Miller, Thompson named McGill athletes of the week
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MONTREAL - Brianna Miller of Pointe Claire, Que., and Jeff Thompson of St. Louis, Missouri, have been named as the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ athletes of the week for the period ending Sept. 5, 2010.
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Miller, a physical education freshman who turns 19 on Sept. 18, scored 37 points in two weekend victories for the Martlets rugby team. The five-foot-five fullbackÌýtallied five tries (25 pts) and added six conversions (12 pts) over the weekend. Miller notched three tries and four conversions in Sunday's 95-0 win over UPEI and added a pair of tries and two converts in Saturday's 73-0 whitewash over Boston University.
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Thompson, a five-foot-nine, 175-pound return specialist and defensive back with the football Redmen, racked up a game-high 181 all-purpose yards in McGill's 50-9 loss at Laval, Sunday. He posted a single-game school record 144 yards on five kickoff returns, which ranks as the second-highest KOR total in Quebec conference history behind the 168 yards achieved by John Larsen (Queen's) in 1984.Ìý Thompson, 23, who also registered 37 more yards on five punt returns, is a first-year marketing student who has transferred to McGill after stints at Simon Fraser University and West Virginia.
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SOURCE:
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
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514-398-7012 (Tel.)
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