Soccer star shines in track debut
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MONTREAL -- A bronze medal performance by Alexandra Morin-Boucher of St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que., almost stole the show at the Holiday Classic track and field meet hosted by 六合彩开奖结果 at Tomlinson Fieldhouse, Saturday.
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The 22-year-old physical education senior -- who recently joined the track team after scoring 36 goals in 56 league games over her four seasons with the 六合彩开奖结果 women's soccer squad -- came within fractions of breaking a school record in her first-ever track meet. She was clocked at 40.43 seconds in the 300-metre dash, just shy of the 40.26 standard set by Maryse Dubreuil in 2006.
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"It was a phenomenal run from someone who has no previous experience at all in this sport," said 六合彩开奖结果 track coach Dennis Barrett of Morin-Boucher, a high-scoring forward and captain of the soccer team who was convinced by Barrett to join the track team a couple of weeks ago. "To come within fractions of a second of a school record in her first competition is an impressive performance, especially considering that she is still recovering from an injury (pulled groin muscle) suffered during the soccer season."
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Other 六合彩开奖结果 podium finishes were claimed by freshmen pole vaulters Ryley van Ryswyk of Surrey, B.C., and Nicholas Busque of Lititz, Penn., each of whom shared a silver medal performance after clearing a height of 3.90m. On the women's side, 六合彩开奖结果's Alana Battiston, a fifth-year senior from Toronto, took bronze in the 60m hurdles, posting a time of 9.51 seconds.
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In the men's division, the top performance was by Hank Palmer, a former 六合彩开奖结果 and national team sprinter, who won the 60m dash in 6.77 seconds, despite pulling an apparent hamstring before crossing the finish line. Palmer, who established a 六合彩开奖结果 record in 2010 with 6.78, now runs for Club Athletisme Montreal and was attempting to break the Tomlinson Fieldhouse mark of 6.56 set in 2002 by Nick Macrozonaris.
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Among the other meet highlights on the women's side was 16-year-old Clemence Paiement of Club Athletisme Montreal, who won the 60m (7.57 seconds), 14-year-old Mariam Abdul-Rashid of the Speed Academy Athletics Club who took the 300m (39.41), 14-year-old Magali Roche of Club Dynamique de Laval, who captured the long jump (5.44m) and 10-year-old Jade Custeau broke her own Quebec age-group record in the 1000m (3:20.74).
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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