LANGLEY, British Columbia – For the second week in a row Trinity Western cross country runner Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) has been named the Spartan Female Athlete of the Week, after making it back-to-back wins with a first-place win at the Bill Roe Classic at Hovander Homestead Park Saturday afternoon in Bellingham, Wash. The victory follows up her winning the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational on September 21 in Seattle, Wash.
Nankivell won the six-kilometre Hovander course with a winning time of 20:18.3, bettering a field of 119 athletes.
Nankivell and the rest of the Spartans will be back competing on October 12 in the Stewart Cup at West Confederation Park in Calgary, Alta.
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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