WINNIPEG - The Guelph Gryphons continued their run of dominance at the national level in track and field on Saturday, winning their seventh consecutive men's banner and sixth consecutive women's title at the James Daly Fieldhouse.

Rookie Panda Rachel Grenke earned the first medal for Alberta at the U SPORTS Championship in Winnipeg, picking up a silver medal in the Pole Vault. 

Grenke made 4.10m, one centimeter off her personal best, 2 centimeters off the program record, and five short of eventual gold medalist Jennifer Elizarov from Guelph. 

The Golden Bears and Pandas added four medals to their total on the final day of the 2024 U SPORTS Championship, punctuated by a gold medal win in the men's 4x400m relay. 

Trailing Guelph heading into the anchor leg, Canada West Male Athlete of the Year Justin Rose closed the gap in the first 100m, before holding off a late charge from the host Manitoba Bisons. 

Olivia Cooper added a silver medal in the 1500m, finishing just one second behind the eventual champion from Guelph. 

Tegra Jan-King (Triple Jump) and the Bears 4x200m relay teams also added bronze medals on Saturday. The Bears finished the championship in 5th, with the Pandas placing 6th. 

MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Guelph	89.5
2	Manitoba	82
3	Laval	56.5
4	Western	55
5	Alberta	48
6	Windsor	42
7	Toronto	31
8	Trinity Western	30.5
9	Calgary	29
9	Regina	28
11	Montreal	24
12	Dalhousie	22
13	Saskatchewan	22
14	McGill	17
15	UNB	15

 

WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Guelph	115
2	Western	102
3	Calgary	87
4	Saskatchewan	86
5	Laval	59
6	Alberta	30
7	Dalhousie	21
8	Toronto	21
9	Windsor	20
10	Manitoba	18
10	York	18
12	Waterloo	15
13	Sherbrooke	14
14	Montreal	12
15	Regina	9

 

TOP THREE RESULTS FROM DAY THREE (WOMEN)

600M – 1. Favour Okpali, Western (1:28.64), 2. Avery Pearson, Sask (1:29.39), 3. Emma Dagenais, Laval (1:29.45)

4x200 – 1. Guelph (1:36.90), Laval (1:37.26), Calgary (1:38.01)

4x400 – 1. Sask (3:45.37), 2. Guelph (3:45.81), 3. Laval (3:47.77)

1500M – 1. Cameron Ormond, Guelph (4:23.57), 2. Olivia Cooper, Alberta (4:24.55), 3. Julia Agostinelli, Guelph (4:24.97)

TRIPLE JUMP – 1. Chloe Knox, Western (12.72m), 2. Mandy Brunet, Windsor (12.57), 3. Olamide Olaloku, Sask (12.23)

HIGH JUMP – 1. Lara Denbow, Manitoba (1.78), 2. Celia Markovinovic, Waterloo (1.75), Chloe Zaraska, Guelph, (1.72)

DAY THREE MEN

600M – 1. Tristan Allen, Manitoba (1:17.96), 2. Zach James, Dalhousie (1:18.30), 3. Dawson Mann, Manitoba (1:18.44)

4x200 – 1. Western (1:27.11), 2. Windsor (1:27.75), 3. Alberta (1:27.87)

4x400 – 1. Alberta (3:16.83), 2. Manitoba (3:17.22), 3. Windsor (3:19.03)

1500 – 1. Max Davies, Guelph (3:44), 2. Jean Simon Desgagnes (3:44.76), 3. Jonathan Podbielski (3:45.18)

SHOT PUT – 1. Samuel Bourque, Moncton (17.40m), 2. AJ Stanat, Windsor (16.85), 3. Seth Edwards, Western (16.53)

POLE VAULT – 1. Nicolas Martin Huerta, Trinity Western (4.90m), 2. Evann Mangue, Montreal (4.85), 3. Michael Ivanov, Brock (4.75)

TRIPLE JUMP – 1. Daxx Turner, Manitoba (15.82m), 2. Kenneth West, Western (15.38), Tegra Jan-King, Alberta (15.27)

TOP THREE RESULTS FROM DAY TWO (WOMEN)

60m hurdles: 1. Sienna Macdonald, Calgary, 8.20 seconds; 2. Hailey Reid, Guelph, 8.30; 3. Maoly St-Germain, Sherbrooke, 8.34.

300 metres: 1. Nicole McKenzie, Guelph, 37.99 seconds; 2. Paige Willems, Saskatchewan, 38.10; 3. Favour Okpali, Western, 38.46.

1,000 metres: 1. Avery Pearson, Saskatchewan, 2:47.10; 2. Cameron Ormond, Guelph, 2:48.46; 3. Julia Agostinelli, Guelph, 2:48.70.

3,000 metres: 1. Catherine Beauchemin, Laval, 9:36.08; 2. Chloe Turner, Calgary, 9:36.97; 3. Sophie Coutts, Western, 9:37.08.

4 x 800 metre relay: 1. Saskatchewan (Kaitlyn Harrison, Attleigh Maloney, Jenica Swartz, Avery Pearson), 8:45.60; 2. Laval (Sabrina Lavigne, Camille Boudreau, Catherine Beauchemin, Emma Dagenais), 8:46.30; 3. Western (Juliana Hendrikx, Sophie Coutts, Chloe Coutts, Hallee Knelsen), 8:50.79.

Long jump: 1. Sienna Macdonald, Calgary, 6.04 metres; 2. Milenne Habash, Guelph, 5.87; 3. Fiola Tejiofo, Laval, 5.86.

Pole vault: 1. Jennifer Elizarov, Guelph, 4.15 metres; 2. Rachel Grenke, Alberta, 4.10; 3. Patyon Serraglio, Western, 4.00.

Shot put: 1. Liv Sands, Western, 15.32 metres; 2. Anna McConnell, Manitoba, 14.84; 3. Kaitlin Brooks, York, 13.81.

DAY TWO MEN

60m hurdles: 1. Craig Thorne, Guelph, 7.81 seconds; 2. David Adeleye, Toronto 7.83; 3. Tamarri Lindo, York, 8.02.

300 metres: 1. Emmett Bravakis, Toronto, 33.72; 2. Brandon Smith-Drouin, Montréal; 34.25; 3. Devon Zuchotzki, Calgary, 34.28.

1,000 metres: 1. Max Davies, Guelph, 2:21.00 (U SPORTS record); 2. Jonathan Podbielski, Regina, 2:22.99; 3. Jared Howse, UNB, 2:23.66.

3,000 metres: 1. Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Laval, 7:59.72; 2. Matthew Beaudet, McGill, 8:01.44; 3.

Nicholas Bannon, Guelph, 8:06.66.

4 x 800 metre relay: 1. Guelph (Adam Schmidt, Mason Basson, Alanzo Ryan, Max Davies), 7:28.99; 2. Regina (Adam Mytopher, Brayden Mytopher, Daniel Eiswerth, Jonathan Podbielski), 7:30.60; 3. UNB (Benjamin Perrett, William Boyle, Mitchell Kean, Jared Howse) 7:31.51.

High jump: 1. Noel Vanderzee, Calgary, 2.15 metres; 2. (tie) Aiden Grout, Toronto and Emile Ollivier, UQAM, 2.07.

Long jump: Jonathan Jacob, Guelph, 7.35 metres; 2. Kenneth West, Western, 7.30; 3. Solomon Arase, Guelph, 7.26.

Weight throw: 1. Abdellah Hassar, Laval, 21.22 metres; 2. Graham Wright, Manitoba, 18.65; 3. Joshua Suelzle, Manitoba, 17.77.

Heptathlon: 1. Max Speiser, Manitoba, 5270; 2. Masson Altrogge, Saskatchewan, 5107; 3. Brandon Gremaud, Trinity Western, 4925.

TOP THREE RESULTS FROM DAY ONE

PENT
1)   SIENNA MACDONALD, CALGARY – 4164
2)   REBECCA PARKER, GUELPH – 3794
3)   ALYSON EDWARDS – CALGARY – 3793

WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW
1)   PHOEBE PRICE-ROBERTS, TORONTO – 17.98M
2)   ALEXISON JOHNSON, CALGARY – 16.94M
3)   LIV SANDS, WESTERN -- 16.72M

WOMEN'S 60M
1)   AUDREY LEDUC, LAVAL – 7.26
2)   VIVIAN OGOR, WESTERN – 7.33
3)   DONNA NTAMBUE, MCGILL – 7.37

MEN'S 60M
1)   JORDAN SOUFI, MANITOBA – 6.69S
2)   TYRELL DAVIS, MANITOBA – 6.73
3)   KENNY BLACKMAN JR., TWU – 6.76