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Erica Udoh won the Spartans first-ever medal in weight throw, capturing silver with a throw of 15.86m to help the Spartans women's team to a sixth-place finish overall at the Canada West Championships.
Udoh's success on Saturday was part of a four-medal day for TWU. 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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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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