EDMONTON – Trinity Western's
Oke Okumo (Calgary) captured his first-ever Canada West gold medal with in long jump with a mark of 7.26m to lead the Spartans at the conference championships Friday at the Universiade Pavilion.
Okumo came within two centimetres of the Spartans record of 7.28m, which is held by alum James Linde (Feb. 21, 2014). The gold medal sees Okumo improves on the long jump silver medal he won at last year's Canada West Championships. Okumo now has three conference medals, having nabbed a bronze medal in triple jump in 2022.
Ana Fonseca (Mexicali, Mexico) took home silver in pole vault for the third year in a row at the Canada West Championships after clearing 3.50m.
After finishing fourth in long jump at the CW Championships in long jump, Sheleena Wiley (Langley, B.C.) stepped onto the podium with a jump of 6.01m earning her a bronze medal.
Competing in her first CW Championships, Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) took home bronze in the 3000m with a time of 10:00.31.
In the heptathlon, rookie
Dajean Clarke (Langley, B.C.) sits in third place through Day 1 after earning personal bests in all four events Friday.
TWU SPARTANS MEDALS (4)
MEN (1)
Gold:
Oke Okumo (Long Jump)
WOMEN (3)
Silver: Ana Fonseca (Pole Vault)
Bronze: Sheleena Wiley (Long Jump), Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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Shane Wiebe – TWU Head Coach
"There was a lot of Spartan spirit shown today. There was a lot of adversity people had to fight through, but they did so with grit and courage. I'm very proud of the way this team battled today."
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The Spartans will compete on the second and final day of the Canada West Championships Saturday.
TWU RESULTS
MEN
3000m
7th –
David Mutai – 8:47.75
12th – Justin Kiplagat – 8:57.66
15th –
Daniel Toneguzzi – 9:03.94
60m Hurdles
Preliminaries
7th –
Brandon Gremaud – 8.61q
11th –
Nate Savage – 8.83
Final
8th –
Brandon Gremaud – 8.64
Long Jump
1st –
Oke Okumo – 7.26m
8th –
Caleb Emon – 6.80m
11th – Romain Tourvieille De Labrouhe – 6.44m
12th –
Luke Chalk – 6.22m
4x800m
7th – 8:14.15 –
Ethan Gremaud, Justin Kiplagat,
David Mutai,
Daniel Toneguzzi
Heptathlon (Through Day 1)
3rd –
Dajean Clarke – 2700 points
5th –
Ethan Foster – 2590 points
60m
4th –
Dajean Clarke – 7.28
7th –
Ethan Foster – 7.33
Long Jump
2nd –
Dajean Clarke – 6.58m
8th –
Ethan Foster – 6.18m
Shot Put
4th –
Dajean Clarke – 11.56m
6th –
Ethan Foster – 11.08m
High Jump
3rd –
Ethan Foster – 1.82m
5th –
Dajean Clarke – 1.79m
WOMEN
1000m
14th – Maddie Gibson – 3:03.06
3000m
3rd – Constance Nankivell – 10:00.31
60m Hurdles
9th – Emily Stevenson – 9.47
Long Jump
3rd – Sheleena Wiley – 6.01m
18th – Katie Tancsics – 5.17m
Pole Vault
2nd – Ana Fonseca – 3.50m
8th – Katie Tancsics – 2.90m
Shot Put
5th – Eileen Noordam – 11.89m
6th – Riri Ishaka – 11.03m
8th – Erica Udoh – 10.82m
11th – Alina Olson – 10.66m
Pentathlon
8th – Claire Nichol – 3032 points
DNF – Nikita Bradshaw – 1539 points
60m Hurdles
7th – Nikita Bradshaw – 9.07
11th – Claire Nichol – 9.45
High Jump
8th – Nikita Bradshaw – 1.52m
10th – Claire Nichol – 1.46m
Shot Put
9th – Claire Nichol – 8.09m
Long Jump
8th – Claire Nichol – 4.91m
800m
4th – Claire Nichol – 2:29.68
TEAM STANDINGS – DAY 1
MEN
Pos. Team Points
1 Alberta 43
2 Manitoba 41
3 Regina 22
4 Calgary 16
4 Saskatchewan 16
6 Victoria 15
7 Trinity Western 7
8 Lethbridge 3
WOMEN
Pos. Team Points
1 Saskatchewan 65
2 Calgary 64
3 Alberta 38
4 Trinity Western 16
5 Manitoba 13
6 Victoria 10
7 Regina 7
8 Lethbridge 2
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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