Athletics

Athletics continued the tradition of honouring our most gifted student athletes as well as those who help them reach their athletic and academic goals at our banquet held May 4th. Seen at left are Frédérique Potvin and Joel Brtka who were named as Vanier's Female and Male Athletes of the Year. For more about this year's festivities including other awards, just click for

Congratulations to the four Vanier players who were recently named to Team Canada. All will be competing in the international competition which will be held later this summer.

The players selected were Hugo Richard, Alexandre Savard, Clement Lebreux and Lloyd Constant (seen at left clockwise starting from the top left).

You can click on the photos at left for a larger version. To read the announcement, click here.

Coach Andy Hertzog announced that from this coming Monday, April 30th until Wednesday, May 30th, there will be Open Gym Scrimmages starting at 6:00 PM every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the following two exceptions: NOT on Friday May 4 and NOT on Monday May 21.
Here is the full list of Open Gym Scrimmage dates:
Monday April 30, Wednesday May 2, Monday May 7, Wednesday May 9, Friday May 11, Monday May 14, Wednesday May 16, Friday May 18, Wednesday May 23, Friday May 25, Monday May 28, Wednesday May 30. Again, all scrimmages start at 6:00 PM.

The Mixed Volleyball team participated in the Regional Championships on March 25, 2012 at Collège de Valleyfield, where they finished with a record of one win and two losses.

On March 31st, the Cheerleading team participated in the RSEQ Cheerleading Championships at Cégep de St-Jérôme. Vanier finished in 13th place with 80.3 points. For full results from these playoffs, just click for

Congratulations to former Vanier wrestlers Martine Dugrenier, David Tremblay and current wrestler Dorothy Yeats (seen clockwise from top, left) who all have been in the news recently.

Martine and David both won at an important qualifying tournament in Orlando, Florida and have now officially qualified for the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London. Vanier Phys Ed teacher Victor Zilberman will coach them at what will be his amazing sixth Olympic games!

Meanwhile, current Vanier wrestling mega-star Dorothy Yeats won Gold yet again, this time at the Canadian Nationals. Awesome!

For more info and other stories, visit our Wrestling page.

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Congratulations to former Vanier Football Cheetah star players Marc-Olivier Brouillette and Liam Mahoney (seen at top, left) who were featured in a great story and accompanying video on the Montreal Gazette website. You should see them training together! Way to go, Marco and Liam!

Also, we were very proud to hear the announcement that former star player Brad Collinson (seen at bottom, left) has just been named as the head coach for Team Quebec. Congratulations, Brad!

For more on their individual stories, please visit our Football Alumni home page. Click for

The Vanier Football team is preparing for the 2012 season. Dates for the Indoor Sessions with the recruits have been announced and a recent update was made to the schedule. (April 27th has been moved up to April 13th).

All incoming recruits either from a school team or a club team are welcome as long as you are in secondary 5 or have already completed it.

Click for the updated 2012 Football Indoor Practice Schedule.

Division 2 Men's Basketball star Matthew Barr was the subject of a recent Gazette article regarding two major Humanitarian Awards that he has won as well as as his numerous other achievements. Specifically, Matthew won the 2011 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award and the 2011 Upper Year Garfield Weston Award for his work. Barr is a second-year nursing student at Vanier College and has already earned his pilot's licence plus he has been to Haiti no fewer than three times on earthquake-related rescue missions. Read the full story. Congratulations, Matthew! You make all of us at Vanier proud to have you with us.

No fewer than four members of our 2011 team were honoured at the league's awards banquet held on Saturday evening.

Those chosen were (seen clockwise starting from the upper left) Joël Brtka, Marc Glaude, James Reinlein and Maiko Zepeta.

James Reinlein was also picked as an Academic All-Star. It's also worth noting that Marc Glaude was previously honoured with an All-Star selection last year as well.

Congratulations to each of you!

Jerome Blake, the team's leading scorer during the regular season AND the tournament MVP during our AAA Men's Cheetahs tremendous win at the National Championships, has decided to play next season with the Concordia Stingers. Among numerous other achievements this year, Jerome set a school record when he sank 41 points during the Provincial playoff final game. To read more about Jerome's future and to see a collection of photos of him from this year, just click for .

Lenny Austin, the starting point guard on our National Championship men’s AAA basketball team, has signed his letter of intent and accepted a full scholarship to the University of North Dakota (NCAA Division 1). Lenny was instrumental in our success at both the Provincial as well as the National Championships. He scored 24 points in the Gold Medal final at the Nationals and many of us won't soon forget the game-winning buzzer-beater that he sank at the semi-final match of the Provincials. (See video) Congratulations, Lenny! Click for .

After a one year drought, Vanier took back the title of Champions at the 39th Annual McGill Intramural Festival played on April 8th. This is Vanier's third Championship title in four years. All six English Cégeps enjoyed a fun evening of friendly competition in Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton and Dodgeball. Congratulations to the 60 students who participated and brought back the trophy! You can click on the photo at left for a high-resolution version.

Congratulations to Rohan Pirali who has been selected as the new Head Coach of our AAA Men's Soccer Team. Coach Pirali brings a wealth of experince to the College both as a coach as well as a player. We wish him all the best with the team next season. To view the official press release, just click for .
 
This just in: Rohan was featured in an article in the Gazette.

Congratulations to Shelby Eveleigh (left), captain of our AAA Women's Basketball team. She was honoured by being selected for the CCAA All-Canadian team at a banquet on Wednesday evening.

Shelby helped lead the Lady Cheetahs to a 18-2 record in the regular season and a Bronze Medal at the Provincial Playoffs. She was also an RSEQ first all-star team member. Way to go, Shelby! Click for .

On Monday, it was announced that our very own Lenny Austin (left) was named CCAA player of the week. Lenny has been playing a major role all season in leading the AAA Men's Basketball Cheetahs to an 8-2 record and sole possession of 1st place in the Quebec AAA Men's Basketball league. Congratulations, Lenny! Click for .

No fewer than five former Cheetahs were part of the 2010 Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes roster, four of them repeat winners from last year. We also had a repeat winner in Jean-Marc Edme of the Als management team.

Congratulations also to alum Obed Cétoute who played for the losing Saskatchewan Roughriders. For the full story on these alumni, just click for .

Congratulations to Victor Zilberman who has been awarded a Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award for a record 10th time. His award was announced in a recent Press Release issued by the Coaching Association of Canada. He formally received the award in a ceremony held in Ottawa. Congratulations, Victor! To read his and other stories relating to Vanier College wrestlers, just click for .

Our beloved Football Cheetahs won a tight-collar 31-28 victory over our longtime nemesis, the Spartiates of Cégep Vieux-Montréal to reclaim the provincial championship Bol d'Or on Saturday in Lennoxville. Matthew Norzil had 3 receptions for 99 yards, 2 of them for touchdowns. Alexandre Piché also had an excellent game with 4 pass receptions for a total of 124 yards and 2 TDs. QB Benoit Lacasse threw 4 TD passes and was named Player of the Game. Congratulations to Coach Peter Chryssomalis and to the entire team for another great season. Click for .

Congratulations to (seen clockwise from above left) Rachel Hocquart, Rebecca McWhirter, Christian Bouchard and James Byrne who were just named as members of this year's Rugby All-Star team.

Both of our Men's and Women's Rugby teams made it to the playoffs this year. The men had a record of 3-4, good for 4th place in the league while the Ladies had a record of 3-3 and finished in 3rd place.

Both teams were eliminated in the semi-finals by traditionally-strong John Abbott College.

We also invite you to visit our 2010 Rugby page where you can see team photos of both the Men's and the Women's squads as well as view a few good action photos. Click for .

Our Football Cheetahs defeated Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars in the provincial semi-finals on Saturday. QB Jérémi Roch completed 22 passes for 291 yards and 1 touchdown. The team will now face Vieux-Montréal this Saturday, Nov. 13th at 13:00 at Coulter Field at Bishop's U in Sherbrooke for the provincial championship Bol d'Or. Click for .

Martine Dugrenier (left) was able to pull off the storied "three-peat" by winning gold for a 3rd straight time at the Senior World Wrestling Championships held this year in Moscow. She defeated Elgiza Anarbekova from Kazakhstan in the finals to take the victory. You can click to find out .

Congratulations to the Football Cheetahs' Defensive Captain Byron Archambault (left) who was the subject of an article by Arpon Basu in the Montreal Gazette of September 1st subsequent to his being named their Amateur Athlete of the Week. In 2008, Byron won the league Rookie of the Year honours and was also second in the league in tackles. Last year, he was again second in the league in tackles and then went on to be named the league's Defensive MVP. Find out .

We held our annual Awards Banquet this year at the Days Inn Conference Center. From our page, you can see photos of winners from the festivities in all categories. Click for .

Congratulations to Victor Zilberman who has been awarded a $10,000 grant to help current world champion (and Vanier Phys Ed teacher) Martine Dugrenier prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London. Victor had also recently won the Quebec Coach of the Year award for the third time in December 2009. You can check out our Wrestling home page to find out .

Vanier's Athletics Department was pleased to hear that no fewer than three of our former star football players have been selected in the 2010 CFL draft.

Seen clockwise from top-left, they are Kristian Matte, Cory Watson and Marc-Olivier Brouillette.

For full info on who was picked by which team, read the listing in our Football Alumni page.

Congratulations again to Kristian, Cory and Marc-Olivier!

Coach Hertzog sent us the good news that Anneth Him-Lazarenko, (left) who was a star player for Vanier a few years ago, has won the Tracy MacLeod Award from the CIS. For the whole story, just click for .

Karyanne Lacoursière-Roberge (left) placed first at the Canadian National Wrestling Championships, held in Fredericton, New Brunswick. 
Congratulations, Karyanne!

Karyanne will be competing at the World Championships this summer in Hungary with the Canadian National Wreslting Team. To find out more stories on Vanier wrestlers, just click for .