REGINA – The Saskatchewan Huskies enjoyed a comfortable win on the women's side and the Manitoba Bisons took home the men's title at the 2025 Canada West Track & Field Championships held over the weekend at the Regina Fieldhouse.

The Golden Bears capped off the Canada West Championship with a gold medal in the 4x400m relay, beating the Manitoba Bisons by just four one-hundredths of a second. 

Tyler Sharpe, who had earned silver medals in the 600m and 1000m earlier in the championship, had to stretch at the line running the anchor leg to secure the relay gold. Carl Chu, Jaffar Phudjo, and Clay Grattidge ran the first three legs of the relay. 

Grattidge added a gold in the 600m earlier on Saturday with a time of 1:19.64. The third gold won by the Bears came from Wesley Eze, who defended his title in the shot put, setting a new personal best with a throw of 16.77m, the second longest throw in Alberta history. Eze was named the Canada West Field Athlete of the Year. 

Third-year Bear Tegra Jan-King added a bronze in the triple jump with a distance of 14.09m, with the 4x200m relay team also placing third. 

The Pandas placed third at the Canada West Championship in Regina, with Saturday being highlighted by a silver in the Pentathlon from Holly Harrison. 

Harrison placed second with 3447 points, which saw the Panda place second in both the long jump and high jump, and third in the 60m hurdles. 

Long-time Pandas throws coach Ceira Heshka-Wolf was named the Canada West Female Assistant Coach of the Year. 

The teams will now prepare to close out their 2024-25 campaign at the U SPORTS Championships, which will be hosted by the University of Windsor from Mar. 6 through Mar. 8.

Women's Standings

Saskatchewan 173.25
Calgary 123
Alberta 87.25
Manitoba 69.5
Regina 65
Trinity Western 44
Victoria 42
Lethbridge 40

Men's Standings

Manitoba 182
Alberta 104
Trinity Western 98
Saskatchewan 82
Regina 81
Calgary 59
Victoria 32
Lethbridge 3

Award Winners

Women's Track Athlete of the Year: Avery Pearson, SSK
Men's Track Athlete of the Year: Jonathan Podbielski, REG
Women's Field Athlete of the Year: Jinaye Shomachuk, LETH
Men's Field Athlete of the Year: Wesley Eze, ALB
Women's Rookie of the Year: Reagan Bliss, CGY
Men's Rookie of the Year: Ryder Rattee, ALB
Women's Performance of the Meet: Sienna MacDonald, CGY (60-metre hurdles)
Men's Performance of the Meet: Jonathan Podbielski, REG (1500-metre run)
Women's Student-Athlete Community Award: Georgia Oland, CGY
Men's Student-Athlete Community Award: Jake Neufeld, SSK
Women's Assistant Coach of the Year: Ciera Heshka-Wolf, ALB
Men's Assistant Coach of the Year: Jamie Epp, SSK
Women's Coach of the Year: Jason Reindl, SSK
Men's Coach of the Year: Claude Berube, MAN