Lancers just miss the Olympic standard By Michal Tellos Sports Editor July 9, 2008 Former and current Lancers competed hard and well during the 2008 Canadian track and field championships, which this year doubled as the Olympic trials, but it was not enough.
 Former Lancer star Ryan McKenzie and current Lancer Jamie Adjetey-Nelson both performed to their peak abilities, but it was not enough in either case, as neither qualified for Beijing.
Adjetey-Nelson set a new personal best scoring 7,787 points in the decathlon, which was only enough to take the silver medal. Taking the gold was long-time rival and number-one ranked Massimo Bertocchi, who even managed to achieve the A-standard of 8,000, scoring 8,014 points. >> | 2008-2009 looks consistent for track By Michal Tellos
Sports Editor July 9, 2008 The 2008-2009 track and field season looks as if it will once again be business as usual for the dominant Lancers.
 Head coach Dennis Fairall was quite pleased to announce his new recruiting class, which consists of 26 new faces.
Fairall described the recruits as, “some very strong athletes who are strong in some areas.”
Among the most exciting rookies will be Jaideen Lowe of Toronto. Lowe is an OFSAA (Ontario Federation of Secondary School Athletics) gold-medalist in the triple jump, and is also the defending Canadian National Junior champion. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Morencie drafts two local Royal Arcanum award winners By Michal Tellos
Sports Editor July 9, 2008 Jason Schneider and Corey Harris, recently drafted football rookies, have much in common, and Lancers football head coach Mike Morencie is equally excited about both of them.
Both Schneider and Harris were the 2007-2008 winners of the annual Royal Arcanum Award, each winning it in their respective division. Aside from the prestige of the award, it also came with a $1,000 purse for each winner.
Schneider is one of seven quarterbacks drafted by Morencie this season, and he led his high school, General Amherst, to an A/AA division championship. Morencie has recognized the maturity of the six-foot-five, 195-pound athlete.
“Jason at General Amherst had an outstanding year, leading his team to a championship. He showed a very mature level of play all year, throwing the football around,” he said. He also ended up playing in the OFSAA West Bowl, winning the championship, in addition to helping the basketball team reach the league final. >> |
