TRACK | Voyageurs Make Strides at OUA Championships

The Laurentian track team competed at the OUA Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend, returning with five top-10 finishes and five personal-best performances.

Megan Crocker cracked the top-10 in both the 1500m and the 3000m, with finishes of 8th and 9th and times of 4:44.59 and 10:13.21 respectively. She was joined in the 1500m by Jenny Bottomley who placed 10th with a time of 4:47.00. Senior Nicole Rich, running in her final meet for Laurentian, placed 10th in the 1000m with a personal best time of 3:00.31. Also in the top-10 was the 4 x 200m relay team of Hannah Merjavec, Danielle Roy, Kirsten Crowe, Natasha Mayer, who placed 7th in a time of 1:47.78.

Hannah Merjavec, Kirsten Crowe, Nicole Rich, Heidi Tuszkiewicz, and Caleb Beland all ran personal best times in their events.

This concludes the Laurentian track team's season. 

Results - Laurentian

WOMEN

Women's 60m
17. Hannah Merjavec, 7.99 (PB)
21. Kirsten Crowe, 8.09 (PB)
24. Danielle Roy, 8.17

Women's 300m 
18. Natasha Mayer, 42.18
20. Kirsten Crowe, 42.74

Women's 600m
21. Natasha Mayer, 1:39.71
26. Nicole Rich, 1:41.51

Women's 1000m
10. Nicole Rich, 3:00,31 (PB)
11. Heidi Tuszkiewicz, 3:00.44 (PB)

Women's 1500m
8. Megan Crocker, 4:44,59
10. Jenny Bottomley, 4:47.00
17. Heidi Tuszkiewicz, 4:53.89

Women's 3000m
9. Megan Crocker, 10:13.21
14. Jenny Bottomley,  10:50.96
 
Women's 4 x 200m
7. Laurentian, 1:47.78
(Hannah Merjavec, Danielle Roy, Kirsten Crowe, Natasha Mayer)

MEN

Men's 60m
12. Skyler Savage-Perreault, 7.19  (7.16 Heat) Ranked 26th
20. Eric Roque, 7.50

Men's 600m
12. Liam Pedersen, 1:23.77

Men's 1000m
14. Caleb Beland, 2:36.22 

Men's 1500
22. Caleb Beland, 4:10.01 (PB)

Men's 3000m
20. Liam Passi, 9:04.92