SPOKANE, Wash. – Trinity Western's Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) won the 3000m in her first-ever indoor meet with the Spartans, crossing the line in 9:43.14 at the Inland Northwest Invitational Saturday at The Podium. 

In the field, Eileen Noordam (Abbotsford, B.C.) posted a personal best shot put with a mark of 11.75m.

On the men's side, sprinter Kenny Blackman Jr. (Surrey, B.C.) ran a huge personal best in the 60m, clocking a time of 6.81 

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. 

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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