SASKATOON – Trinity Western fifth-year pole vaulter captured the fifth Canada West medal of his Spartans career, winning silver after clearing 4.75m Friday at the Saskatoon Fieldhouse.

Martin Huerta, who has a season's best of 4.90m (2nd in U SPORTS), took home silver at the conference meet for the fourth year in a row, after having captured CW gold in 2022. Brother Sebastian Martin Huerta was sixth on Friday after clearing 4.40m. 

In the first day of the heptathlon, Spartans star Dajean Clarke opened the conference meet with a strong showing, putting himself in first place through four events with 3,015 points. The defending Canada West champion finished first in three of the four events – he only finished second to teammate Brandon Gremaud in shot put – to open a 252-point lead over second place overall after the first day of competition.

Along the way, Clarke solidified himself in the Canada West heptathlon record books, setting a new mark in long jump with a mark of 7.00m, bettering his own CW record of 6.88m. He also equaled the 60m record in the heptathlon with a time of 7.08. Clarke bettered his Day 1 total from his gold medal-winning 2025 performance, when he scored 2,988 points, by 27 points. Gremaud, who was the Canada West heptathlon champion in 2023, sits fourth after the first day, with 2,597 points. 

On the track, Danny Earles ran a U SPORTS qualifying time in the preliminaries, stopping the clock at 34.46 for a converted time of 33.90. With his national championship qualifying time locked in, Earles, who was nursing an injury, sat out the 300m final. 

On the women's side, Eileen Noordam had the Spartans best result of the day, finishing fifth in shot put with a throw of 12.62m. Erica Udoh was 11th in shot put with a throw of 10.66m.

Competing in pole vault at the CW championships for the first time, Sheleena Wiley finished sixth after going over 3.35m.

With TWU now competing in NAIA for indoor and outdoor track and field, the Spartans sent just eight athletes to the Canada West Championships this year.

Trinity Western Medals
MEN (1)
Silver: Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta (Pole Vault)

TWU Results
* TWU Record
^ U SPORTS Automatic Qualifier 
! Canada West Record

MEN'S
60m 
Preliminaries 
3rd – Danny Earles – 34.46Q^
Final
Danny Earles – DNS

Pole Vault
2nd – Jaime Eduardo Martin Huerta – 4.75m
6th – Sebastian Martin Huerta – 4.40m

Heptathlon (through Day 1)
1st – Dajean Clarke – 2988 points
4th – Brandon Gremaud – 2597 points

60m 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 7.08!
7th – Brandon Gremaud – 7.46

Long Jump
1st – Dajean Clarke – 7.00m!
6th – Brandon Gremaud – 6.35m

Shot Put 
1st – Brandon Gremaud – 12.67m
2nd – Dajean Clarke – 12.44m 

High Jump 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 1.90m
5th – Brandon Gremaud – 1.72m 

WOMEN'S
Pole Vault 
6th – Sheleena Wiley – 3.35m 
 
Shot Put
5th – Eileen Noordam – 12.62m
11th – Erica Udoh – 10.66m

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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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