SEATTLE – Competing in his first-ever meet as a Spartan Rui Ramsay made a statement at the University of Washington Preview, winning the 200m in 21.65 and coming fifth in the 60m with a personal best 6.85 Friday at Dempsey Indoor.
Brandon Gremaud set the TWU shot put record, bettering his own mark, which he set earlier this year, with a throw of 13.34m to finish seventh overall in Seattle. His previous Spartans record was 12.84m.
Caleb Emon had a personal best in high jump, clearing 1.97m and coming just five centimetres shy of the TWU record of 2.03m, which is held by Stephen Humphrey (Feb. 25, 2017).
A day full of personal bests for TWU athletes saw the likes of Naomi Reisdorf (10.20.11),
Yemane Mulugeta (8:17.18) and
David Mutai (8:35.13) all post best-ever times in the 3000m.
Aliyah Adomi also had an impressive personal best in the 60m hurdles, running 9.32 to finish 15th overall.
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Shane Wiebe, TWU Head Coach
"We had at least 10 huge personal best performances today, led by Rui Ramsay. It was a pretty good start to the season and I'm happy with the way this team pulled it together today. We as coaches are happy with the results and look forward to what is going to transpire from here."
UP NEXT
The Spartans will have a week off before competing in the Inland Northwest Invitational Feb. 1 in Spokane, Wash.
TWU RESULTS
WOMEN
60m
Prelim
30th – Alina Olsen – 7.97
31st – Michela Beuthin – 8.00
32nd – Aliyah Adomi – 8.00
24th – Carissa Vander Zwan – 8.03
31st – Alina Olsen – 26.75
200m Women
20th – Michela Beuthin – 26.15
28th – Carissa Vander Zwan – 26.60
3000m Women
62nd – Naomi Reisdorf – 10:20:11
60m Hurdles
Preliminaries
15th – Aliyah Adomi – 9.32
18th - Claire Nicol – 9.49
24th – Emily Stevenson – 9.74
Pole Vault
12th – Ana Fonseca Moreno – 3.41m
13th – Sophia Bryenton – 3.26m
Long Jump Women
4th – Sheleena Wiley – 5.61m
MEN
60m Men
Preliminaires
5th – Rui Ramsay – 6.89 Q
9th – Daniel Earles – 6.92
36th –
Jonathan Toews – 7.16
40th –
Favour Adeyanju – 7.20
48th – Ben Wiens – 7.28
50th –
Brandon Gremaud – 7.35
52nd – Elijah Olsen – 7.42
Final
5th – Rui Ramsay – 6.85
200m Men
1st – Rui Ramsey – 21.65
23rd -
Jonathan Toews – 23.25
3000m Men
30th –
Yemane Mulugeta – 8:17:18
58th –
David Mutai – 8:35.13
60m Hurdles Men
Preliminaries
14th –
Brandon Gremaud – 8.82
17th –
Justin Warkentin – 9.15
18th -
Brendan Luccock – 9.47
19th –
Cole Neufeld – 9.74
High Jump
3rd –
Caleb Emon – 1.97m
7th –
Elijah Olson – 1.82m
Shot Put Men
7th –
Brandon Gremaud – 13.34m
Long Jump Men
4th –
Oke Okumo – 7.00m
Pole Vault Men
4th –
Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.47m
4x400m Men
8th – Luccock, Hrychiw, Chalk, Mulugeta - 3:34:93
9th – Sett, Clarke, Bates-Montoya, Gremaud – 3:35.37
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 women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
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