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Cross-country quartet merits all-conference honours

Published: 1 November 2009

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MONTREAL - Four members of the McGill cross-country running team - two men and two women - have earned all-conference status, based upon their Top 7 finishes at the Quebec university championship meet on the Plaines of Abraham in Quebec City, Saturday.

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Junior Melanie Myrand of Pointe Claire, Que., and freshman Sarah McCuaig of Waterloo, Ont., both qualified from the Martlets, while veterans Graydon Snider of Ottawa and Daniel Kramer of Salem, Mass., earned all-star honours for the Redmen.

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Myrand, an integrated nursing major, finished fifth of 53 entries at the competition, completing the five-kilometre course in 18 minutes, 19 seconds.

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McCuaig placed sixth at the meet, crossing the finish line in 18:47. The 19-year-old a science major was also voted conference rookie of the year.

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Snider, a 27-year-old master's student in chemistry, posted a bronze-medal finish in the 10k race, clocking in at 31:54.

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Kramer, a 21-year-old neuroscience sophomore, was seventh of 49 runners and was timed at 32:30.

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2009 QSSF CROSS-COUNTRY WOMEN'S MAJOR AWARD WIINNERS

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Catherine Cormier, U. Laval, Médecine, Maria, Que/

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Sarah McCuaig, U. McGill, Science, Waterloo, Ont.

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COACH OF THE YEAR

Karen Després, U. Laval

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ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS & CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Josée Picard-Arsenault, U. Laval, Physiothérapie, Québec

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CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

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1. Catherine Cormier, U. Laval, Médecine, Maria

2. Valérie Bélanger, U. de Sherbrooke, Doct. Médecine, Jonquière

3. Véronique Fortin, U. Laval, Résidence en anesthésie, Saint-Georges,

4. Manon Létourneau, U. Laval, Kinésiologie, Québec,

5. Melanie Myrand, U. McGill, Integrated Nursing, Pointe-Claire,

6. Sarah McCuaig, U. McGill, Science, Freshman Program, Waterloo, Ont.

7. Marilaine Savard, U. de Sherbrooke, Maît. Physiothérapie, St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu

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2009 QSSF CROSS-COUNTRY MEN'S MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

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ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Baghdad Rachem, U. de Sherbrooke, Certificat multidisciplinaire, Oran, Algérie

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Ryan Noel-Hodge, U. Concordia, Anthropology, Durham-Sud

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COACH OF THE YEAR

Vincent Paquet, U. de Sherbrooke

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ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS & CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Ryan Noel-Hodge, U. Concordia, Anthropology, Durham-Sud

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CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

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1. Baghdad Rachem, U. de Sherbrooke, Certificat multidisciplinaire, Oran, Algérie

2. James Poulin-Cadovius, U. de Sherbrooke, Éducation physique, Beloeil

3. Graydon Snider, U. McGill, Chemistry, Ottawa, Ont.

4. Dominic Michaud, U. Laval, Génie civil, Gatineau,

5. Ryan Noel-Hodge, U. Concordia, Anthropology, Durham-Sud

6. Ferdinand Buzingo, U. de Sherbrooke, Certificat en administration des affaires, Bujumbura,Burundi

7. Daniel Kramer, U. McGill, Neuroscience, Salem, Mass.

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

McGill Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

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