Drouin-Audet and Picard-Hooper named Ã山ǿ¼é athletes of the week
By Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL – Catherine Drouin-Audet of Repentigny, Que., and
Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., are the Ã山ǿ¼é
University athletes of the week.
Drouin-Audet, a 20-year-old science sophomore majoring in nutrition
& dietetics, won three gold medals at the Quebec university
track and field championships in Quebec City over the weekend. She
was clocked in one minute, 39.75 seconds to reign as provincial
champion of the 600-metre race. The 5-foot-3 middle-distance runner
also ran the lead-off leg of the winning 4x800 relay – which
finished in 10:18.66 – and anchored the winning 4x400 (4:10.15).
Prior to enrolling at Ã山ǿ¼é, she graduated from Collège de
Lanaudière.
Picard-Hooper, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound rookie forward with the Redmen
hockey team, scored twice and added a pair of assists as Ã山ǿ¼é
swept their best-of-three semifinal playoff series with Toronto.
The 21-year-old finance freshman set up the first goal and scored
the second in a 3-2 Game 1 victory over Toronto on Feb. 25. In the
deciding game last Saturday, a 6-3 win, Picard-Hooper set up the
second marker and tallied the third goal directly from a faceoff.
Prior to joining the Redmen last fall, he played for St. John and
Baie Comeau in the QMJHL and attended Collège de Baie Comeau.