TRCK | Mayer, Gareau Golden at York

The Laurentian indoor track team competed at the York Open Indoor Track Meet this weekend, returning with two gold, two silver and one bronze medal plus three new OUA qualifiers and 11 personal-best performances.

First place finishes were earned by Sudbury native, Natasha Mayer, and London's Eric Gareau in the 600m and 1500m respectively, with second place finishes going to Erin Hansel and Dylan Brown in the 1000m and 3000m. Nick Lambert placed third in the 3000m. New qualifiers for the OUAs were Natasha Mayer in the 300m and Alexandre Noel de Tilly in the 60m.

Mayer's winning 600m time of 1:37.24 was the fourth fastest in Laurentian history.

The meet included over 520 entrants from 10 universities, including Laval, Waterloo, Toronto, Guelph, Ryerson, RMC, Brock, Western, York and Laurentian. International level athletes from a number of track clubs were also involved.

Laurentian Results

Women's Events

60m
22. Christina Robert, 7.96
39. Hanna Merjavec, 8.10

300m
13. Natasha Mayer, 42.23 (OUA qualifier)

600m
1. Natasha Mayer, 1:37.24 (Personal best)

1000m
2. Erin Hansel, 3:04.49 (OUA qualifier)
7. Sarah Thackeray, 3:15.07 (PB)
8. Meghan Sippel, 3:16.86 (PB)
11. Ashley Valentini, 3:29.06

1500m
17. Meghan Sippel, 5:21.72
20. Sarah Thackeray, 5:38.01

3000m
10. Kelsey Lefebvre, 11:46.64 (PB)

Men's  Events

60m
46. Alexandre Noel de Tilly, 7.37 (PB, OUA qualifier)
53. Anthony Olowu, 7.51 (PB)
72. Ebube Esinnah, 8.02

300m
29. Alexandre Noel de Tilly, 38.83

600m
5. Liam Pedersen, 1:23.16
6. Justin Graenert, 1:23.50
24. Ali El Sahli, 1:30.69 (PB)

1000m
5. Caleb Beland, 2:38.52
16. Ryan Vincent, 2:51.48
18. Hayden Ring, 3:00.32 (PB)

1500m
1. Eric Gareau, 3:58.22 (Indoor PB)
7. Keon Wallingford, 4:05.06 (PB)
17. Nick Lambert, 4:18.78 (PB)

3000m
2. Dylan Brown, 9:07.43
3. Nick Lambert, 9:30.47