LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western cross country runner Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) has been named the Spartan Female Athlete of the Week, after winning the Canada West individual title at the Canadas West conference championship race Saturday morning at Stoney Creek Park in Camrose, Alta.
Nankivell finished first in 28:38 over a grueling eight-kilometre course to become the first TWU athlete to win the conference title since Spartan-turned-Olympian Regan Yee won in 2017. Nankivell is the sixth Spartan to win the women's title and seventh Spartan overall to capture CW individual cross country gold. The Scottish sensation follows in the footsteps of Spartans Fiona Benson (2012), Alison Jackson (2013), Sarah Inglis (2014 and 2015), Yee and men's winner Declan White (2016).
Nankivell and the rest of the Spartans will now head to the U SPORTS championship November 9 at Mission Recreation Park in Kelowna, B.C.
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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