April 18, 2006

The Vanier College Running Team rises to the challenge at last Sunday's running of the 14th version of the Course Saint-Laurent.

Cegep Vanier College, St-Laurent, QC - April 10, 2006; The 14th running of the Course Saint-Laurent took place last Sunday, April 9th. Some 400 runners participated in this year's event. The Course is part of the Greater Montreal Running Circuit, in action for the past 25 years. This race is one in a circuit of races through the greater Montreal area.

Gerry St-Pierre: Running for Vanier

Gerry St-Pierre, staff member at Vanier College, trains for Sunday's race at Vanier's Sports-Complex. After running the event for the past four years, Gerry says it is the challenge, sense of accomplishment and team camaraderie that keeps him coming back. Vanier fielded a team of four runners running a 1km, 2 km, 5km and a 10 km course, drawn from staff, faculty and administrators.

The Vanier College team came first amongst eleven teams from various companies and organizations based in the St. Laurent area. The St. Laurent Chamber of Commerce organized the competition. Our team would like to thank the College's Visibility Committee for sponsoring them at this event. Team members Mauro Ielovcich (1km), Jim Munro (2 km), Jim Fraser (5 km) and Gerry St. Pierre (10 km) all maintain that based on their experiences at this race, they are definitely enthusiastic about representing Vanier at similar events in the future. Vanier College is pleased to support this event for the fourth year in a row.