WINDSOR, Ont. – Trinity Western long jumper Sheleena Wiley finished seventh overall at the 2025 U SPORTS Championships with a season's best jump of 5.96m Friday at the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse. 

In women's shot put, Alina Olson was eighth overall in shot put with a throw of 12.17m, while Eileen Noordam was 11th at 11.70m. 

On the men's side, fourth-year Oke Okumo earned the Spartans first medal of the championships, capturing a bronze medal in long jump with a mark of 7.29m

Okumo, who won silver at the Canada West Championships two weeks ago with a jump of 7.17m, won his first-ever U SPORTS medal, coming just one centimetre shy of his personal best of Spartan record 7.30m. Okumo earned his way onto the podium after a fourth-place finish at last year's national championships, when he jumped 7.08m. 

The long jump bronze marks Spartans second-ever U SPORTS medal in men's long jump, as Okumo follows James Linde, who won silver in 2014.

Dajean Clarke's performance in the heptathlon saw the Canada West gold medallist collect 5,004 points for a sixth-place finish. Clarke's Day 2 was highlighted by clearing 4.43m in the pole vault section of the heptathlon. Clarke's 5,004 points saw him finish just four points short of his personal best and Spartan record 5,008 points, which he posted while winning the CW title. 

In the men's 3000m, first-year Yemane Mulugeta finished sixth with a time of 8:23.88. Mulugeta was a double-medallist at the CW Championships, winning silver in the 3000m and bronze in the 1500m.

In the 300m, Danny Earles, who won CW gold this year, finished eighth overall. He clocked a time of 34.35 in the preliminaries, which was the fourth fastest going into the final. In the final, Earles ran 34.96.

UP NEXT
The Spartans will compete on the final day of the U SPORTS Championships Saturday in Windsor, Ont. 

TWU Spartans RESULTS
^TWU Record
*Season's Best

WOMEN
Long Jump 
7th – Sheleena Wiley – 5.96m*

Shot Put
8th – Alina Olson – 12.17m 
11th – Eileen Noordam – 11.70m 

Weight Throw
11th – Erica Udoh – 15.02m 

Pole Vault
13th – Ana Fonseca – 3.65m* 

MEN
300m
Preliminaries 
4th – Danny Earles – 34.35q
Final 
8th – Danny Earles – 34.96

3000m 
6th – Yemane Mulugeta – 8:23.88 

Long Jump
3rd – Oke Okumo – 7.29m 

Heptathlon 
6th – Dajean Clarke – 5,004 points 

Day 2
60m Hurdles 
11th – Dajean Clarke – 9.10

Pole Vault 
3rd – Dajean Clarke – 4.43m 

1000m 
12th – Dajean Clarke – 3:06.19
 
Day 1
60m 
10th – Dajean Clarke – 7.19

Long Jump
8th – Dajean Clarke – 6.53m

Shot Put 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 13.56m 

High Jump
4th – Dajean Clarke – 1.90m

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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