010.

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The Lancers picked up where they left off this season as they claimed a 14th straight OUA men's title. They are 34.5-point favourites this week, with conference rivals Guelph, York, Ottawa and Western following in order in the rankings.

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In the other conferences, the 2012 team banners went to Saskatchewan (women) and Calgary (men) in Canada West, Sherbrooke (women) and Laval (men) in the RSEQ, as well as Dalhousie with yet another sweep in the AUS.

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Individually, Windsor's Nicole Sassine and Guelph's Tim Hendry were named the most valuable female and male performers at the OUA championships. Sassine captured four medals, including gold in the 300m and the 4x200 relay. Hendry set a meet record in the shot put (17.68m) and added a silver medal in the weight throw.

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In the Maritimes, StFX's Susie Lajoie and Dalhousie's Simon Watts were the MVPs of the AUS championships. Lajoie reached the podium three times including first-place finishes in the 60m hurdles and the triple jump, while Watts was crowned in the high, long and triple jumps.

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In Quebec, Sherbrooke's Pascale D茅lisle was named the outstanding female athlete for the third straight year after she set an RSEQ record in the pentathlon (3,859 points). Laval's Charles Philibert-Thiboutot earned the male honour thanks to a five-medal haul at the conference championships, including gold in the 1,500m and the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

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In Canada West, Victoria's Adam Gaudes earned the men's performance of the meet award thanks to his first-place finishes in the 600m and the 4x400. The women's award went to the Vikes 4x800 relay team of Grace Annear, Shauna McInnis, Kenda Pomfret and Rachel Francois.

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NOTES: The list of CIS season awards which will be handed out at Thursday's luncheon includes: athletes of the year in track events (female & male), athletes of the year in field events (female & male), rookies of the year (female & male), and student-athlete community service awards (female & male)... Female and a male championship MVPs will be named at the conclusion of the meet, while the Sue Wise Award will go to the women's coach of the year and the Bob Boucher Award to the men's coach of the year.

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Championship website:

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CIS TEAM CHAMPIONS (last 10 years)

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Women

2010-11 Windsor

2009-10 Windsor

2008-09 Windsor

2007-08 Guelph

2006-07 Calgary

2005-06 Windsor

2004-05 Saskatchewan

2003-04 Saskatchewan

2002-03 Saskatchewan

2001-02 Western

Men

2010-11 Windsor

2009-10 Guelph

2008-09 Windsor

2007-08 Guelph

2006-07 Sherbrooke

2005-06 Windsor

2004-05 Saskatchewan

2003-04 Windsor

2002-03 Windsor

2001-02 Saskatchewan

2012 CIS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

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Thursday, March 8

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14:00听听 Weight Throw (W) Final

15:30听听 60m Hurdles (W) Pentathlon

15:45听听 60m Hurdles (M) Pentathlon

16:15听听 High Jump (W) Pentathlon

16:30听听 Long Jump (M) Pentathlon

17:45听听 Shot Put (M) Pentathlon

18:30听听 60m (W) Heats

18:45听听 60m (M) Heats

18:45听听 Shot Put (W) Pentathlon

19:30听听 60m (W) Final

19:40听听 60m (M) Final

20:00听听 Long Jump (W) Pentathlon

20:15听听 High Jump (M) Pentathlon

21:00听听 600m (W) Heats

21:15听听 600m (M) Heats

21:30听听 800m (W) Pentathlon

21:45听听 1000m (M) Pentathlon

Friday, March 9

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13:30听听 60m Hurdles (M) Heats

13:45听听 60m Hurdles (W) Heats

14:10听听 4x200m Relay (M) Heats

14:25听听 4x200m Relay (W) Heats

15:30听听 Weight Throw (M) Final

18:00听听 Long Jump (W) Final

18:00听听 Pole Vault (W) Final

18:00听听 60m Hurdles (W) Final

18:15听听 60m Hurdles (M) Final

18:45听听 300m (W) Heats

19:00听听 300m (M) Heats

19:15听听 High Jump (M) Final

19:20听听 1000m (W) Final

19:30听听 1000m (M) Final

19:50听听 3000m (W) Final

20:00听听 Long Jump (M) Final

20:10听听 3000m (M) Final

20:15听听 Shot Put (W) Final

20:45听听 300m (W) Final

20:55听听 300m (M) Final

21:10听听 4x800m Relay (W) Final

21:25听听 4x800m Relay (M) Final

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Saturday, March 10

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12:30听听 Triple Jump (W) Final

12:30听听 Pole Vault (M) Final

13:15听听 600m (W) Final

13:30听听 600m (M) Final

14:15听听 4x200m Relay (W) Final

14:25听听 4x200m Relay (M) Final

14:45听听 Triple Jump (M) Final

14:45听听 Shot Put (M) Final

14:45听听 1500m (W) Final

15:00听听 1500m (M) Final

15:00听听 High Jump (W) Final

16:00听听 4x400m Relay (W) Final

16:15听听 4x400m Relay (M) Final

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-CIS-

For more information contact:

Earl Zukerman. 平特五不中 (514) 398-7012

Michel B茅langer. CIS (613) 447-6334

Chris Zuk, University of Manitoba, Cell: (204) 295-7492

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