By rdnewsNOW staff

Strong weekend for RDC Athletics

Sep 17, 2018 | 9:18 AM

This past weekend, the Red Deer College Queens & Kings Cross Country Running teams earned second at Grand Prix #2 in Calgary while the Queens & Kings Golf teams placed third at North Regionals. Elsewhere, the Soccer Queens split their weekend games while the Kings Soccer team recorded a tie and loss.   

Here is a summary of what happened this past week in RDC Athletics.  

RDC Golf | September 15 – 16 | North Regional | Lac La Biche  

In the first Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) tournament of the season, the RDC Queens & Kings Golf teams placed third. Chloe Sies incredibly shot a 77 on Sunday and finished in a tie for first place (167) with Becky Martin of the Rattlers. Chase Broderson led the way for the Kings on the final day with a 79 and placed third among ACAC male golfers (159). In the new mixed division, RDC earned second. 

Queens Soccer | Saturday, September 15 | Olds

Pitch ideas

Central Alberta entrepreneurs take part in Catalyst Incubator program

3h ago

numerous incidents

QEII Highway very icy Monday morning

7h ago

"unprecedented levels of discrimination"

Ponoka Pride Society dissolves, citing limited resources

7h ago

The RDC Queens (2 – 0 – 0) earned a 3 – 0 road victory over the Olds College Broncos (1 – 1 – 1). Haley Nassichuk-Dean, Mikayla Fujimoto and Emily Richard scored for RDC. Goalkeeper Erin Gill was perfect in net and recorded the shutout. 

Queens Soccer | Sunday, September 16 | SAIT  

In the final contest of a two-game road trip, the Red Deer College Queens (2 – 1 – 0) dropped a 5 – 0 decision to the SAIT Trojans (4 – 0 – 0).   

Kings Soccer | Saturday, September 15 | Olds

The RDC Kings (1 – 0 – 1) rallied and earned a 3 – 3 tie against the Olds College Broncos (0 – 2 – 1) in the final minutes. Pedro Humberto Mourao Neto, Theoren Gill and Kyle Bett found the back of the net for the Kings.

Kings Soccer | Sunday, September 16 | SAIT  

In Calgary, the SAIT Trojans (4 – 0 – 0) picked up a 4 – 0 win over the RDC Kings (1 – 1 – 1).  

Cross Country Running | Saturday, September 15 | Grand Prix #2 | SAIT/St. Mary’s University  

The Red Deer College Cross Country Running teams had another excellent outing in Calgary. The Queens & Kings both placed second on a challenging course.   

RDC’s Matthew Hope (25:36) performed extremely well over 8 km in his first grand prix of season and finished in second spot among ACAC men, only five seconds behind SAIT’s Matt Travaglini (25:31).  

In consecutive weeks, Jill Stewart (23:38) led the way for the RDC Queens over 6 km and placed third among ACAC women.  

Non-conference Action  

Queens Hockey | Friday, September 14 | SAIT  

Red Deer College Queens 3 – SAIT Trojans 1   

Queens Hockey | Saturday, September 15 | SAIT

RDC Queens 5 – Cochrane Chaos 2   

Queens Hockey | Saturday, September 15 | SAIT  

Red Deer College Queens 9 – Calgary Titans 0.