QUEEN’S TRACK & FIELD - A TRADITION OF SUCCESS!
CIAU/CIS GOLD MEDAL WINNERS – 15 TOTAL
WOMEN
3000m Anne Marie Malone 9:14.69 1983
3000m Beth Wightman 9:37.28 2004
High Jump Lesley Morrison 1.72m 1992
High Jump Sarah Pardy 1.71m 1994
Shot Put Melody Torcolacci 13.86m 1981
Shot Put Melody Torcolacci 14.14m 1982
Shot Put Melody Torcolacci 15.00m 1984
Shot Put Melody Torcolacci 15.23m 1985
MEN
60m Sheridon Baptiste 6.81 1988
1000m Dave Mather 2:24.03 1987
1500m Dave Mather 3:48.72 1987
High Jump Chris Hannaford 2.10m 1989
Long Jump Sheridon Baptiste 7.05m 1985
Long Jump Sheridon Baptiste 7.17m 1988
Long Jump Sheridon Baptiste 7.43m 1989
CIAU/CIS SILVER MEDAL WINNERS – 23 TOTAL
WOMEN
1000m Carolyn Reeder 2:49.44 1992
3000m Anne Marie Malone 9:27.26 1982
3000m Beth Wightman 9:50.77 2002
3000m Beth Wightman 9:50.00 2003
Weight Throw Nicole Clarke 16.10m 2001
Shot Put Nicole Clarke 13.20m 2003
4x400m Relay [J. Stirling, C. Peters, C. Humphries, J. Stanisz] 3:52.69 2006
MEN
60m Sheridon Baptiste 6.91 1987
60m Hurdles Greg Stefaniw 8.18 1991
1000m Jeff Bellinger 1981
1000m Trevor Van Nest 2:24.83 1990
1000m Braden Novakowski 2:25.45 2008
1500m Dave Mather 3:48.84 1986
1500m Braden Novakowski 3:53.04 2006
1500m Matt Hulse 3:50.34 2008
3000m Colin Dignum 8:08.32 1991
5000m Richard Lee 14:35.01 1983
5000m Richard Lee 14:35.16 1984
High Jump Nimrod Major 2.06m 1999
High Jump Nimrod Major 2.09m 2000
High Jump Nimrod Major 2.06m 2002
Triple Jump Bill Woods 14.55m 2006
Shot Put Mike Melaney 15.90m 2003
CIAU/CIS BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS – 29 TOTAL
WOMEN
300m Mary Hill 40.62 1983
1000m Sharon MacKinnon 2:46.82 1988
1000m Carolyn Reeder 2:51.58 1991
1500m Carolyn Reeder 4:30.42 1992
3000m Bernadette Murphy 9:36.85 1985
3000m Charlotte Willson 9:57.58 2000
3000m Anne Barrington 9:51.18 2004
Shot Put Nicole Clarke 13.59m 2001
Shot put Sarah Leonard 12.61m 1993
4x200m [E. McGowan, S. Villeneuve, J. Henshaw, M. Hill] 1:44.70 1983
4x800m [S. Robinson, M. Sirdevan, K. Sherwood, J. Collins] 9:12.99 1997
Weight Throw Nicole Clarke 16.33m 1999
Weight Throw Nicole Clarke 15.16m 2000
Weight Throw Nicole Clarke 15.84m 2002
MEN
1000m Trevor Van Nest 2:27.34 1991
1000m Matt Hulse 2:25.58 2008
1500m Dave Mather 3:50.60 1985
Long Jump Chike Madueme 6.96m 2001
Long Jump Jon Martin 7.04m 2005
Triple Jump Chike Madueme 14.30m 2001
Triple Jump Bill Woods 14.42m 2005
High Jump Chris Hannaford 2.07m 1987
Shot Put Mike Melaney 16.12m 2004
4x200m [O. Tirosh, Q. Hoppie, J. Medved, T. Zverina] 1:30.53 1997
4x400m [C. Napier, J. Medved, Q. Hoppie, T. Zverina] 3:23.18 1997
4x800m [S. Reeder, R. Kavanagh, D. Hackshaw, T. Van Nest] 7:35.46 1990
4x800m [P. Sandford, B. McPherson, D. Hackshaw, T. Van Nest] 7:35.80 1989
4x800m [M. Edwards, T. Van Nest, B. McPherson, D. Mather] 7:39.18 1987
4x800m [S. Reeder, A. Pribaz, T. Van Nest, R. Kavanagh] 7:43.25 1991
QUEEN’S CIAU/CIS CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS
- Women finished 6th in 1983 with 15 points
- Men finished 4th in 1987 with 30 points
- Most medals won by Queen’s at a CIS Championship five, in 1991 (2 Silvers and 3 Bronzes)
- Queen’s has had two CIS Athletes of the Meet:
Ø Dave Mather in 1987 (1000m and 1500m Gold)
Ø Sheridon Baptiste in 1988 (60m and Long Jump Gold)
- Queen’s has had three CIS Championship Record Holders: Melody Torcolacci (Shot Put; 1981-1989; still #2 ALL TIME), Anne Marie Malone (3000m; 1983-1988; still #2 ALL TIME), and Sheridon Baptiste (Long Jump; 1989-1993; still #7 ALL TIME)
- Queen’s has only been shut out of the medals at CIS Championships 6x (1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007)
- The Queen’s male athlete with the most CIS medals: Trevor Van Nest - 6 medals (5 CIS Bronze and a Silver)
- The Queen’s female athlete with the most CIS medals: Nicole Clarke - 5 medals (1 CIS Silver and 4 Bronze)
- The Queen’s athlete(s) with the most CIS GOLD medals: Melody Torcolacci and Sheridon Baptiste both with 4
- The most productive event at CIS Championships for Queen’s is the 3000/5000m (I’m going to lump the 5000m and 3000m together as one replaced the other) with 11 medals [2 Gold, 6 Silver, and 3 Bronze]
- The second most productive event at CIS Championships for Queen’s is the SHOT PUT with 9 medals [4 Gold, 2 Silver, and 3 Bronze] and the 1000m with 9 medals [1 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze]
- The third most productive event at CIS Championships for Queen’s is the HIGH JUMP with 7 medals [3 Gold, 3 Silver and a Bronze]
- The fourth most productive event at CIS Championships for Queen’s is the 1500m with 6 medals [1 Gold, 3 Silvers, and 2 Bronze]
- Tied for the fifth most productive event at CIS Championships for Queen’s with 5 medals is the LONG JUMP [3 Gold and 2 Bronze] and the 4x800m [5 bronze medals]
- Rookies earning ALL CANADIAN honours are: Sheridon Baptiste (1985), Sarah Pardy (1994), Jan Stirling (2006) and Celia Peters (2006).
- The two Queen’s rookie athletes to win CIS Gold medals:
Ø Sheridon Baptiste: long jump 1985
Ø Sarah Pardy: high jump 1994
