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Daniel wins silver, five other CIS athletes finish top five at 2016 Paralympic Games

September 19, 2016

CIS Communications

RIO DE JANEIRO – After 11 days of competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, six current, former or incoming CIS student-athletes are coming home with top-five finishes, highlighted by a silver medal by para-triathlete Stefan Daniel.

Daniel, the 2015 Canada West rookie of the year who competes for the Calgary Dinos cross country squad, finished second in the inaugural Paralympic Triathlon, with a time of 1:03:05 in the PT4 classification.

On the track, Shayne Dobson (Moncton) and Jason Dunkerley (Guelph) both finished fifth in 1500-metre event, in the T37 and T1 classifications respectively, while Guillaume Ouellet (Laval) just missed the podium, coming in fourth in the 5000-metre T12/13 race.

Swimmers Sarah Mehain (McGill) and Laurier recruit Alec Elliot and also finished fourth in the 50-metre butterfly S7 and 100-metre butterfly S10 events. Mehain added a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 200-metre individual medley SM7, and as part of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay team - 34 points race.

Overall, 14 athletes and four coaches with ties to CIS schools represented Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

CIS Takes Rio top-five finishes

Current, former & incoming CIS student-athletes

Sport

Name

University

Event (Time)

Medal/Place

Triathlon

Stefan Daniel*

Calgary

PT4 (1:03:05)

Silver

Athletics

Shayne Dobson

Moncton

1500m T37 (4:21.06)

5th

Jason Dunkerley

Guelph

1500m T1 (4:07.98)

5th

Guillaume Ouellet

Laval

5000m T12/13 (3:57.98)

4th

Swimming

Alec Elliot*

Laurier

100m Butterfly S10 (58.35)

4th

Sarah Mehain*

McGill

50m Butterfly S7 (36.46)

4th

200m IM SM7 (3:11.16)

5th

4x100 Freestyle Relay – 34 points (4:29.40)

5th

*Current/Incoming CIS athlete

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