WINDSOR, Ont. – Trinity Western pole vaulter Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta finished fifth at the 2025 U SPORTS Track & Field Championship with a vault of 4.80m Saturday at the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse. 

On the final day of the national championships, Martin Huerta was amongst a group of four athletes who were tied at 4.80m, but landed in fifth based on missed attempts. Only the gold medal winner cleared higher than 4.80m. 

Sebastian Martin Huerta finished 14th after clearing 4.25m.

The Spartans men's team finished 11th overall with 17 points. The women's team finished 25th with three points. 

TWU finished the 2025 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships with one medal – Oke Okumo won bronze in long jump – six Top-8 results, including Dajean Clarke (6th – Heptathlon), Yemane Mulugeta (6th – 3000m), Sheleena Wiley (Long Jump – 7th), Alina Olson (Shot Put – 8th), Danny Earles (300m – 8th) and Martin Huerta.

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The Spartans will host the first-ever Battle of Sparta April 12 at McLeod Athletic Park to launch their outdoor season.

TWU SPARTANS MEDALS (1)
Bronze: Oke Okumo (Long Jump)

TWU Spartans RESUILTS
^TWU Record
*Season's Best

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 

Pole Vault
5th – Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.80m 
14th – Sebastian Martin Huerta – 4.25m 

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

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* 

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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