EDMONTON – Trinity Western's Nicolas Martin Huerta (Santiago, Chile) captured Canada West gold in pole vault and was named the CW Male Rookie of the Year after clearing a personal best 5.02m at the conference championships Saturday at the Universiade Pavilion.
Martin Huerta led the Spartans podium sweep in men's pole vault, with brother Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta (Santiago, Chile) taking silver (4.40m) and Ben Zubaly (Rathdrum, Idaho) nabbing bronze (4.40m). TWU's dominance in men's pole vault continued beyond the podium with Josh Carsience (Abbotsford, B.C.) finishing fourth (4.40m).
On the track, Kenny Blackman Jr. (Surrey, B.C.) equaled the Spartans 60m record with a blistering time of 6.75 in the preliminaries before taking bronze in the final with a time of 6.78. Blackman Jr. now stands alongside Praise Olatoke, who clocked his time of 6.75 on Mar. 7, 2020 at the U SPORTS Championships.
Erica Udoh (Winnipeg) set the Spartans weight throw record for the third time this year, throwing 14.06m to finish sixth overall and better her previous record of 13.83m.
First-year Dajean Clarke (Langley, B.C.) also impressed in the heptathlon, finishing fourth overall with 4,482 points while earning personal bests in six of the seven events.
For his efforts in coaching the Spartans pole vaulters to four medals, including Ana Fonseca (Mexicali, Mexico) taking silver on Friday, TWU coach Jamie Sinclair was named the Canada West Assistant Coach of the Year.
As a team, TWU's women's team finished fifth overall, with the men's team finishing sixth.
TWU SPARTANS MEDALS (8)
MEN (5)
Gold: Oke Okumo (Long Jump), Nicolas Martin Huerta (Pole Vault)
Silver: Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta (Pole Vault)
Bronze: Kenny Blackman Jr. (60m), Ben Zubaly (Pole Vault)
WOMEN (3)
Silver: Ana Fonseca (Pole Vault)
Bronze: Sheleena Wiley (Long Jump), Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland)
TWU RECORDS*
60m – Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.75 (tied)
Weight Throw – Erica Udoh – 14.06m
UP NEXT
The Spartans will prepare for the U SPORTS Championships Mar. 7-9 in Winnipeg.
TWU RESULTS
MEN
60m
Preliminaries
2nd – Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.75Q*
16th – Jonathan Toews – 7.14
Final
3rd – Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.78
1500m
13th – Justin Kiplagat – 4:01.61
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
Pole Vault
1st – Nicolas Martin Huerta – 5.02m
2nd – Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.40m
3rd – Ben Zubaly – 4.40m
4th – Josh Carsience – 4.40m
High Jump
7th – Caleb Emon – 1.87m
14th – Oke Okumo – 1.77m
Triple Jump
9th – Oke Okumo – 13.08m
10th – Luke Chalk – 12.68m
4x400m
6th – 3:26.74 – Romain Tourvieille De Labrouhe, Ethan Gremaud, Nathaniel Sett, Aaron Cardinez
4x800m
7th – 8:14.15 – Ethan Gremaud, Justin Kiplagat, David Mutai, Daniel Toneguzzi
Heptathlon
4th – Dajean Clarke – 4482 points
DNF – Ethan Foster – 2590 pionts
60m
7th – Dajean Clarke – 9.90
1000m
6th – Dajean Clarke – 3:03.30
Pole Vault
3rd – Dajean Clarke – 3.90m
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
60m
Preliminaries
15th – Aliya Adomi – 7.88
1000m
14th – Maddie Gibson – 3:03.06
1500m
17th – Maddie Gibson – 4:51.57
3000m
3rd – Constance Nankivell – 10:00.31
60m Hurdles
9th – Emily Stevenson – 9.47
Wieght Throw
6th – Erica Udoh – 14.06m*
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
4x200m
6th – 1:50.22 – Aliyah Adomi, Emily Stephenson, Katie Tancsics, Alina Olson
| Women's Standings |
|
| Pos. |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Saskatchewan |
206.5 |
| 2 |
Calgary |
166 |
| 3 |
Alberta |
105.5 |
| 4 |
Manitoba |
51 |
| 5 |
Victoria |
36 |
| 5 |
Trinity Western |
36 |
| 7 |
Regina |
27 |
| 8 |
Lethbridge |
23 |
| Men's Standings |
|
| Pos. |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Manitoba |
160.5 |
| 2 |
Alberta |
149 |
| 3 |
Calgary |
79.5 |
| 4 |
Regina |
76 |
| 5 |
Saskatchewan |
73 |
| 6 |
Trinity Western |
63 |
| 7 |
Victoria |
37 |
| 8 |
Lethbridge |
21 |
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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