Pubdate: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 Source: Wheat City Journal (CN MB) Copyright: 2005 Wheat City Journal. Contact: http://www.wheatcityjournal.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2922 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/coke.htm (Cocaine) DRUG ALLEGATIONS CONFIRMED BY CCES The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced last week that Brandon University's fifthyear forward Scott Lelievre and first-year point guard Bode Olagundoye have committed anti-doping rule violations. The violations occurred following a game against the University of Winnipeg on Nov. 25, 2004 in which their urine samples returned adverse analytical findings for cannabis and cocaine metabolites. As part of the CCES process, both athletes had the right to a hearing to determine whether they committed a violation. Bode Olagundoye waived his right to a hearing and acknowledged that he had committed an anti-doping rule violation. In accordance with CIS regulations, Olagundoye is ineligible for CIS competition for two years and will be eligible to return to CIS basketball in November, 2006. Lelievre exercised his right to a hearing before an independent arbitrator. The arbitrator has determined that Lelievre's adverse findings constituted an anti-doping violation and a two-year suspension as well. "Brandon University respects the CCES/CIS anti-doping rule, the process and the outcomes. In discussion with the two student athletes, they both maintained that they did not knowingly take cocaine and that the metabolite findings were inadvertent." BU Athletics stands firmly behind its "zero tolerance of drug use" and continues to promote drug education and awareness," said athletic director Rick Nickelchok. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin