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Senior
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| Hometown:
Winnepeg, Manitoba
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| High School:
College Jeanne Sauve
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 185
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| Event:
Sprints
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AT ILLINOIS
2005
Indoor
Competed in the 200m and 400m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...Placed third in the 400m at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 47.69...Recorded first-place finishes in the 400m at the Illinois Invitational (48.20) and Saluki Fast Start (48.08)...Set a season-best time of 46.98 in the 400m at the Iowa State Classic...Finished fourth in the 60m at the Central Collegiate Championships with a personal-best time of 7.04.
Outdoor
Competed in the 400m at the NCAA Mideast Regionals...Placed second in the 400m (46.64) and seventh in the 200m (21.54) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...Recorded two first-place finishes at the Cal Relays in the 200m (21.02) and the 400m (46.63).
2004
Outdoor
Finished 11th in the 400m at the regional meet, where he also ran legs on the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams ... Regional qualifier in the 400m after running a career-best time of 46.46s to place fourth at the Big Ten Championships ... Ran a leg on both the 4x400m and 4x100m relay teams that finished second at the Big Ten meet ... Earned second team All-Big Ten honors ... Won the 200m and 400m at the May Invite, clocking a career-best 200m time of 21.42 ... Won the 400m at the TSU Relays with a time of 47.89s ... Took second in the 400m at the Clemson Invitational.
Indoor
Began his college career with a victory in the 400m at the Illinois Open, running 48.86 ... Anchored the Illini's 4x400m relay team when it finished second at the Big Ten Championships, earning second team All-Big Ten honors ... Scored at the Big Ten meet after placing seventh in the 400m, running 48.09s ... Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships after running a season-best 400m time of 47.60s at the Iowa State Classic ... Won the 400m at the Illinois Invitational, clocking 48.23s.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ten-time individual sprint provisional champion ...Finished fifth in the 400m, second in the 4x400m and third in the 4x100m at the Pan-American junior championships ...Province of Manitoba 2003 track and field male athlete of the year ...ConWest conference champion in the 300m ...Member of the National Junior team in 2002, 2003 and member of the National Senior team in 2003 ...2003 Junior National Champion in the 400m ...Junior National record holder in the 400m indoors ...Ran for coach Glenn Bruce.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nathan Vadeboncoeur ... Parents are Donna Lee and Neil Vadeboncoeur ...Born Nov. 6, 1984 ... Has one sister ...Majoring in anthropology/fish and wildlife conservation ...Enjoys writing ...Biggest thrills in sports were anchoring the Canadian 4x400 junior team to a second place finish at the Pan-Am junior games and taking part in the opening ceremonies at the World Univerisity Games at the World Cup stadium in Daega, South Korea in front of a capacity crowd of 70,000 ...Favorite athlete is Muhammad Ali because he was as quick with his wits as he was with his fists and he stood up for what he believed in and took control of his own life ...Uses athletics as a vehicle to see how far he can take himself, drawing motivation from within himself.
CAREER BESTS
Indoor
60m: 7.04
200m: 21.87
400m: 46.98
Outdoor
200m: 21.02
400m: 46.12
