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McGill Redbirds cross-country running trio earns RSEQ all-star status


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MONTREAL – Devin Chapplea distance runner with the McGill University Redbirds, has earned first-team all-star status, while teammates Luca Messenger-Jones and Samuel Hepworth have merited berths on the second squad as the RSEQ men’s cross-country laureates have been announced.

The top seven finishers at the RSEQ championship meet, held Oct. 26 in Vaudreuil, Que., automatically earn a first-team spot, while the next seven runners receive second-team honours.

Chapplea 21-year-old finance senior from Toronto, finished seventh in the league’s title meet, completing the eight-kilometre course in 25 minutes, 19 seconds.

Messenger-Jones is a 20-year-old exchange student from the University of Edinburgh. The U.K. native who hails from the mountainous Lake District region in northwest England, finished eighth of 110 runners, posting a time of 25:21.

Hepworth is a 20-year-old psychology sophomore from Montreal. He finished 11h overall, crossing the finish line in 25:31.

Among the conference’s major award winners, Laval’s Philippe Morneau-Cartier was named athlete of the year in a vote conducted by the league’s 11 head coaches. Sherbrooke’s Nolan Turgeon won rookie-of-the-year honours, while UQTR’s Vincent Abraham earned the leadership and citizenship award, Sherbrooke’s Marc-André Roy was named coach of the year.

2024 RSEQ MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY AWARDS & ALL-STARS / Honneurs individuels – RSEQ 2024
Athlete of the Year / Outstanding Male Athlete

Philippe Morneau-Cartier, Laval

Rookie of the Year / Male Rookie of the Year

Nolan Turgeon, Sherbrooke

Coach of the Year / Coach of the Year – male

Marc-André Roy, Sherbrooke

Leadership and social commitment award – male

Vincent Abraham, UQTR

Men’s first all-star team
(provincial championship ranking 1 to 7)

Philippe Morneau-Cartier, Laval

Nolan Turgeon, Sherbrooke

Félix Quirion, Sherbrooke

Thomas Laviolette, Montreal

Pierre Pereira, Montreal

Rudy Saal, Laval

Devin Chapple, McGill
Second-team All-Stars / Second team of women’s stars
(provincial championship ranking (8 to 14)
Luca Messenger-Jones, McGill

Mathis Richard, Sherbrooke

Émile Toupin, Laval

Samuel Hepworth, McGill

Vincent Troullier, Sherbrooke

David Girardin, Laval

Frédérick Turgeon, Sherbrooke

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Earl Zukerman

Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
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