Scrimger Shines at ACAC Indoor Track Champs

Posted on March 17, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
Maddie Scrimger (centre) won gold and silver medals at the 2025 ACAC Indoor Track Championships

Rattlers runner Maddie Scrimger delivered a strong performance on the weekend at the 2025 ACAC Indoor Track Championships in Edmonton. The third-year nursing student won her first-ever ACAC gold medal on Saturday with a convincing win in the women’s 3000m. On Sunday, Scrimger followed up with a silver medal winning run in 1500m. In addition to her podium finishes, Scrimger also placed 10th in the 1000m and ran a leg on the 8th place women’s 4 x 400m team. All told, she established three new MHC school records in her individual events.

For her efforts this weekend, Scrimger was named to the ACAC Indoor Track All Conference team, for the second year in a row.

A number of other Rattlers runners and relay teams scored points in the meet based on their top 8 finishes. These included:

Ellie Barlow Women’s 3000m 7th place

Annika Marshall Women’s 60m 8th place

Women’s 4 x 200m Relay 6th place

Women’s 4 x 400m Relay 8th place

Chibuikem Chukwunyerenwa 60m 8th place

Men’s 4 x 200m Relay 4th place

Men’s 4 x 400 Relay 5th place

Griffin Goodfellow contests the Men’s 300m at the 2025 ACAC Indoor Track Championships

Collectively, the Rattlers placed fifth out of ten teams in the meet.

Full results are available at https://www.ellistiming.ca/results/2025ACACChampionshipsResults.pdf

With the indoor track season now complete, the team will now focus on preparing for the 2025 Rattler Run on April 26.

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Trio of Top 3 Performances for Rattler Runners

Posted on March 2, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
Addison Weir prepares to contest the W 600m at the 2025 ACAC 3 Kodiak Open track meet

The MHC Rattlers Indoor Track team was in Lethbridge on Saturday, along with six other ACAC schools, contesting ACAC 3 – Kodiak Open at the University of Lethbridge. The team managed three podium finishes in both individual and relay events.

Maddie Scrimger led the way for MHC with a silver medal run in the Women’s 1500m. In a controversial finish, where the runners were made to run an additional 200m lap, Scrimger was placed second behind Lethbridge’s Hannah Pilling.

Bronze medal performances were recorded by the Rattler’s Women’s 4 x 400m squad and the Men’s 4 x 200 team.

Collectively, the Rattler women’s team placed 4th in team scoring; the Rattlers men were 5th. Lethbridge Polytechnic was the top school in both genders.

Next up for the Rattlers is the ACAC Championships in Edmonton on March 15 and 16.

Full results are posted at https://live.athletics.ca/meets/43492

No road trip through Bow Island is complete without a stop to homage to Pinto McBean

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Rattlers Tracksters Rounding Into Form

Posted on February 17, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
Ratttlers Christian Pimagay leads leg 1 of heat 3 of the men’s 4 x 400 relay at the 2025 RDP Open

Achieving a slew of personal and seasonal best times, the MHC Rattlers Indoor Track team returned home on Saturday night after taking part in the ACAC 2 – the RDP Open in Red Deer.

As she’s done all year, third year runner Maddie Scrimger led the way for MHC with a resounding victory in the women’s 3000m. Scrimger recorded a personal best time of 11:07, 18 seconds better than second-place finisher Hannah Pilling of Lethbridge Polytechnic.

Spencer Wilson also managed a top 3 placing in the men’s 3000m for the Rattlers.

All four Rattlers men’s and women’s relay teams in both the 4x 200m and the 4 x 400m races finished in 5th place with seasonal best times.

In the team standings, the Rattlers women ranked fourth, while the MHC men were sixth.

Aki Iwata (380) and Addy Weir (390) prepare to run Heat 1 of the Women’s 600m at the 2025 RDP Open. The Rattlers pair placed first and second in this heat.

Full reults are posted at https://live.athletics.ca/meets/43491/events

Next up for the Rattlers runners is the Medicine Hat Panthers Meet on Saturday, February 15th at the Big Marble Go Centre.

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Rattlers Women Fourth at ACAC 1 Indoor Track Meet

Posted on January 26, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
The MHC Rattlers Indoor Track team opened its season at ACAC 1 – the Concordia Open in Edmonton

Led by Madison Scrimger’s wins in the 3000 m and 1500m, the MHC Rattlers women posted a fourth place finish at ACAC 1 – The Concordia Open in Edmonton on Saturday. In addition to her two W’s in the longer races, Scrimger also ran a leg on MHC’s 4th place 4 x 400m relay team.

Sprinters Annika Marshall and Adara Both had strong meets posting top 8 finishes in three events each. Marshall lowered her own school record in the 50m to 7.31 in finishing 5th in the short sprint and also contributed relay legs on the 4 x 200m (5th) and 4 x 400m (4th). Both placed 8th in the 50m and anchored MHC in both relay races.

Ellie Barlow recorded a 7th place finish in the 3000m and an 8th place finish in the 1500m.

Red Deer Poly took the top spot in the women’s standings with 67 points, ahead of SAIT Poly (46 points) , Lethbridge Poly (43 points ) and the Rattlers (37 points ).

On the men’s side, MHC’s team finished in 8th place overall. Top performances from the Rattlers included Chibuikem Chukwunyerenwa in the 300m (5th) and 50m (8th), Spencer Wilson 3000m (8th), the 4 x 200m relay team (5th), and the 4 x 400m relay team (7th)..

Wilson (left) anchored his “boyz” to a 5th place finish in Heat 2 of the Men’s 4 x 400m

Full meet results are available at https://live.athletics.ca/meets/43299

Next up for the Rattlers tracksters is ACAC 2 – The Red Deer Poly Meet on February 15th.

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Rattlers Women Climb to Tenth at CCAA Nationals

Posted on November 10, 2024 by bcorcoranMHC
MHC Rattlers Women at the start of the 2024 CCAA XC Running Chamionships

The MHC Rattlers Women’s Cross Country team ran their best race of the season on Saturday, finishing tenth at the CCAA XC Running Championships in Windsor, ON.

Coming into the championships unranked among the top 15 schools in Canada, the Rattlers women ran tough and consistent race over the rolling 6 km course in Malden Park. The MHC women moved from 12th place at the 3 km mid-point in the race to tenth place by the finish.

Maddie Scrimager (215) placed 17 at the 2024 CCAA XC Running Championships

Individually, team captain Maddie Scrimger (24:26) led the way in 17th place, second-best among all Alberta runners in the race. Ellie Barlow (26:30 – 50th) and Mizuki Iwata (28:23 – 71st) were the next two Rattlers across the line. Aki Iwata (28:46 – 75th), Hannah Ulm (28:50 – 77th), and Addison Weir (31:35 – 94th) were the other MHC finishers.

Quebec teams, led by defending CCAA champions FX Garneau, dominated the race taking five of the first six spots in the team standings. Red Deer Polytechnic (seventh) and Lethbridge Polytechnic (eighth) were the top Alberta schools.

The CCAA Championships attracted 198 male and female runner from 38 different schools across Canada. Full results of the race can be found at Windsor Timing – https://live.athletic.net/meets/41822/events/xc/1520786

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Scrimger Bronze at ACAC XC Running Champs

Posted on October 28, 2024 by bcorcoranMHC
MHC Women at the start of the 2024 ACAC XC Running Championships

It’s been three years in the making, but MHC Rattlers runner Madison Scrimger finally landed on the podium at the ACAC XC Running Championships in Calgary on Saturday.

After finishing 6th in 2022, and 5th in 2023, Scrimger placed 3rd this year over a challenging 6 km course on the St. Mary’s University campus. Scrimger clocked a time of 24:58, 11 seconds behind Hannah Pilling from Lethbridge Polytechnic, and 26 seconds behind winner Cadence Laplante from St. Mary’s.

Scrimger combined with Rattlers’ team mates Ellie Barlow (16th), Mizuki Iwata (28th), Aki Iwata (40th), Hannah Ulm (41st), and Addison Weir (44th) to finish 5th in the women’s team standings.

The MHC men also took part in the championships, and placed 9th in the men’s 8 km race. Spencer Willson led the way in 30th place, one place better than Gage Smith. Askia Tahirou (39th), Claudio Reqena (55th), and Griffin Goodfellow (57th) were the other Rattlers’ finishers.

As Saturday marked the end of the provincial college XC season, the season-long Grand Prix awards were also presented. Scrimger captured first place in this year’s women’s Grand Prix, which was based on an athlete’s best four races during the season. This was the second year in a row that a Rattler’s women’s runner has won this award; Becky Ross was the 2023 winner.

Next up for Rattlers’ runners is the CCAA XC Running Championships in Windsor, ON on November 9.

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Rattlers XC Women 3rd at Augustana Open

Posted on October 13, 2024 by bcorcoranMHC
Maddie Scrimger (111) and Ellie Barlow (109) placed 9th and 10th at the 2024 Augustana Open

The MHC Rattlers Women’s cross country running team equalled its season’s-best finish on Saturday, placing third in ACAC 5 – The Augstana Open in Camrose. Led by two top-ten finishes from captain Maddie Scrimger (9th) and rookie Ellie Barlow (10th), the Rattlers finished a mere 4 points behind the second-place team from Lethbridge Polytechnic. Red Deer Polytechnic won the women’s race.

Other MHC women finishing the race included sisters Mizuki (22nd) and Aki Iwata (32nd), Hannah Ulm (33rd), and Addison Weir (39th).

Gage Smith at the 2024 Augustana Open XC

The MHC men had a rough day finishing 9th overall in the men’s race. Spencer Wilson (26th) and Gage Smith (27th) were the top MHC runners, while Taylor Rumberg (42nd), Claudio Requena (46th), Elijah Lavoie-Pierzchala (47th), and Griffin Goodfellow (48th) also took part in the race.

Next up for the MHC runners is the ACAC Championships in Calgary on October 26th.

Full results will be posted at https://www.acac.ab.ca/sports/xc/2024-25/schedule

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Rattlers Women Fourth at ACAC 4 XC Running

Posted on September 30, 2024 by bcorcoranMHC

Led by captain Maddie Scrimger’s second-place finish, the Rattlers women’s cross-country team ran to a fourth-place team finish at ACAC 4 – St. Mary’s Open in Calgary on Saturday.

Scrimger, and teammates Ellie Barlow (10th), Mizuki Iwata (23rd), Hannah Ulm (31st), Aki Iwata (36th), Addy Weir (38th), and Annika Marshall (50th) completed a hilly 6 km course on the St. Mary’s campus. Eleven ACAC schools took part in the event.

Addy Weir (left) at the 2024 ACAC 4 – The St Mary’s Open

A depleted MHC men’s team struggled in the men’s 8 km race. With only four of the team’s seven runners available, Spencer Wilson (27th), Gage Smith (36th), Elijah Lavoie-Pierzchala (38th), and Griffin Goodfellow (49th), the MHC squad placed tenth.

Griffin Goodfellow finishing the 2024 ACAC 4 – St Mary’s Open

Next up for the Rattlers Runners is the Augustana Campus Open on October 12 in Camrose.

Full results will be posted at https://www.acac.ab.ca/sports/xc/2024-25/schedule

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Scrimger Rolls to Another ACAC XC Victory

Posted on September 22, 2024 by bcorcoranMHC
Aki Iwata, Hannah Ulm, Ellie Barlow, and Addison Weir (left to right) took part in the 2024 Run for the Pumpkin in Lethbridge

Rattlers runner Maddie Scrimger won her second consecutive ACAC cross country running race of the season on Saturday, taking top spot in ACAC 3 – The Run for the Pumpkin in Lethbridge.

Scrimger sat back in the early going, passing the 2 km mark in third place, but then rallied in the final 4 km to post a 6 km time of 25:52, 36 seconds ahead of Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Hannah Pilling.

Four other MHC women also took part in the race. Ellie Barlow placed 14th, Aki Iwata finished 18th, Hannah Ulm crossed the line in 23rd, and Addison Weir was 25th.

Collectively, the Rattlers women placed third, behind the Red Deer Polytechnic and Lethbridge Polytechnic respectively.

MHC’s Maddie Scrimger leads the way in the women’s 6 km at the 2024 Run for the Pumpkin in Lethbridge

The men’s 8 km saw the Rattlers men run to one of the their better team finishes in the past few years – fourth place. SAIT won overall, followed by followed by Lethbridge and Red Deer.

Individually, MHC was led by rookie Askia Tahirou in 10th place. Spencer Wilson (21st), Elijah Lavoie-Pierzchala (23rd), Gage Smith (24th), Taylor Rumberg (28th), and Griffin Goodfellow (32nd) were the other Rattler men who finished the race.

Next up for the Rattlers runners is ACAC 4 next weekend in Calgary.

Full results are available at https://racepro.ca/races/lpk/

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Scrimger Prevails in ACAC 1 Cross Country Race

Posted on September 8, 2024 by bcorcoranMHC
Maddie Scrimger leads the way in 2024 ACAC 1 – Concordia Open

Third-year Rattlers runner Maddie Scrimger recorded her first-ever ACAC Cross Country race win on Saturday in Edmonton. The 19-year old nursing student established an early lead and never looked back, stopping the clock in a time of 25:36 for the 6 km rolling course in Gold Bar Park. Scrimger was 24 seconds ahead of second place finisher Ashlee Walker of the host school Concordia University of Edmonton,

Rattler team mates Ellie Barlow and Addison Wiley also took part in the race. The rookie pair both made their ACAC debuts with Barlow finishing in 8th place and Wiley placing 30th.

Three Rattler men contested the 8 km distance. Rookie Askia Tahirou led the way with a 17th place finish, Gage Smith was 22nd, and Spencer Wilson crossed the line in 25th place.

Next up for the Rattlers runners is the Lethbridge Polytechnic Open on September 21st.

Results will be posted at https://acac.ab.ca/sports/xc/2024-25/schedule

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