Lancers set to represent
By Lance Staff
June 18, 2008
Six members of the Lancers Track and Field team qualified for the Olympic Trials at the Saturn Midwest Distance Solution meet in Hillsdale, MI.
Melissa Bishop (800 metres), Hannah Eberhard (1,000 metres), Kevin Savard (800 metres), Adam Kellar (800 metres), Mitch Tome (800 metres) and Andrew Aquanno (3,000 metres) all qualified.
These athletes will join sprinter Jenn O’Brien, hurdler Noelle Montcalm, pole vaulter Erika Reiser, decathlete Jamie Adjetey-Nelson and 800 metres runner Raeleen Hunter.
Some Lancer alumni have also reached the Olympic trials standard. Long jumper Osi Nriagu, javelin thrower Mike Harber, 1,500 metres runner Jackie Malette and 5,000 metres runner Ryan McKenzie are all in the running for the Olympic Trials which will be hosted at the University of Windsor Stadium from July 3-6.
McKenzie, a Lancer record holder and past CIS Athlete of the Year, qualified in Portland, Ore. with a time of 13:39.45 minutes, finishing third in his heat.
To qualify for the Beijing Games, he’ll have to run the same race at 13:28.00 twice, which is the Olympic B standard, and win the Olympic Trials held here in Windsor next month.
McKenzie, 28, is a three-time Canadian university male athlete of the year and Lancer record-holder for the 600 and 1,000 metres.
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