SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Trinity Western University heptathlete Brandon Gremaud (Kamloops, B.C.) set personal bests in each of his first three events, including the 60m, long jump and shot put, before rounding out the four-event first day in fifth overall, with 2,687 points at the 2022 U SPORTS Track and Field Championships, presented by Saint John LNG, at the Irving Oil Field House.

Gremaud, who finished sixth overall at the Canada West Championships, is 44 points ahead of his Day 1 total from the conference meet. 

On the track, the men's 4x200m team earned a spot in the final with a time of 1:31.09, which was good for seventh overall. The team finished fifth at the Canada West Championship. Saturday's final is set for 2:25 p.m. (AT). 

On the women's side, Grace Konrad (Edmonton) ran the fastest 600m race of any female U SPORTS runner this season and set a TWU record with a time of 1:30.34, as she finished first in the preliminaries.

Konrad shaved more than a second off her previous best and TWU record time of 1:31.58, which she set while winning a silver medal at the 2022 Canada West Championships. She will enter the 600m final on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. (AT) as the top seed. 

Less than an hour later, Konrad ran the anchor leg for TWU's 4x200m team that finished fourth in preliminaries, with a time of 1:42.96, to qualify for Saturday's final at 2:15 p.m. (AT). 

TWU RECORDS (1)
Women
600m – Grace Konrad – 1:30.34Q

TWU RESULTS
*TWU Record
WOMEN
600m 
Preliminaries 
1st – Grace Konrad – 1:30.34*

4x200m 
4th – 1:42.96q

MEN
Heptathlon (through four events)
5th – Brandon Gremaud – 2687 

60m – Heptathlon 
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 7.30

Long Jump – Heptathlon
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 6.56m 

Shot Put – Heptathlon
5th – Brandon Gremaud – 12.10m 

High Jump – Heptathlon
7th – Brandon Gremaud – 1.75m 

4x200m
7th – 1:31.09q

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. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.

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