SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Trinity Western University men's pole vaulter Eduardo Martin Huerta (Santiago, Chile) captured gold at the U SPORTS Championships, presented by Saint John LNG, after clearing a personal best 4.93m Saturday at the Irving Oil Field House. 
 
Martin Huerta became the first Spartan pole vaulter to win a U SPORTS gold medal and only the second TWU male to ever win a national individual title, joining Nathan George, who won gold in the 300m in 2016. 
 
With the U SPORTS gold medal, he completes the championship double, after winning the Canada West title two weeks ago. 
 
Meanwhile, Grace Konrad (Edmonton) earned her second silver medal in as many days, after finishing second in the 600m with a time of 1:32.23. After entering the national championships ranked ninth in the country, Konrad capped an outstanding weekend with her second trip to the podium. 
 
With their four medals this weekend, including Konrad's 300m silver and Brandon Gremaud's (Kamloops, B.C.) heptathlon bronze, the Spartans are taking home the most medals from a national championship meet since 2016, when they also earned four medals. TWU's largest-ever medal haul was 10 in 2015.
 
Shortly after winning her 600m silver, Konrad anchored the Spartans 4x200m team to a fourth-place finish in 1:42.17. 
 
The men's 4x400m finished 11th in 3:26.71, while the men's 4x200m team had a DNF in the final, after Danny Earles (Conception Bay, Nfld.) pulled up after suffering an injury on the first leg of the relay.
 
Following Martin Huerta in pole vault were teammates Joshua Carsience (Abbotsford, B.C.), who finished eighth after clearing 4.28m, while Giovanni Hernandez (Tepic, Mexico) no-heighted.
 
TWU MEDALS (4)
WOMEN (2)
Silver (2): Grace Konrad, 300m, Grace Konrad, 600m
 
MEN (2)
Gold (1): Eduardo Martin Huerta, Pole Vault
Bronze (1): Brandan Gremaud, Heptathlon 

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

Women's Scores 
Place School Points
1 Guelph Gryphons 123.5
2 Saskatchewan Huskies 76
3 Western Mustangs 69
4 Laval Rouge et Or 62
5 Toronto Varsity Blues 56.5
6 Alberta Pandas 47
7 Calgary Dinos 32
8 Regina Cougars 24.5
9 Trinity Western Spartans 24
10 Manitoba Bisons 19
10 Ryerson Rams 19
12 York Lions 18
13 Windsor Lancers 17
14 Waterloo Warriors 14.5
15 Dalhousie Tigers 12
16 UNB Reds 10
16 Lethbridge Pronghorns 10
18 Ottawa Gee-Gees 8
19 Carleton Ravens 6
20 McGill Martlets 5
21 StFX X-Women 4
21 Montréal Carabins 4
23 McMaster Marauders 2

Men's Scores
Place School Points
1 Guelph Gryphons 97
2 Toronto Varsity Blues 86
3 Western Mustangs 61
4 Saskatchewan Huskies 52
5 Manitoba Bisons 50
6 Alberta Golden Bears 46
6 Laval Rouge et Or 46
8 Windsor Lancers 37
9 Montréal Carabins 25
10 McMaster Marauders 19
10 Lethbridge Pronghorns 19
10 Calgary Dinos 19
13 Trinity Western Spartans 17
14 Sherbrooke Vert & Or 15
14 Regina Cougars 15
16 Victoria Vikes 13
17 Waterloo Warriors 12
18 McGill Redbirds 8
19 Ottawa Gee-Gees 5
19 Lakehead Thunderwolves 5
19 Laurentian Voyageurs 5
22 Moncton Aigles Bleu 4
23 UNB Reds 3
24 UQTR Patriotes 2
 
TWU RESULTS
*TWU Record
WOMEN
300m Preliminaries 
2nd – Grace Konrad – 38.67Q
 
Final 
2nd – Grace Konrad – 38.38
 
600m 
Preliminaries 
1st – Grace Konrad – 1:30.34*
 
Final
2nd – Grace Konrad – 1:32.23
 
Long Jump
7th – Sheleena Wiley – 5.72m 
 
Pole Vault
8th – Ana Fonseca – 3.65m 
 
4x200m 
Preliminaries 
4th – 1:42.96q
 
Final 
4th – 1:42.17 – Katie Tanscics, Alina Olson, Sheleena Wiley, Grace Konrad 
 
MEN
300m Preliminaries 
10th – Danny Earles – 35.64
 
Pole Vault
1st – Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.93m 
8th – Joshua Carsience – 4.28m 
-- Giovanni Hernandez – NH 
 
Heptathlon
3rd – Brandon Gremaud – 4743 
 
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 
 
60m Hurdles – Heptathlon 
9th – Brandon Gremaud – 9.02 
 
Pole Vault – Heptathlon 
4th – Brandon Gremaud – 4.10m 
 
1000m – Heptathlon 
9th – Brandon Gremaud – 2:59.45 
 
4x200m
Preliminaries 
7th – 1:31.09q
 
Final
DNF – Daniel Earles, Cade Armour, Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe, Ben Tjernagel
 
4x400m 
11th – 3:26.71 – Luke Chalk, Ben Tjernagel, Cade Armour, Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe
 
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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