WINNIPEG – Brandon Gremaud (Kamloops, B.C.) captured bronze in the hepathlon at the U SPORTS Championships after collecting 4,926 points Friday at the James Daly Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Manitoba. 

Gremaud, who also won U SPORTS bronze in the heptathlon in 2022 and entered the competition ranked ninth overall, finished just 71 points shy of his own Spartans record, which he set by winning gold at the 2023 Canada West Championships. 

TWU now has two U SPORTS bronze medals at this year's championships, as Gremaud joins Kenny Blackman Jr. (Surrey, B.C.) who took bronze in the 60m Thursday.

In long jump, Oke Okumo (Calgary) finished just off the podium in fourth with a mark of 7.08m. Okumo came into the competition ranked fifth after winning Canada West gold with a jump of 7.26m.

Sheleena Wiley (Langley, B.C.) finished fifth overall in long jump with a mark of 5.83m. She came into the national championships ranked sixth after winning bronze at the conference championships with a jump of 6.01m.

Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh, Scotland) was 11th in the 3000m with a time of 10:02.94.

Ana Fonseca, who won pole vault silver at the Canada West championships, was unable to compete Friday due to injury. 

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Shane Wiebe – Director and Head Coach 
"It was another really strong and steady day from Brandon Gremaud today. Although his quad was a concern all weekend, he managed to soldier through and grind out some remarkable results. Oke and Sheleena improved upon their rankings going into the competition but in the end, they still wanted more out of themselves. Constance looked extremely strong for over three quarters of the race but her own injury prevented her from finishing with the burst she needed to get the result she had hoped for. Unfortunately, Ana was unable to start her competition due to a nagging calf injury. Overall, we really showed a lot of heart by everyone today."

TWU SPARTANS MEDALS (2)
MEN (2)
Bronze: Kenny Blackman Jr. (60m), Brandon Gremaud (Heptathlon)

UP NEXT
The Spartans men's pole vaulters Nicolas Martin Huerta (Santiago, Chile) and Eduardo Martin Huerta (Santiago, Chile) will compete on the final day of the U SPORTS Championships, starting Saturday at 12:30 p.m. (CT).

TWU RESULTS
MEN
60m 
Preliminaries 
4th – 6.83Q
Final
3rd – 6.76 

Long Jump
4th – Oke Okumo – 7.08m 

Heptathlon 
3rd – Brandon Gremaud – 4926 points

60m 
1st – Brandon Gremaud – 7.17 
Long Jump
8th – Brandon Gremaud – 6.42m 
Shot Put 
3rd – Brandon Gremaud – 12.62m 
High Jump
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 1.86m 
60m Hurdles 
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 8.72 
Pole Vault
6th – Brandon Gremaud – 4.00m 
1000m 
3rd – Brandon Gremaud – 2:59.00

WOMEN
3000m
11th – Constance Nankivell – 10:02.94

Long Jump
5th – Sheleena Wiley – J5.83m

Pentathlon 
4th – Nikita Bradshaw 

60m Hurdles
8th – Nikita Bradshaw – 9.12 
High Jump 
6th – Nikita Bradshaw – 1.58m 
Shot Put 
3rd – Nikita Bradshaw – 11.57m 
Long Jump
2nd – Nikita Bradshaw – 5.67m 
800m 
10th – Nikita Bradshaw – 2:42.69 

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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