Weekend Results Recap - Athlétisme Canada

Last weekend was a busy one with Manitoba athletes competing all across the country! *UPDATED 7:20pm 02/03/23

One of the biggest highlights of the weekend saw the University of MB Bisons men’s team win their second consecutive conference title.

In addition to the team award, a number of individual athletes and coaches brought home some major awards – Tristan Allen was named Track athlete of the year, Daxx Turner won Field Athlete of the Year, Madisson Lawrence was named Field Athlete of the Year, Ming Pu Wu won Assistant Coach of the Year and Claude Berube won Coach of the Year.

Can West Finalists/Medalists

Zoe Nonato – 7^th 60m/5^th 300m
Chioma Nwagbo – 4^th 600m
Amy Klippenstein – 4^th 1000m
Madisson Lawrence – 1^st HJ/1^st Pentathlon
Eniola Adepoju – 4^th TJ
Signy McKim – 7^th TJ
Anna McConnell – 1^st SP
Erica Udoh – 8^th SP
Women’s 4x200m relay team – 3^rd
- Donnae Gordon, Zoe Nonato, Nicole Davis, Kendall Marriott
Women’s 4x400m relay team – 3^rd
- Zoe Nonato, Amy Klippenstein, Darby Goodall, Chioma Nwagbo
Women’s 4x800m relay team – 3^rd
- Darby Goodall, Angela Kroeker, Chioma Nwagbo, Amy Klippenstein
Jordan Soufi – 3^rd 60m
Tyrell Davis – 7th 60m
Tyler Cox-Yestrau – 1^st 300m
Sébastien Régnier – 5^th 300m
Tristan Allen – 1^st 600m
Dawson Mann – 2^nd 600m
Noel Kendle – 8^th 600m
Calvin Reimer – 5^th 1000m/8^th 1500m
Justin Kroeker – 7^th 1000m
Adam Andres – 3^rd 60mH
Daxx Turner – 2^nd HJ/1^st TJ
Derek Onraet – 5^th PV
Graham Hutchison-Campbell – 5^th LJ
Joshua Suelzle – 1^st SP/3^rd WT
Graham Wright – 2^nd WT/ 6^th SP
Max Speiser – 2^nd Heptathlon
Men’s 4x200m – 3^rd
- Jordan Soufi, Sébastien Régnier, Tyler Cox-Yestrau, Roy Tambal Musa
Men’s 4x400m – 1^st
- Tyler Cox-Yestrau, Noel Kendle, Dawson Mann, Tristan Allen
Men’s 4x800m – 1^st
- Justin Kroeker, Dawson Mann, Calvin Reimer, Tristan Allen

28 U of M athletes will be competing at the U Sports Championships March 9-11th in Saskatoon.

In Ontario attending the OUA Championships (and representing Western University)

Matt Indome – 3rd LJ
Rofiat Agboola – 4th LJ and TJ

Both Rofi, Matt and Robbie Gerstner will be heading to the U Sports Championships next weekend in Saskatoon.

In New Brunswick attending the AUS Championships (and representing University of New Brunswick)

William Boyle – 7^th 1500m/6^th 3000m
Peighton Johnson – 7^th 600m/2^nd 4x400m relay/3^rd 4x800m relay
Katrina Stefaniuk – 6^th 300m/2^nd 4x400m
Benjamin Perrett – 3^rd 600m/5^th 1000m/2^nd 4x800m relay

There was a group of 6 Manitoban’s competing at the Canadian Masters Indoor National Championship in Toronto at York University.

Omena Babalola 1^st W50 50m/2^nd 60m/2^nd 200m
Greg Athayde 1^st M60 400m/ 2^nd 800m / 1^st M55 4x800m relay
Ken Friesen 1^st M65 800m
Gordon Flett 3^rd M60 800m/4^th 1500m/3^rd 3000m/2^nd 400m
John Coffin 3^rd M40 800m/1^st 1500m/1^st M40 4x800m relay
Michael Morris 2^nd M45 60m/2^nd 200m/2^nd 400m

In addition to all of the Canadian action, Tracy Towns was the lone Manitoban competing at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio this weekend. She was a Member of the bronze medal winning distance medley relay team (DMR) with a performance that earned their team a 3^rd best time overall in Illinois team history.

In the Summit League Championships representing North Dakota State University, Erin Valgardson set a new PB in the 800m, 2:12.58 finishing 2nd and Josh Samyn was a member of the men’s gold medal winning DMR.

Back on Feb 18-19th – Andrew Simard ran a season’s best time of 1:55.10 in his 800m at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb 18-19^th. He was also member of both the DMR and 4x400m teams (running the 2^nd fastest split from the entire college field in the 4x400m).

Congratulations and a special good luck to everyone as we head into the final stages of Championship season!

March 3-4th – Boeing Classic and Indoor Age Class Provincial Championships
March 9-11th – U Sports Championships
March 10-12th – USATF Masters Championships
March 20th – High School Series Championships
March 25-April 1st – World Masters Indoor Championships

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