Mitton sets new meet record; Lancers shine at Team Challenge
The 28th annual Team Challenge took place this past weekend at the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse.
The Windsor Lancer men came home with the men's team title, while the Western women captured the women's.
The Lancers earned to two first place finished in the men's and women's weight throw. Eli Pawliwstarted off the afternoon with a throw of 15.86m, while graduating senior Jill Van Damme threw for a first place distance of 16.67m. Sarah Mitton received second with a personal best throw of 16.49m.
Pawliw brought home a second gold medal in the men's shot put with a throw of 16.84, while teammate Brett Boersma placed second at 15.10m.
In the women's shot put, Mitton set a new meet and school record with a first place throw of 16.14m. As a result, Mitton was named the female athlete of the meet. Leanna Garcia placed third with a distance of 13.10m.
Women's pentathlon finished with Madeline Rampton of Western in first with 3324pts. Windsor's Oonagh Webster came in fourth with 2924 points, while graduating senior ended up in fifth with 2901pts. Mitch Long placed third overall in the men's heptathlon with a total of 4383 points.
Windsor's middle distance team had a great weekend sweeping the men's 600m. Alex Ullman placed first with a time of 1:20.23, Nick MacMackin can in second at 1:20.39, and Corey Bellemore finished third with a time of 1:21.10.
Taylor McArthur also grabbed a bronze medal in the men's 1000m in a time of 2:30.80, while Andrew Nebel placed first in the 3000m with a time of 8:34.76 and Jeremy Hick placed third at 8:50.96.
Rachel Wolfs once again had another outstanding weekend in the women's pole vault. For the third week in a row, and twice on Saturday afternoon, Wolfs set a new personal best. After hitting 4.01m, she took it one step further and sailed over the height of 4.11m to earn a silver medal and a new PB.
Jonathan Balogun of Western was named the male athlete of the meet with a gold medal in the men's triple jump and a silver in the long jump.
For complete meet results, please click here.
Men's Team Standings
Windsor – 108
Western – 91
Guelph – 77
Women's Team Standings
Western – 102
Windsor – 78
Guelph – 56
The Lancers will now head to the Hillsdale Tune Up next weekend in their final meet before the OUA Championships.
Brown Wins 600m At SMU Open
(HALIFAX, NS) A small group of Varsity Reds Track and Field Team athletes took part in the 2017 SMU Open, in Halifax on Saturday.
Victoria LeBlanc(Saint John, NB) continued her record setting ways in the long jump, establishing a new school record with a jump of 5.36 metres, taking second place in the competition overall but first out of university competitors. It was the third time this season LeBlanc has pushed the UNB long jump record to a new mark.
LeBlanc is now ranked first in Atlantic University Sport heading into the conference championships.
LeBlanc also competed in the women's 300-metres, running 43.03s, finishing 7th overall and 5th out of university competitors.
Daniel Brown(Hampton, NB) won the men's 600-metres in a time of 1:23.26s, beating the second-place finisher, Shiloh Johnson from Dalhousie, by nearly a second. While Johnson currently leads Brown by 0.01s for top spot in the AUS rankings, Brown's victory shows that he is in good form to defend his AUS title. Brown followed up his 600m victory with 8th place in the 300-metres, in a time of 37.16s.
Also competing for the Varsity Reds were Artabaz Nazari(Saint John, NB), who finished 6th in the men's 60-metres with a time of 7.18s, and Kyle Lefort(Cheticamp, NS), who finished 3rd in the high jump, out of university athletes, clearing 1.75 metres.
"I am pleased with the results from the meet," said Varsity Reds head coach Jason Reindl. "We had another school record this week and came away with some victories which gives us all confidence that we'll be ready to compete at the AUS championships, which are now less than two weeks away."
So far this season, Varsity Reds track and field athletes have established 15 new UNB records.
Full results for the meet can be found at: http://www.trackie.com/USports/TNF/Results/2017-smu-open/5843/
The Subway AUS Championships will be held in Moncton, February 24th and 25th, at the Universite de Moncton.
Other Results:
Redmen Classic
Golden Bear Challenge