October 22, 1996

Sports @* ThePanther Prints

Mount Allison Player Fails Drug Test

By Greg Quinn The Argosy, Mount Allison University

The suspension ofa var- sity football player for steroid abuse has started a stream of events that has decimated Mount Allison University's football team and shaken the entire campus.

Beniot Goyette, who was handed a four year sus- pension that effectively ends

his football career, has refused all comment.

Since the announce- ment, the Mounties have con- ceded the points from their only win of the season, head coach Marc Loranger was fired, prompting a media siege as well as a player revolt, and former coach John ‘Hoggie' MacNeil was named as new interim head coach. Loranger has also announced his inten- tion of filing a wrongful dis- missal suit.

Now, the football team is preparing to continue the season, in spite of all the obsta- cles.

Arandom test, adminis- tered Sept. 7, revealed the pres- ence of the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in Goyette's sys- tem. Stanozolol is banned by the CIAU, and has not been legally for sale in Canada since 1989. Itis the same substance for which Ben Johnson tested positive for in 1988, costing him his Olympic gold medal and the world record in the 100m dash.

The CIAU was quick to reiterate its stance against drug abuse in sports.

"We were disappointed when we were informed of this positive test," said Mark Lowry, executive vice presi- dent of the CIAU.

"While we regret the obvious impact on Mr. Goyette and his future in interuniversity sport, the CIAU remains stead-

fastly opposed to the use of banned substances. We will continue to do our utmost to eradicate these unacceptable practices."

Goyette is the first Mount Allison athlete to test positive for a banned sub- stance.

In fact, drug infractions are rare: Goyette is only the fifteenth athlete to be caught since the CIAU began drug testing in 1990. Eighty-nine per cent of those cases have been conducted on an unan- nounced basis.

However, university president Ian Newbould worked quickly to establish the school's stance against drugs, alongside the CIAU.

"Mount Allison in no way condones this behaviour. Itis completely unacceptable, and we will take all the neces- sary steps to ensure it does not happen again," he said.

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