TRCK | Gareau Grabs Bronze at Hal Brown
This weekend, the Laurentian indoor track team competed in the Hal Brown Last Chance meet at the University of Toronto. They returned with one medal and three OUA-qualifying standards in what was the final meet of their regular season.
Their medalist was first-year runner, Eric Gareau, whose photo-finish in the 1000m earned a bronze medal. Gareau's time of 2:30.93 was only 2/1000 out of the silver medal position.
The meet included large fields from 10 universities, including Waterloo, Queens, Laval, McMaster, Toronto, York, Windsor, Western, Laurier and Ryerson. A number of track clubs were also involved.
The track squad now competes at the OUA championships at York University next weekend and will field a record number of 15 athletes at the event. OUA entries include:
60m: Hannah Merjavec, Kirsten Crowe, Danielle Roy, Skyler Savage-Perreault
Eric Roque, Alexandre Noel de Tilly
600m: Justin Graenert, Liam Pedersen, Eric Gareau
1000m: Erin Hansel, Eric Gareau, Caleb Beland
1500m: Megan Crocker, Paul Sagriff, Caleb Beland
3000m: Megan Crocker, Pascale Gendron, Liam Passi , Paul Sagriff
4 x 800m: Liam Pedersen, Eric Gareau, Caleb Beland, Justin Graenert
Hal Brown Results - Laurentian
Women's Events
60m
8. Hannah Merjavec, 8.04
15. Kirsten Crowe, 8.37 (OUA Standard)
19. Danielle Roy, 8.26, (OUA Standard)
27. Esther Nabatanzi, 9.29
300m
14. Kirsten Crowe, 45.79
17. Esther Nabatanzi, 51.71
1000m
10. Erin Hansel, 2:59.96
1500m
17. Pascale Gendron, 4:58.98
24. Sarah Thackeray, 5:19.68 (PB)
Men's Events
60m
19. Eric Roque, 7.37 (OUA Standard)
23. Alexandre Noel de Tilly, 7.40
28. Josiah Oomen, 7:60
300m
10. Michael Griepsma, 37.73
37. Michael Petta, 38.50
600m
5. Justin Graenert, 1:22.72 - OUA (Personal Best)
10. Liam Pedersen, 1:23.33
1000m
3. Eric Gareau, 2:30.93
1500m
13. Caleb Beland, 4:13.35
26. Jarod Milford, 4:42.43
3000m
15. Alexandre Fishbein-Ouimette, 9:20.20