LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western cross country runner Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) has been named the Spartan Female Athlete of the Week, after opening the 2024 season winning the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational.
Nankivell led a strong Spartan performance by winning the PLU Invitational for the second year in a row after finishing with a time of 20:28.4 overt the six-kilometre course. Her time bettered her performance from last season by nearly 34 seconds (21:01.1).
Nankivell and the rest of the Spartans will be back competing again this weekend when they travel to Bellingham, Wash. For the annual Bill Roe Classic at Western Washington University.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
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