SPOKANE, Wash. – Trinity Western sprinter
Kenny Blackman Jr. (Surrey, B.C.) ran a huge personal best in the 60m, clocking a time of 6.81 at the Inland Northwest Invitational Saturday at The Podium.
Blackman Jr.'s previous best was 6.88, which he ran Feb. 2, 2023 at the Harry Jerome Indoor Games. He ran his personal best to finish second in the preliminaries before ultimately finishing fifth after running 6.93 in the final.
Branden Gremaud (Kamloops, B.C.), who was last year's Canada West champion in heptathlon, had a pair of big personal bests as well, running 8.49 in the 60m hurdles and clearing 4.21m in pole vault.
In long jump,
Oke Okumo (Airdrie, Alta.) earned a season's best mark of 6.92m to finished second overall.
On the women's side, Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) won the 3000m in her first-ever indoor meet with the Spartans, crossing the line in 9:43.14. In the field, Eileen Noordam (Abbotsford, B.C.) posted a personal best shot put with a mark of 11.75m.
UP NEXT
TWU will compete in the Harry Jerome Indoor Games Feb. 3 at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
TWU RESULTS
MEN
60m
Qualifying
15th –
Jonathan Toews – 7.18
33rd –
Dominic Bates-Montoya – 7.36
36th –
Nate Savage – 7.39
39th –
Nathaniel Sett – 7.42
43rd – Romain Tourvielle de Labrouhe – 7.46
Preliminaries
2nd –
Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.81Q
19th –
Jonathan Toews – 7.15
Final
5th –
Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.93
200m
23rd –
Cade Armour – 23.13
25th –
Nathaniel Sett – 23.29
300m
2nd –
Aaron Cardinez – 36.46
3rd –
Nathaniel Sett – 36.86
6th –
Dominic Bates-Montoya – 38.60
10th –
Jonathan Toews – 40. 66
Mile
18th –
Andrew Gunnink – 4:44.51
3000m
8th –
Daniel Toneguzzi – 8:55.52
16th –
David Mutai – 9:18.47
60m Hurdles
Preliminaries
5th –
Brandon Gremaud – 8.64q
9th –
Nate Savage – 9.02
11th –
Justin Warkentin – 9.22
17th –
Brendan Luccock – 9.57
18th –
Dajean Clarke – 11.34
20th –
Thane Parker – 11.16
Final
3rd –
Brandon Gremaud – 8.49
High Jump
6th –
Caleb Emon – 1.86m
9th –
Ethan Gremaud – 1.76m
10th –
Dajean Clarke – 1.76m
13th –
Brendan Luccock – 1.61m
Long Jump
2nd –
Oke Okumo – 6.92m
3rd –
Caleb Emon – 6.73m
6th –
Luke Chalk – 6.34m
14th –
Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe – 5.95m
19th –
Ethan Foster – 5.80m
21st –
Brendan Luccock – 5.68m
Pole Vault
2nd –
Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.81m
3rd –
Nicolas Martin Huerta – 4.66m
7th –
Ben Zubaly – 4.36m
8th –
Sebastian Martin Huerta – 4.36m
13th –
Brandon Gremaud – 4.21m
19th –
Josh Carsience – 3.76m
20th –
Brendan Luccock – 3.61m
Shot Put
27th –
Justin Warkentin – 10.95m
29th –
Thane Parker – 10.68m
31st –
Dajean Clarke – 10.41m
Triple Jump
3rd –
Oke Okumo – 13.17m
6th –
Luke Chalk – 12.62m
4x400m
7th – 3:34.06 –
Cade Armour,
Ethan Gremaud,
Nathaniel Sett,
Andrew Gunnink
WOMEN
60m
Qualifying
1st – Alina Olson – 7.92
2nd – Aliyah Adomi – 7.94
Preliminaries
7th – Aliyah Adomi – 7.95q
9th – Alina Olson – 8.00
Final
7th – Aliya Adomi – 7.88
200m
22nd – Emily Stevenson – 27.32
28th – Claire Nicol – 27.66
31st – Katie Tancsics – 27.78
Mile
3rd – Maddie Gibson – 5:11.14
3000m
1st – Constance Nankivell – 9:43.14
12th – Naomi Reisdorf – 10:54.15
60m Hurdles
Preliminaries
10th – Claire Nicol – 9.29
11th – Emily Stevenson – 9.34
15th – Nikita Bradshaw – 9.43
22nd – Eileen Noordam – 9.98
High Jump
10th – Alison Ruegg – 1.47m
Long Jump
6th – Sheleena Wiley – 5.14m
8th – Claire Nicol – 4.98m
24th – Eileen Noordam – 4.41m
Pole Vault
4th – Katie Tancsics – 2.91m
Shot Put
7th – Elieen Noordam – 11.75m
10th – Alina Olson – 11.31m
15th – Uririnoghene Ishaka – 10.75m
17th – Erica Udoh – 10.68m
21st – Nikita Bradshaw – 10.14m
Alison Ruegg – 9.70m
10th – 9.70m
Weight Throw
13th – Erica Udoh – 13.31m
25th – Uririnoghene Ishaka – 10.48m
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 disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
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