March 31, 2010
CIS FOOTBALL - NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
OTTAWA (CIS) - The University of Waterloo has informed Canadian Interuniversity Sport that a student-athlete in the sport of football is the subject of an investigation related to banned substances (steroids and growth hormone). CIS is very concerned about this situation and is monitoring it closely and working in cooperation with the University of Waterloo and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) to conduct additional testing on student-athletes.
This supplemental testing will serve to signal that CIS and CCES are unequivocally opposed to the use of banned substances, to identify student-athletes who may be cheating, and to protect the rights and reputation of student-athletes who have chosen to compete drug-free.
CIS began its doping control program in 1990. Since that time there have been 56 doping infractions out of over 5,800 tests conducted.
CIS and its member institutions require that all student-athletes participate annually in a student-athlete drug education program.
"Hard work is the best way to achieve excellence however some athletes choose to cheat," said CIS Chief Executive Officer, Marg McGregor. "CIS is determined to uphold the commitment to clean sport and deter athletes from doping by working with CCES to implement a rigorous testing and education program."
Breakdown of doping infractions by CIS student-athletes since 1990 (56):
By gender:
Men 54
Women 2
By substance:
Steroid 24
Marijuana 15
Cocaine 4
Cocaine & Marijuana 3
Ephedrine 3
Refusal 2
Tamoxifen 1
Letrozole 1
Ephedrine & Marijuana 1
Pseudoephedrine 1
Admitted usage 1
By sport:
Football 45
Ice Hockey 4
Basketball 4
Field Hockey 1
Soccer 1
Volleyball 1
The CIS Doping Control policies can be found at the following link:
http://english.cis-sic.ca/information/members_info/pdfs/pdf_bylaws_policies_procedures/14_Policy_90.10_Drug_Education_2009-10.pdf
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit www.cis-sic.ca.
For more information, please contact:
Marg McGregor
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 26
Cell: (613) 612-2551
mcgregor@universitysport.ca
www.cis-sic.ca
Michel Bélanger
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger@universitysport.ca
www.cis-sic.ca
Rosemary Pitfield
Director of Communications and Marketing
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
rpitfield@cces.ca
Cell: (613) 355-0889
This supplemental testing will serve to signal that CIS and CCES are unequivocally opposed to the use of banned substances, to identify student-athletes who may be cheating, and to protect the rights and reputation of student-athletes who have chosen to compete drug-free.
CIS began its doping control program in 1990. Since that time there have been 56 doping infractions out of over 5,800 tests conducted.
CIS and its member institutions require that all student-athletes participate annually in a student-athlete drug education program.
"Hard work is the best way to achieve excellence however some athletes choose to cheat," said CIS Chief Executive Officer, Marg McGregor. "CIS is determined to uphold the commitment to clean sport and deter athletes from doping by working with CCES to implement a rigorous testing and education program."
Breakdown of doping infractions by CIS student-athletes since 1990 (56):
By gender:
Men 54
Women 2
By substance:
Steroid 24
Marijuana 15
Cocaine 4
Cocaine & Marijuana 3
Ephedrine 3
Refusal 2
Tamoxifen 1
Letrozole 1
Ephedrine & Marijuana 1
Pseudoephedrine 1
Admitted usage 1
By sport:
Football 45
Ice Hockey 4
Basketball 4
Field Hockey 1
Soccer 1
Volleyball 1
The CIS Doping Control policies can be found at the following link:
http://english.cis-sic.ca/information/members_info/pdfs/pdf_bylaws_policies_procedures/14_Policy_90.10_Drug_Education_2009-10.pdf
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit www.cis-sic.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Marg McGregor
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 26
Cell: (613) 612-2551
mcgregor@universitysport.ca
www.cis-sic.ca
Michel Bélanger
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger@universitysport.ca
www.cis-sic.ca
Rosemary Pitfield
Director of Communications and Marketing
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
rpitfield@cces.ca
Cell: (613) 355-0889
