RICHMOND, B.C. – Alina Olson (Abbotsford, B.C.) led the Spartans at the Harry Jerome Indoor Games, winning in shot put with a mark of 11.90m Saturday at the Richmond Olympic Oval. 

Meanwhile, Kenny Blackman Jr. (Surrey, B.C.) was once again flying, as he earned the Performance of the Meet award after winning the 60m with a time of 6.85 Saturday at the Harry Jerome Indoor Games. 

Coming off a weekend in which he ran a personal best 6.81 in Spokane, Wash., Blackman Jr. found himself leading the way for the Spartans with another impressive performance with less than three weeks to go before the Canada West Championships. 

Olson and Blackman Jr. were amongst four first-place finishing Spartans, as they were joined by Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe (Richmond, B.C.) in the 300m (37.46) and Ethan Gremaud (Kamloops, B.C.).

UP NEXT
TWU will now compete in the University of Washington's Husky Classic Feb. 9-10 in Seattle. 

TWU RESULTS
WOMEN
60m Hurdles 
Preliminaries 
2nd – Claire Nichol – 9.45q
3rd – Emily Stevenson – 9.57q 

Final 
2nd – Claire Nichol – 9.40
3rd – Emily Stevenson – 9.45 

Shot Put 
1st – Alina Olson – 11.90m 
2nd – Eileen Noordam – 11.24m 
3rd – Uririoghene Ishaka – 11.09m 
5th – Claire Nichol – 7.68m 

High Jump
3rd – Claire Nichol – 1.50m 
5th – Alison Ruegg – 1.45m 

MEN
60m 
Preliminaries 
1st – Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.93q 
9th – Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe – 7.29q
10th – Nathaniel Savage – 7.38q
17th – Dominic Bates-Montoya – 7.48
23rd – Justin Warkentin – 7.58 
25th – Dajean Clarke – 7.61 
28th – Nathaniel Sett – 7.65 
35th – Mohsen Shahin – 7.96 
38th – Herman Sidhu – 8.21 

Final
1st – Kenny Blackman Jr. – 6.85 
9th – Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe – 7.28

300m 
1st – Romain Tourvieille de Labrouhe – 37.46 
4th – Nathaniel Sett – 38.21 
14th – Dominic Bates-Montoya – 40.26 
18th – Mohsen Shahin – 44.13 

600m 
1st – Ethan Gremaud – 1:28.58

1500m 
3rd – Justin Kiplagat – 4:12.59
4th – David Mutai – 4:14.59
5th – Josh Woolgar – 4:25.39 
6th – Andrew Gunnink – 4:32.90 

60m Hurdles 
Preliminaries 
2nd – Nathaniel Savage – 9.06q
3rd – Justin Warkentin – 9.06q
4th – Brendan Luccock – 9.37q
5th – Ethan Foster – 9.54q
7th – Dejean Clarke – 9.75q 

Final
2nd – Nathaniel Savage – 9.13
3rd – Justin Warkentin – 9.16 
4th – Ethan Foster – 9.40 
5th – Brendan Luccock – 9.61 
6th – Dejean Clarke – 9.75 

Shot Put 
1st – Justin Warkentin – 11.28m 
2nd – Dajean Clarke – 10.69m 
3rd – Thane Parker – 10.53m 
4th – Brendan Luccock – 9.95m 

High Jump
5th – Caleb Emon – 1.90m 
6th – Nicolas Martin Huerta – 1.80m 
7th – Dajean Clarke – 1.75m 
7th – Ethan Gremaud – 1.75m 

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.

-TW-