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By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Ã山ǿ¼é athletes captured five gold medals, four of them by women, at the Ã山ǿ¼é All-Comers track and field meet, Saturday.

The two-day event, held on campus at Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse, was highlighted by the Ã山ǿ¼é 4x800 relay squad, which finished first overall, crossing the finish line in 9:13.17, which would rank them third fastest in Canadian Interuniversity Sport at this point in the season.

The winning quartet was composed of leadoff runner Trish Muddiman, a sophomore from Sarnia, Ont., followed by junior Heather McCurdy of Stirling, Ont., Deborah Lightman of Toronto and Catherine Drouin-Audet, a freshman from Repentigny, Que., who ran the anchor leg.

Lightman, an environmental science senior, also won the 1500m (4:42.32) and sophomore Zaria Stoffman of Vancouver, B.C., won the high jump (1.56m), edging out teammate Alana Battiston of Toronto, and was second in the 60m hurdles.

The Ã山ǿ¼é women’s final gold medal was produced by the 4x400 relay (3:57.19), composed of Fatihat Momoh, a kinesiology master’s student from Montreal, the aforementioned Battiston, sophomore Hilary Kellar-Parsons of London, Ont., and Catherine Drouin-Audet, a freshman from Repentigny, Que.

Battiston also won bronze in the shotput, while McCurdy (silver, triple jump) and Muddiman (bronze, 1000m) medaled in other events.

For the Redmen, Keith Esch, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound junior from Lake George, N.Y, won the triple jump (13.15m) and was second in the high jump (1.85m).

Complete results are posted at .