January 31, 2015

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: York Open

Crew sets two meet records at York Open

York University Lions track and field standout Brittany Crew set meet records in both the shot put and weight throw events en route to gold medals in both at the 44th York Open on Saturday (Jan. 31) at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.

Crew's two golds were part of seven medals won by the Lions at their home meet.

She began her day with three personal-best throws in the weight throw, including the winning distance of 18.18 metres that was 1.22 metres better than her previous best. The mark was 54 centimetres better than the previous meet record and also qualified her for the CIS championships later this season.

Later in the day, she recorded a 15.73-metre throw in the shot put, eclipsing the meet record she set last year by 22 centimetres and winning the event by more than a full metre over the silver medallist.

Also winning two medals at the York Open was Bismark Boateng (Brampton, Ont.). He captured the silver in the 60m with a time of 6.85 seconds and added a bronze medal in the 300m in a time of 35.24 seconds.

Joining him on the 300m podium was Ayo Agusto (Toronto), who won the silver with a time of 34.82 seconds.

Agusto also helped the Lions 4x200m relay team win the gold medal in their event. He ran the second leg and was joined in the race by Xavier Jehovah (Toronto), Jalen Pidlubny (Scarborough, Ont.) and Jameel Brown (Brampton, Ont.).

Rounding out the podium finishes was a trio of silver medals in the field. David McKay (Victoria) finished second in the pole vault with a height of 5.03 metres, which also qualified him for the CIS championships, Chris Preece (Cookstown, Ont.) finished second in the weight throw with a personal-best distance of 17.86 metres and Eric Brathwaite (Brampton, Ont.) won silver in the shot put with a throw of 16.36 metres.

Some members of the team will be heading to Akron, Ohio, next weekend to compete at the Akron Invitational, and the Lions will return to OUA competition on Feb. 13 with the Windsor Team Challenge in Windsor, Ont.

Source: York Lions

Zain Ahmed led Toronto's men with a first place finish in the 3000m in a time of 8:40.67. Alex Zaranek placed third in the 600m (1:42.02), while Marc MaGuire was third in the triple jump (13.68m) and Adam Karakolis won the weight throw with a U of T record distance of 15.41m.

Toronto's women were led by a few second-place finishes. Maggie Hanlon was second in the 60m (7.61), Jessica Caterini was second in the 60m hurdles (8.79), while in the field Ekua Cudjoe improved her U of T record distance with a 17.62m weight throw.

Julia Stille placed second in the long jump (5.45m) and third in the triple jump (11.52m), while Katia Vasilyeva (1.65m) and Gillian Ceyhan (1:38.23) were third in the high jump and 600m, respectively.

Source: Toronto Varsity Blues

Lancers impressive at York Open

In Toronto the Blue & Gold captured 14 medals including four golds. On the women's side, Jen Tomayer captured her second straight gold in the pole vault with a height of 3.76m.

Sarah Swain qualified for the national championships and took home the gold in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.54 seconds, while the 4x200m relay team of Jalicia Clarke, Mariah Wilson, Jaida Akins and Tichina Jones placed first with a time of 1:42.32.

On the men's side, Andre Wright finished the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.36 seconds to place first overall.

Source: Windsor Lancers

Great results for Mustangs in Toronto

Meanwhile at the York Open on Saturday, 20 Mustang women finished in the top eight across a number of events. Melissa Caruso placed 1st in the 1000m, Stephanie Truelove placed 2nd in the 600m, Emilia Grala placed 2nd in the high jump, Jessica White placed 3rd in the 1000m, Shaylyn Kowalchuk placed 4th in 60m hurdles, Alysha Matthews placed 6th in 60m hurdles, Brooke Hoxar placed 5th in the shot put with a personal best and CIS standard of 13.78m to move to 4th in the CIS, and Brindley Jantzi also achieved a personal best of 15.18m to place 6th in the weight throw and remains in the 12th spot in the CIS. Also, Kristina Popidich placed 6th in the 1000m alongside Stephanie MacNeil, who placed 8th, Emily Goad placed 7th in the triple jump, Sarah Clancy placed 7th in the 60m, Rachael Muma, Sarah Clancy and Lauren Clancy finished 5th, 6th and 8th in the 300m, Genny Cyrenne placed 8th in the 600m, Tara White placed 8th in the high jump, Amanda Reid placed 8th in pole vault, and Kristen Bujnowski placed 6th in the long jump alongside with #Kaleigh# Hole finishing in 8th place.

The Mustang men had 17 athletes finish in the top 8. Adam Devon lead the way with a personal best of 2.01m to finish 2nd in high jump, as well with Anthony Dandie who captured 2nd place leaping 6.75m in long jump. Close behind, Payam Saboni placed 4th in the high jump and Chris Cauley placed 6th in the long jump.

Madalisto Machina placed 5th in the triple jump, along side Riley Bell who achieved a season's best in the triple jump leaping 14.40m to finish and move into 6th place in the CIS. Western had a strong showing in the 60m with Riley Bell finishing in 3rd place, Michael Giorgi finishing in 4th place, Jon Clarke finishing in 7th place, and Dandie finishing in 8th place in the 60m. Travis Moore finished in 7th place in the 600m, Lewis Kent, Shane Roberts and Phil Parrot-Migas finished in 4th, 6th and 8th in the 1000m, Ben Carson finished in 6th place in the 1500m, Kevin Blackney finished in 4th place in the 3000m, and Keith Cyrus finished in 3rd place in the 60mh.

Next up, the Western Mustangs Track and Field team will be heading to the Hillsdale Wide Track Classic at Hillsdale College February 6 and 7.