LANGLEY, B.C. – In the first-ever Battle of Sparta outdoor meet, the Spartans had several impressive performances, with nine top-three results Saturday at McLeod Athletic Park. 
 
On the women's side Sheleena Wiley finished first in long jump with a mark of 5.80m. Aliya Adomi (3rd – 100m Hurdles – 15.31) and Eileen Noordam (3rd – Javelin – 36.24m) also had top-three finishes, while Sophia Bryenton was fourth in pole vault (3.42m) and Erica Udoh was fourth in hammer throw (42.02m).

Harris Marshall helped lead the Spartans on the day with a first-place finishing hammer throw of 51.86m, marking the TWU's first-ever foray into hammer throw for the track and field team.
 
On the track, Danny Earles took second in the 400m with a blistering time of 47.83, while Justin Kiplagat wont the 1500m with a time 3:48.34. Kiplagat's time is the fastest 1500m ever run by a Spartan, bettering the Nick Colyn's TWU indoor record time 3:51.82.
 
TWU Spartans RESULTS
MEN 100m 
Preliminaries 
2nd – Rui Ramsay – 10.85
11th – Alexandre Antoine – 11.18 
13th – Favour Adeyanju – 11.21 
17th – Luke Chalk – 11.35
18th – Jonathan Toews – 11.38 
20th – Ben Wiens – 11.52 
23rd – Nathaniel Sett – 11.62 
24th – Dominic Bates-Montoya – 11.62 
 
Finals
9th – Alexandre Antoine – 11.22
10th – Favour Adeyanju – 11.30 
12th – Rui Ramsay – 12.10
 
400m
2nd – Danny Earles – 47.83 
8th – Ethan Gremaud – 50.89
11th – Eli Hrychiw – 51.92 
12th – Dominic Bates-Montoya – 52.43 
15th – Nathaniel Sett – 52.23 
 
1500m
1st – Justin Kiplagat – 3:48.34 
17th – Malcolm Reid – 4:03.04
26th – Elijah Headley – 4:05.55
 
5000m
1st – David Mutai – 14:47.61
 
4x400m
4th – 3:32.18 – Antoine, Bates-Montoya, Gremaud, Hrychiw 
 
High Jump
1st – Caleb Emon – 1.95m 
 
Long Jump
1st – Oke Okumo – 7.21m
2nd – Dajean Clarke – 6.80m 
3rd – Caleb Emon – 6.76m 
5th – Luke Chalk – 6.48m
11th – Brendan Luccock – 5.60m 
13th – Abraham Fonseca Moreno – 4.99m 
 
Hammer Throw
1st – Harris Marshall – 51.68m 
 
Javelin 
8th – Brandon Gremaud – 47.42m 
9th – Thane Parker – 46.00m 
10th – Cole Neufeld – 45.10m 
11th – Jacob King – 41.76m 
12th – Justin Warkentin – 40.84m 
 
Pole Vault 
10th – Elijah Olson – 3.87m 
11th – Josh Carsience – 3.72m 
13th – Cole Neufeld – 3.57m 
NH – Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta
 
WOMEN
100m
15th – Matea Siah – 13.83
16th – Sophia Bryenton – 13.88 
 
400m
7th – Claire Nicol – 1:01.08
 
100m Hurdles
3rd – Aliya Adomi – 15.31 
5th – Claire Nicol – 15.41
6th – Emily Stevenson – 15.45  
 
Long Jump
1st – Sheleena Wiley – 5.80m
 
Pole Vault 
4th – Sophia Bryenton – 3.42m 
NH – Ana Fonseca
 
Hammer Throw
4th – Erica Udoh – 42.02m 
6th – Riri Ishaka – 37.87m
 
Javelin 
3rd – Eileen Noordam – 36.24m 
 
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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