McGill rugby player named De Facto Quebec athlete of the week
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(PHOTO OF GIDEON BALLOCH BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)
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MONTREAL - McGill rugby player Gideon Balloch is the De Facto Quebec university male athlete of the week for the period ending Nov. 14 2010.
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Balloch, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering senior who was born in Ottawa and raised in Beijing, accounted for all of McGill's scoring in a 22-10 victory over Concordia, Sunday, as the Redmen captured the Quebec university championship at Molson Stadium. The six-foot, 185-pound winger scored three tries to go along with a pair of conversions and a penalty goal. Balloch enrolled at McGill in 2007 out of the International School of Beijing.
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The Quebec female athlete of the week award went to UQAM basketball player Michelle Auger-Bellemare, a native of Victoriaville, Que.
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It marks the sixth time this fall that a McGill student has won the conference's weekly award by the R茅seau du sport 茅tudiant du Qu茅bec. Other recipients from McGill include distance runner Sarah McCuaig (Sept. 20 and Nov. 1), hockey players Francis Verreault-Paul (Oct. 26) and Alex Picard-Hooper (Oct. 16), plus soccer star Alexandra Morin-Boucher (Sept. 13).
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SOURCE:
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