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French student wins Great Court Race
Fast-paced French student Clement Chanel, 20, was a clear winner in this year’s Great Court Race at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Clement, a Study Abroad student in the Faculty of Business, certainly meant business in the 800m dash around campus on Tuesday 17 March, finishing at least 30m clear of his nearest rivals.
Sport and Exercise Science student Darren Bradley of Buderim claimed second ahead of another Business student, Andrew Synk of the United States, in third.
Sport and Exercise Science students dominated the women’s event, with Buderim’s Chloe Turner victorious ahead of Maroochydore’s Jodie Harris.
Third place went to Education student Vivian Oberhollenzer of Maroochydore.
The race is held each year for first-year students and features cash prizes of $125 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third. It is usually held during Orientation, but was postponed to USC’s Harmony Day celebrations due to wet weather.
The first place-getters also received the Dean Van der Helm Memorial Shield which was presented by Dean’s mother Roslyn and stepfather Ken Dalgleish.
Mr and Mrs Dalgleish both spoke about Dean who had competed in the Great Court Race in 2002 but had died shortly afterwards in a road accident.
Mrs Dalgleish said it was appropriate that the race, held in her son’s honour, took place on Harmony Day because her son had always encouraged people to get along with one another.
— Terry Walsh