Photo: Calgary Dinos
RIO DE JANEIRO (CIS) – After 11 days of competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, six current, former or incoming CIS student-athletes are coming home with top-five finishes, highlighted by a silver medal by para-triathlete Stefan Daniel.
Daniel, the 2015 Canada West rookie of the year who competes for the Calgary Dinos cross country squad, finished second in the inaugural Paralympic Triathlon, with a time of 1:03:05 in the PT4 classification.
On the track, Shayne Dobson (Moncton) and Jason Dunkerley (Guelph) both finished fifth in 1500-metre event, in the T37 and T1 classifications respectively, while Guillaume Ouellet (Laval) just missed the podium, coming in fourth in the 5000-metre T12/13 race.
Swimmers Sarah Mehain (McGill) and Laurier recruit Alec Elliot and also finished fourth in the 50-metre butterfly S7 and 100-metre butterfly S10 events. Mehain added a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 200-metre individual medley SM7, and as part of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay team - 34 points race.
Overall, 14 athletes and four coaches with ties to CIS schools represented Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
CIS Takes Rio top-five finishes
Current, former & incoming CIS student-athletes
|
Sport |
Name |
University |
Event (Time) |
Medal/Place |
|
Triathlon |
Stefan Daniel* |
Calgary |
PT4 (1:03:05) |
Silver |
|
Athletics |
Shayne Dobson |
Moncton |
1500m T37 (4:21.06) |
5th |
|
Jason Dunkerley |
Guelph |
1500m T1 (4:07.98) |
5th |
|
|
Guillaume Ouellet |
Laval |
5000m T12/13 (3:57.98) |
4th |
|
|
Swimming |
Alec Elliot* |
Laurier |
100m Butterfly S10 (58.35) |
4th |
|
Sarah Mehain* |
McGill |
50m Butterfly S7 (36.46) |
4th |
|
|
200m IM SM7 (3:11.16) |
5th |
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|
4x100 Freestyle Relay – 34 points (4:29.40) |
5th |
*Current/Incoming CIS athlete
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