TRACK | Five Medals and a Dozen Voyageurs Qualify for OUA Championships

The Laurentian indoor track team competed at the Ottawa Winter National Classic Indoor Track Meet this weekend, returning with five medals, 12 OUA qualifying standards, and 18 personal-best performances.

Heidi Tuszkiewicz won a gold medal in the 1000m, Nicole Rich and Jenny Bottomley won silver in the 1000m and 3000m respectively, and the women's 4 x 200m relay team finished with a bronze.

Athletes from seven universities competed, including Ottawa, Queen's, Sherbrooke, RMC, Carleton, Waterloo and Laurentian. 

The Laurentian track team's next event is the York Open in two weeks.

Results - Laurentian

WOMEN'S EVENTS

Women's 60m
7. Hannah Merjavec, 8.08 (8.17 Heat)  - OUA Standard (PB)
11. Danielle Roy, 8.22 - (8.18 Heat)- OUA Standard
13. Kirsten Crowe, 8.31
44. Esther Nabatanzi, 9.61 (PB)

Women's 300m 
9. Natasha Mayer, 41.73 - OUA Standard
15. Kirsten Crowe, 42.68 - OUA Standard

Women's 1000m
1. Heidi Tuszkiewicz, 3:00.76 - OUA Standard, (PB)
2. Nicole Rich, 3:04.19 - OUA Standard, (PB)
34. Hannah Merjavec, 46.04 (PB)
49. Esther Nabatanzi, 51.07 (PB)

Women's 1500m
7. Nicole Rich, 4:54.00 (PB)
12. Breanne Steven, 5:03.25
13. Lindsay Robinson, 5:06.84 (PB)

Women's 3000m
2. Jenny Bottomley,  10:05.95 - OUA Standard, (PB)
3. Megan Crocker,  10:06.34 - OUA Standard, (PB)
5. Lyndsay Greasley, 11:23.99
6. Kelsey Lefebvre, 12:02.11 (PB)

Women's 4 x 200m
3. Laurentian, 1:48.02 - OUA Qualified
(Hannah Merjavec, Danielle Roy, Kirsten Crowe, Natasha Mayer)

MEN'S EVENTS

Men's 60m
12. Skyler Savage-Perreault, 7.37 (7.40 Heat) - OUA Standard
18. Eric Roque, 7.45

Men's 300m
37. Eric Roque, 39.67 (PB)
47. Ali El Sahli, 40.79 (PB)

Men's 600m
6. Liam Pedersen, 1:23.30 - OUA Standard
17. Walker Houghton, 1:28.84 (PB)
22. Nick Orshinsky, 1:31.27 (PB)
23. Ali El-Sahli, 1:34.55 (PB)

Men's 1500
9.  Jarod Milford, 4:24.87 (PB)

Men's 3000m
7. Paul Sagriff. 8:45.15 - OUA Standard, (PB)
10. Caleb Beland, 9:02.50 (PB)