REGINA – Trinity Western second-year Dajean Clarke scored 5,008 points in the heptathlon to win gold at the Canada West Championships and break the Spartans heptathlon record. Clarke's podium-topping performance helped lift the Spartans men's team to a third-place finish at the conference meet Saturday at the City of Regina Fieldhouse. 

Clarke's second day was highlighted by clearing 4.45m in pole vault, which gave him the necessary lead to see out the heptathlon victory. Clarke's record-setting performance saw him better the previous record of 4,997 points (Feb. 25, 2023), which was held by Brandon Gremaud, who also medalled Saturday, winning bronze with 4,782 points. With Clarke's win, TWU has now won six heptathlon gold medals in the last 10 years.

TWU's heptathlon success on Saturday was part of a four-medal day for TWU.

Rookie Yemane Mulugeta earned his second medal of the competition as he won bronze in the 1500m in 3:56.36 to go with the 3000m silver he won on Friday.

On the women's side, Erica Udoh won the Spartans first-ever medal in weight throw, capturing silver with a throw of 15.86m to help the Spartans to a sixth-place finish overall.

All told, the Spartans won 11 medals at the Canada West Championships, which equals TWU's 2022 medal haul as the best championship performance since 2017, when the Spartans men's team won the conference title and TWU captured a combined 17 medals.

Trinity Western Medals
MEN (8)
Gold: Danny Earles (300m), Dajean Clarke (Heptathlon) 
Silver: Yemane Mulugeta (3000m), Oke Okumo (Triple Jump), Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta (Pole Vault), Sebastian Martin Huerta (Pole Vault)
Bronze: Yemane Mulugeta (1500m), Brandon Gremaud (Heptathlon) 

WOMEN (3)
Silver: Ana Fonseca (Pole Vault), Erica Udoh (Weight Throw) 
Bronze: Sophia Bryenton (Pole Vault) ¬
 
Men's Standings
Manitoba 182
Alberta 104
Trinity Western 98
Saskatchewan 82
Regina 81
Calgary 59
Victoria 32
Lethbridge 3

Women's Standings
Saskatchewan 173.25
Calgary 123
Alberta 87.25
Manitoba 69.5
Regina 65
Trinity Western 44
Victoria 42
Lethbridge 40

UP NEXT
The Spartans will prepare for the U SPORTS Championships Mar. 6-8 in Windsor, Ont. 

TWU Spartans RESUILTS
*U SPORTS Automatic Qualifier 
^TWU Record

MEN
60m 
Semifinals
5th – Rui Ramsay – 6.86Q
14th – Jonathan Toews – 7.07
15th – Favour Adeyanju – 7.10 
Final 
4th – Rui Ramsay – 6.86 

300m 
Preliminaries 
2nd – Danny Earles – 34.82Q
22nd – Alexandre Antoine – 37.57
Final 
1st – Danny Earles – 34.05 

1500m 
3rd – Yemane Mulugeta – 3:56.36 
5th – Justin Kiplagat – 3:57.64
27th – Brendan O'Brien – 4:08.84 

3000m 
2nd – Yemane Mulugeta – 8:22.13 
5th – Justin Kiplagat – 8:36.16
10th – David Mutai – 8:49.03

Long Jump
2nd – Oke Okumo – 7.17m 
5th – Caleb Emon – 6.89m 
7th – Luke Chalk – 6.82m 

Pole Vault 
2nd – Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.20m 
2nd – Sebastian Martin Huerta – 4.20m 
-- Josh Carsience – NH 

Weight Throw 
13th – Harris Marshall – 12.51m

High Jump
6th – Caleb Emon – 1.97m

Shot Put 
14th – Harris Marshall – 10.80m

Triple Jump
4th – Oke Okumo – 14.00m 

Heptathlon
1st – Dajean Clarke – 5008 points^
3rd – Brandon Gremaud – 4782 points
6th – Elijah Olson – 3936 points 
7th – Brendan Luccock – 3836 points 
8th – Cole Neufeld – 3770 points 
60m 
3rd – Dajean Clarke – 7.18
6th – Brandon Gremaud – 7.34 
7th – Elijah Olson – 7.37 
9th – Brendan Luccock – 7.70
10th – Cole Neufeld – 7.90
High Jump
1st – Dajean Clarke – 1.88m 
3rd – Brandon Gremaud – 1.82m 
5th – Elijah Olson – 1.79m 
7th – Brendan Luccock – 1.61m 
8th – Cole Neufeld – 1.52m 
Long Jump 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 6.88m 
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 6.48m 
6th – Elijah Olson – 5.93m 
7th – Brendan Luccock – 5.87m 
8th – Cole Neufeld – 5.51m 
Shot Put 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 13.34m 
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 13.01m 
4th – Cole Neufeld – 10.79m 
6th – Elijah Olson – 10.04m 
7th – Brendan Luccock – 9.50m 
60m Hurdles 
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 8.87
4th – Dajean Clarke – 9.32
6th – Brendan Luccock – 9.48
7th – Cole Neufeld – 9.67 
8th – Elijah Olson – 10.24 
Pole Vault 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 4.45m 
2nd – Elijah Olson – 4.05m 
2nd – Brandon Gremaud – 4.05m 
5th – Cole Neufeld – 3.85m 
6th – Brendan Luccock – 3.35m 
1000m
3rd – Brendan Luccock – 3:05.49
4th – Brandon Gremaud – 3:06.07
5th – Dajean Clarke – 3:06.98
6th – Cole Neufeld – 3:08.91 
8th – Elijah Olson – 3:33.40 

4x800m 
6th – 8:14.64 

4x200m 
DQ (TR 17.6)

4x400m 
DQ (TR 24.6)

WOMEN
60m 
Preliminaries 
8th – Alina Olson – 7.95q
9th – Carissa Vander Zwan – 7.97
Semifinal
21st – Alina Olson – 7.91

300m 
18th – Michela Beuthin – 42.74

60m Hurdles 
11th – Aliyah Adomi – 9.29
12th – Emily Stevenson – 9.57 

Long Jump
5th – Sheleena Wiley – 5.69m

Pole Vault 
2nd – Ana Fonseca – 3.56m 
3rd – Sophia Bryenton – 3.46m 

Shot Put 
4th – Eileen Noordam – 12.65m
6th – Alina Olson – 12.45m 
10th – Erica Udoh – 11.34m 
13th – Riri Ishaka – 11.00m 

Triple Jump
5th – Sheleena Wiley – 11.40m 

Weight Throw
2nd – Erica Udoh – 15.86m 
7th – Riri Ishaka – 13.82m 

Pentathlon 
8th – Claire Nichol – 2970 points 
9th – Eileen Noordam – 2867 points 
60m Hurdles
8th – Claire Nichol – 9.59 
9th – Eileen Noordam – 9.62 
High Jump 
7th – Claire Nichol – 1.47m 
10th – Eileen Noordam – 1.41m 
Shot Put 
4th – Eileen Noordam – 11.60m 
10th – Claire Nichol – 7.93m 
Long Jump
8th – Claire Nichol – 4.99m 
9th – Eileen Noordam – 4.86m 

800m 
5th – Claire Nichol – 2:34.41
10th – Eileen Noordam – 2:56.17

4x200m 
6th – 1:46.85 

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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