Rattlers Women Prevail at Pumpkin Run

Posted on September 21, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
Rattlers women at the start line of the 2025 ACAC #2 – Pumpkin Run in Lethbridge

The MHC Rattlers women’s cross country running team served notice on Saturday that they will be a contender for an ACAC championship this fall. The squad placed four runners in the top 10 enroute to a team victory over the reigning champion Red Deer Polytechnic at ACAC #2 – The Pumpkin Run in Lethbridge

The Rattlers women were led by rookie Pheonix Asprey who placed third in the 6 km race run under unseasonably warm conditions. Maddie Scrimger (5th), Reyna Woodruff (7th) and Ellie Barlow (10th) followed closely. Other MHC finishers included Riley Knapp (17th), Addy Weir (19th), Ciana Catonio (26th), Presley Brennan (29th), Ava Dyck (30th), and Elise Stark (33rd ).

Rattlers collect take advantage of the free pumpkins at the 2025 Pumpkin Run

A much improved Rattlers men’s team fielded their first full team of the 2025 season and ended up in 4th place among eight colleges Logan Pancoast had a strong run finishing 5th over the 8 km distance. Spencer Wilson was 17th, Keegan Kolody, making his ACAC debut, placed 22nd, and Griffin Goodfellow crossed the line in 31st.

Next up for the Rattlers runners is ACAC #4 in Camrose on October 2,

Full results can be found at https://racepro.ca/races/lpk/

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Triple Podium for Rattlers in Season Opener XC Race

Posted on September 9, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC

A small contingent of six MHC runners travelled to Edmonton on Saturday to contest ACAC #1 – The Concordia Open. The group managed to bring home three medals.

Maddie Scrimger placed 2nd in the 2025 Concordia Open XC Race

2024-25 Rattlers Female Athlete of the Year Maddie Scrimger again led the MHC squad with a second place finish in the women’s 6 km event. Scrimger ran a patient race, moving up on laps 2 and 3 to stop the clock in 24:50, a mere 15 seconds behind winner Ashlee Walker from Concordia.

Pheonix Asprey (4th), Ellie Barlow (22nd) and Aki Iwata (25th) were the other Rattlers finishers in the race. Collectively, the MHC women placed third in the team standings behind 2024 ACAC champions Red Deer Polytechnic and NAIT Polytechnic.

Rookie Logan Pancoast made his ACAC debut a memorable one, capturing the bronze medal in the men’s 8 km race in a time of 30:03. Pancoast’s placing represents the best MHC male result in an ACAC race since the re-birth of the XC program in 2020. Spencer Wilson also had a strong run, finishing 23rd.

With only two men competing, the Rattlers did not register a team score.

Next up for the MHC runners is ACAC #2 in Lethbridge on September 20.

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Great Weather, Great Times at 2025 Rattler Run

Posted on April 27, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
500 plus runners and walkers contested the 2025 Rattler Run Road Race

Under bright sunny skies, 500 plus runners and walkers took to the roads and bike trails around Medicine Hat College on Saturday for the 46th annual Rattler Run. 

Present and former Rattlers runners figured prominently among the top finishers in the 10 km event.  Chris Jonker, a 2021 Rattlers alumnus, took the top prize in the men’s 10 km event, stopping the clock in 35:46, 4.5 minutes ahead of Medicine Hat’s Julio Figueroa, who finished in second place. Another local runner, Tyler Heron, placed third.

The women’s 10k race featured a re-match between last year’s winner, 2024 Rattlers alumnus Becky Ross, and the 2025 Rattlers Female Athlete of the Year, Maddie Scrimger.  Scrimger turned the tables on Ross this year, prevailing in a time of 41:29, 30 seconds clear of Ross.  Three-time basketball hot shots champion Erin Nordstrom-Young of Calgary placed third.

The 5 km races were won by a pair of youngsters.  Fifteen-year old Anna Chatterton of Lethbridge took the women’s 5 km title in a time of 21:33, while 17-year old Alejandro Alaya Aguilar of Medicine Hat triumphed in the men’s 5 km (17:56).  The minor medals were won by Quinn Haldorson (2nd place men’s), Keegan Koldoy (3rd place men’s), Ellie Barlow (2nd place women’s) and Sherri Emerson (3rd place women’s)

The 3 km winners were Pincher Creek’s Wiliam Feran (11:27) and Lamely, Saskatchewan’s Taiya Chappel (12:27).

Seven local businesses and organizations raced in the mascot race at the 2025 Rattler Run

The mascot race was a hotly contested affair attracting seven contestants from a variety of local businesses and organizations. Daniel’s Dip Ferry overtook a fading Boston Pizza’s Lionel in the final meters to defend the title he won last year for the first time.  The AHS Paramedics Moose placed third.

Full results for the event can be found at www.racepro.ca/rattlerrun/

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Scrimger repeats as MHC Female Athlete of the Year

Posted on March 30, 2025 by bcorcoranMHC
Madison Scrimger was named the 2025 MHC Female Athlete of the Year

Third-year nursing student Madison Scrimger was named 2024-25 MHC Rattlers Female Athlete of the Year on Friday night at the 53rd Annual Rattlers Awards banquet. During this past season, Scrimger was named to the ACAC All Conference Team in both cross-country and indoor track, and she earned a full set of ACAC individual medals – Gold in the 3000m, Silver in the 1500m, and bronze in the 6 km cross country. She also achieved CCAA All Academic status.

This was the third consecutive year that a Rattlers runner has won the MHC Female AOY. Scrimger also captured this award last year, while Becky Ross was the 2022-23 winner.

Rattlers Running team awards were also handed out on Friday. The winners were:

Ellie Barlow – Cross Country Rookie of the Year

Adara Both – Indoor Track Rookie of the Year

Gage Smith – Cross Country Rattler Award

Chibuikem Chukwunyerenwa – Indoor Track Rattler Award

Madison Scrimger – Cross Country and Indoor Track Most Valuable Player

While the ACAC season has ended, a number of Rattlers runners will be taking part in the 2025 Rattler Run at MHC on April 26. Registration for the event is now open at http://www.rattlerrun.ca

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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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