MONTREAL — Testing season officially kicked off Friday afternoon in Montreal as the CFL hosted the Eastern Regional Combine presented by adidas at Concordia University and five prospects were selected to make the trip the national showcase next week in Regina.

Carleton receiver Malcolm Carter, Montreal defensive lineman Mathieu Dupuis, Acadia DB Harland Hastings and Sherbrooke’s linebacker Alexandre Chevrier and running back Anthony Gosselin were all chosen to advance

At 6’6”, Ottawa Sooners receiver Malcom Carter led all participants at the combine with a 40” vertical and finished with the second-fastest 40-yard time (4.646). Carter also tested well in the three-cone drill with a time of 7.20 seconds and earned the second-fastest shuttle time of 4.17 seconds.

Montreal Carabins defensive lineman Mathieu Dupuis displayed his strength by completing the most bench reps at the Regional combine with 31. The Laval, Que native finished with a shuttle time of 4.59 seconds and a three-cone time of 7.60.

A native of Otterburn Park, Quebec, running back Anthony Gosselin also shined and received an invitation to the CFL Combine. The product from Sherbrooke finished second with 28 bench reps, and was timed at 4.33 seconds in the short shuttle and 7.31 seconds in the three-cone drill.

Sherbrooke linebacker Alexandre Chevrier finished tied for fourth in the 40-yard dash with a time of 4.71 seconds. Chevrier, from Pointe-Claire, Quebec, also finished with the fifth-best longest broad jump (9’11.25”).

Defensive back Harland Hastings from Acadia University showed off his leaping abilities by ending the day in the top five in vertical jump 36” – good enough for second – and also finished second in broad jump at 10’5”.

Overall, 43 players attended today’s Eastern Regional Combine in Montreal and each athlete worked out in front of scouts from all CFL Teams.

Last year’s Eastern Regional Combine saw Marc-Antoine Laurin, Devon Stewart, Donald Tabor and Maiko Zepeda invited to CFL Combine with Zepeda getting selected in the 2016 CFL Draft in the seventh round, 56th overall.

Players selected for national Combine in Regina

Name # POS School Status Malcolm Carter 55 WR Carleton 2017 Mathieu Dupuis 120 DL Montreal 2017 Harland Hastings 29 DB Acadia 2017 Alexandre Chevrier 66 LB Sherbrooke 2017 Anthony Gosselin 56 RB Sherbrooke 2017

One player that didn’t get an invite but put impressive numbers up was Felix Menard-Briere, a kicker from the University of Montreal. It is rare for kickers to dominate the testing phase but Medard-Briere was the talk of the morning session, topping the 40-yard Dash, Shuttle and 3-Cone and finishing in the top 5 in all the remaining categories.

The Ontario Regional Combine will take place in Toronto on March 17 and the Western Regional Combine will take place on March 23 in Regina.

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Top BENCH PRESS

Name Pos School Reps Rank Mathieu Dupuis DL Montreal 31 1 Anthony Gosselin RB Sherbrooke 28 2 Alex Cromer-Emond LB Montreal 24 3 Emile Charron-Ligez DL Montreal 22 4

Top 40-YARD DASH

Name Pos School Seconds Rank Felix Menard-Briere K Montreal 4.618 1 Malcolm Carter WR Carleton 4.646 2 Harland Hastings DB Acadia 4.649 3 Alexandre Chevrier LB Sherbrooke 4.71 T4 Isaac Lauzon RB Sherbrooke 4.71 T4

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Name Pos School Inches Rank Malcolm Carter WR Carleton 40″ 1 Harland Hastings DB Acadia 36″ 2 Oumar Toure WR Sherbrooke 35.5″ 3 Lewis Ward K Ottawa 35″ T4 Felix Menard-Briere K Montreal 35″ T4

Top SHUTTLE

Name Pos School Seconds Rank Felix Menard-Briere K Montreal 4.06 1 Malcolm Carter WR Carelton 4.19 2 Sam Simard-Drapeau DB Montreal 4.17 3 Alex Cromer-Emond LB Montreal 4.21 4 Devante Sampson DB Mount Allison 4.22 5

Top 3-CONE

Name Pos School Seconds Rank Felix Menard-Briere K Montreal 6.93 1 Alexandre Gagnon DL Sherbrooke 7.02 2 Alexander Hovington DB Laval 7.06 3 Sam Simard-Drapeau DB Montreal 7.07 4 Malcolm Carter WR Carleton 7.20 5

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