WTRK | Gendron Holds Her Own in Boston
Drawing teams from over two hundred universities from across North America including top NCAA teams from Texas, Oregon and Florida, in addition to the top U Sports program from all parts of Canada, Boston University's David Hemery Valentine Invitational is one of the largest collegiate indoor track & field meets on the continent each winter.
The Laurentian Voyageurs were represented by fifth year psychology and concurrent education student Pascale Gendron (Toronto) who placed 14th in her section of the 3,000 metres in a time of 10:23.10, just narrowly off her season's best time.
"Pascale handled herself very well tonight," noted Laurentian Head Coach Darren Jermyn. "The atmosphere is fairly electric inside the building with several Olympians racing in the top sections of each event. Sometimes athletes can lose their focus or let their nerves get the best of them, but Pascale made several moves within her race to stay in contact with the leaders. Perhaps not the time we were looking for but definitely a solid effort with the OUA Championships just two weeks away."