WINNIPEG – Trinity Western's Erica Udoh, who won a bronze medal at the Canada West championships, finished 10th overall in weight throw with a mark of 15.48m as the Spartans lone female competitor on the first day of the U SPORTS Track & Field Championships Thursday at the James Daly Fieldhouse. 

On the men's side, Dajean Clarke sits second in the heptathlon at the U SPORTS Track and Field Championships after scoring 3,047 points through four events on Day 1 Thursday at the James Daly Fieldhouse. 
 
The two-time reigning Canada West heptathlon champion bettered his Day 1 totals from the 2025 conference championships by 59 points on a day when he set the U SPORTS long jump record in the heptathlon with a jump of 7.17m. Clarke is 112 points ahead of his Day 1 total at last year's national championships. Clarke finished sixth in the heptathlon in 2025. He will compete on Day 2 of the heptathlon Friday, with the 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1000m yet to come.
  
Along with Clarke, the rest of the Spartans championship schedule sees Danny Earles ready to compete in the 300m Friday, while Jaime Edurdo Martin Huerta will compete in pole vault and Sheleena Wiley will compete in triple jump on Saturday. 
 
^ U SPORTS Record
 
WOMEN'S
Weight Throw
10th – Erica Udoh – 15.48m
 
MEN'S
Heptathlon – Day 1
2nd – Dajean Clarke – 3047 points 
 
60m 
3rd – Dajean Clarke – 7.08
 
Long Jump 
1st – Dajean Clarke – 7.17m^
 
Shot Put 
3rd – Dajean Clarke – 13.17m 
 
High Jump 
5th – Dajean Clarke – 1.84m 
 
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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