LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western third-year heptathlete Dajean Clarke (Langley, B.C.) is the Spartans Male Athlete of the Week after winning a Canada West gold medal and setting a TWU record in the men's heptathlon this past weekend at the Saskatoon Fieldhouse in Saskatoon, Sask.
 
The human kinetics student took top spot with 5,010 points, breaking his own TWU record by two points (5,008), which he set while winning last year's CW conference championship.
 
As a team, TWU's men finished seventh, with 21 points. 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.
 
Clarke and the rest of the TWU athletes who are competing in U SPORTS will now be heading to Winnipeg, Man., for the U SPORTS championships on March 5-7.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and 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 33 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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