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Men's Track and Field

OKUMO LEAPS INTO TOP 10 OF U SPORTS LONG JUMP RANKINGS

SEATTLE – Trinity Western's Oke Okumo (Airdrie, Alta.) finished fourth in long jump with a mark of 7.04m to lead the Spartans Saturday at the Husky Classic at Dempsey Indoor. 

Okumo's mark puts him into the top 10 of the U SPORTS long jump rankings. 

On the women's side, Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) impressed for the second day in a row, running the mile in 4:53.65.

In pole vault, Ana Fonseca (Mexicali, Mexico) cleared a season's best 3.67m to put her into the top 12 in the country. 

UP NEXT
The Spartans will now prepare for the Canada West Championships Feb. 23-24 in Edmonton. 

TWU RESULTS
MEN

60m 
12th – Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.96 
28th – Cade Armour – 7.27
29th – Jonathan Toews – 7.29 
32nd – Romain Tourvielle De Labrouhe – 7.32
35th – Nate Savage – 7.38 

400m 
8th – Ethan Gremaud – 52.27
13th – Eli Hrychiw – 53.65 

Long Jump 
4th – Oke Okumo – 7.04m 
8th – Romain Tourvielle De Labrouhe – 6.50m 
13th – Dajean Clarke – 6.29m 
17th – Luke Chalk – 6.01m 
19th – Ethan Foster – 5.86m 
21st – Brandon Gremaud – 5.63m 

WOMEN
60m 
Preliminaries 
21st – Aliya Adomi – 7.94
30th – Emily Stevenson – 8.16

Mile
64th – Constance Nankivell – 4:53.65

Long Jump
9th – Katie Tancsics – 5.35m 
14th – Nikita Bradshaw – 5.19m 

Shot Put 
19th – Eileen Noordam – 11.58m 
25th – Erica Udoh – 9.94m 

Pole Vault 
14th – Ana Fonseca – 3.67m 

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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Players Mentioned

Cade Armour

Cade Armour

Sprints
5' 9"
Third Year
Kenny Blackman Jr.

Kenny Blackman Jr.

Sprints
5' 8"
Fifth Year
Luke Chalk

Luke Chalk

Jumps
6' 0"
Fourth Year
Dajean Clarke

Dajean Clarke

Multi
6' 3"
First Year
Ethan Foster

Ethan Foster

Multi
6' 0"
Fourth Year
Brandon Gremaud

Brandon Gremaud

Multi
6' 1"
Third Year
Ethan Gremaud

Ethan Gremaud

XC-MD
6' 5"
Third Year
Eli Hrychiw

Eli Hrychiw

Sprints
6' 0"
Second Year
Oke Okumo

Oke Okumo

LJ/TJ
6' 3"
Third Year
Nate Savage

Nate Savage

Hurd
6' 0"
Fourth Year

Players Mentioned

Cade Armour

Cade Armour

5' 9"
Third Year
Sprints
Kenny Blackman Jr.

Kenny Blackman Jr.

5' 8"
Fifth Year
Sprints
Luke Chalk

Luke Chalk

6' 0"
Fourth Year
Jumps
Dajean Clarke

Dajean Clarke

6' 3"
First Year
Multi
Ethan Foster

Ethan Foster

6' 0"
Fourth Year
Multi
Brandon Gremaud

Brandon Gremaud

6' 1"
Third Year
Multi
Ethan Gremaud

Ethan Gremaud

6' 5"
Third Year
XC-MD
Eli Hrychiw

Eli Hrychiw

6' 0"
Second Year
Sprints
Oke Okumo

Oke Okumo

6' 3"
Third Year
LJ/TJ
Nate Savage

Nate Savage

6' 0"
Fourth Year
Hurd