SPOKANE, Wash. – Trinity Western's
Danny Earles put himself into top spot in the U SPORTS rankings in the 300m after posting a time 21.47 in the 200m Saturday at the Whitworth Invitational at The Podium. Earles 200m time converts to 33.70 over 300m which puts him No. 1 in the national rankings.
Meanwhile,
Dajean Clarke was impressive in the heptathlon, as he finished second overall with 4,790 points.
Clarke's heptathlon performance was highlighted Saturday by his clearing of 4.45m in pole vault.
Rui Ramsay crept closer to the TWU 60m record (6.75) with a second-place finishing time of 6.78. Ramsay's time has him now ranked third in Canada West and eighth in U SPORTS.
Caleb Emon cleared 2.00m in high jump to finish third, which put him just three centimetres shy of the TWU record.
Justin Kiplagat (4:17.13) and
Yemane Mulugeta (4:17.46) were second and third, respectively, in the mile, while Mulugeta was second in the 3000m (8:15.58).
On the women's side, Sheleena Wiley was first in triple jump with a jump of 11.47m, while Eileen Noordam was eighth in shot put at 12.17m.
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now prepare to compete in the Canada West Championships Feb. 21-22 in Regina.
QUOTABLE
Shane Wiebe, TWU Head Coach
"This team is ready for a championship. Again, the PBs came in droves this weekend. Our coaches are very proud to be going into the Canada West Championships on this note."
TWU Spartans RESUILTS
*U SPORTS Automatic Qualifier
^TWU Record
MEN
60m
Preliminaries
3rd –
Danny Earles – 6.93q
13th – Alexandre Antoine – 7.16q
20th – Ben Wiens – 7.26
31st –
Brandon Gremaud – 7.41
Semifinals
2nd –
Rui Ramsay – 6.83Q
17th – Alexandre Antoine – 7.14
Final
2nd –
Rui Ramsay – 6.78
200m
2nd –
Danny Earles – 21.47
4th –
Rui Ramsay – 21.63
16th –
Luke Chalk – 22.62
31st – Alexandre Antoine – 23.34
34th –
Dominic Bates-Montoya – 23.53
400m
19th –
Brandon Gremaud – 50.99
Mile
2nd – Justin Kiplagat – 4:17.13
3rd –
Yemane Mulugeta – 4:17.46
15th –
Brendan O'Brien – 4:30.65
3000m
2nd –
Yemane Mulugeta – 8:15.58
16th – Justin Kiplagat – 8:38.93
24th –
David Mutai – 8:46.03
34th –
Malcolm Reid – 9:02.46
45th –
Lucien Dixon-Lawless – 9:25.26
60m Hurdles
13th –
Brandon Gremaud – 8.85
High Jump
3rd –
Caleb Emon – 2.00m
Shot Put
25th –
Harris Marshall – 11.07m
Long Jump
1st –
Oke Okumo – 7.30m*^
2nd –
Caleb Emon – 6.90m
4th –
Luke Chalk – 6.87m
8th –
Brandon Gremaud – 6.57m
29th –
Abraham Fonseca Moreno – 5.18m
Weight Throw
13th –
Harris Marshall – 12.70m
Heptathlon
2nd –
Dajean Clarke – 4790 points
6th –
Brendan Luccock – 3987 points
8th –
Elijah Olson – 3906 points
11th –
Cole Neufeld – 3819 points
DAY 1
60m
3rd –
Dajean Clarke – 7.24
7th –
Elijah Olson – 7.42
10th –
Brendan Luccock – 7.64
14th –
Cole Neufeld – 7.79
High Jump
2nd –
Dajean Clarke – 1.81m
4th –
Elijah Olson – 1.78m
9th –
Cole Neufeld – 1.63m
11th –
Brendan Luccock – 1.60m
Long Jump
2nd –
Dajean Clarke – 6.49m
9th –
Elijah Olson – 5.81m
10th –
Brendan Luccock – 5.78m
12th –
Cole Neufeld – 5.43m
Shot Put
2nd –
Dajean Clarke – 13.00m
4th –
Cole Neufeld – 10.89m
7th –
Elijah Olson – 10.24m
8th –
Brendan Luccock – 10.15m
DAY 2
60m Hurdles
7th –
Dajean Clarke – 9.45
8th –
Brendan Luccock – 9.53
10th –
Elijah Olson – 9.82
12th –
Cole Neufeld – 10.06
Pole Vault
1st –
Dajean Clarke – 4.45m
5th –
Elijah Olson – 3.95m
6th –
Cole Neufeld – 3.75m
8th –
Brendan Luccock – 3.45m
1000m
4th –
Brendan Luccock – 2:56.61
6th –
Cole Neufeld – 3:04.13
7th –
Dajean Clarke – 3:07.00
13th –
Elijah Olson – 3:39.16
4x200m
1st – 1:29.27 –
Rui Ramsay,
Danny Earles, Alexandre Antoine,
Jonathan Toews
4x400m
4th – 3:30.78 –
Luke Chalk,
Brandon Gremaud,
Nathaniel Sett,
Danny Earles
8th – 3:37.15 –
Dominic Bates-Montoya,
Brendan O'Brien,
Lucien Dixon-Lawless, Alexandre Antoine
WOMEN
60m
Prelminaries
8th – Carissa Vander Zwan – 7.88q
9th – Alina Olson – 7.90q
16th – Aliya Adomi – 7.90q
18th – Michela Beuthin – 8.07
Semifinals
13th – Carissa Vander Zwan – 7.84
15th – Alina Olson – 7.91
19th – Aliya Adomi – 8.04
200m
16th – Michela Beuthin – 26.13
22nd – Aliay Adomi – 26.42
23rd – Carissa Vander Zwan – 26.55
29th – Emily Stevenson – 26.82
60m Hurdles
Preliminaries
8th – Emily Stevenson – 9.33q
22nd – Aliyah Adomi – 10.81
Final
8th – Emily Stevenson – 9.43
Pole Vault
10th – Ana Fonseca Moreno – 3.50m
14th – Sophia Bryenton – 3.35m
Shot Put
8th – Eileen Noordam – 12.17m
11th – Erica Udoh – 11.30m
14th – Alina Olson – 11.04m
15th – Riri Ishaka – 10.97m
Triple Jump
1st – Sheleena Wiley – 11.47m
Long Jump
1st – Sheleena Wiley – 5.91m
Weight Throw
2nd – Erica Udoh – 16.38m^
9th – Riri Ishaka – 14.00m
Pentathlon
4th – Eileen Noordam – 2935 points
5th – Claire Nicol – 2855 points
9th – Alison Ruegg – 2429 points
60m Hurdles
4th – Eileen Noordam – 9.59
5th – Claire Nicol – 9.60
7th – Alison Ruegg – 10.36
800m
4th – Claire Nicol – 2:32.51
8th – Eileen Noordam – 2:51.98
10th – Alison Ruegg – 2:55.41
High Jump
6th – Calire Nicol – 1.44m
7th – Eileen Noordam – 1.44m
8th – Alison Ruegg – 1.41m
Long Jump
4th – Eileen Noordam – 4.71m
7th – Claire Nicol – 4.64m
8th – Alison Ruegg – 4.62m
Shot Put
1st – Eileen Noordam – 12.05m
9th – Alison Ruegg – 7.89m
10th – Claire Nicol – 7.78m
4x200m
1st – 1:45.11 – Emily Stevenson, Aliya Adomi, Michela Beuthin, Alina Olson
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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