TRK - Voyageurs concluded last meet of the regular season with seven top ten finishes
The Voyageurs track and field team concluded the last meet of the season at the Hal Brown Memorial Track & Field Memorial Meet hosted by the University of Toronto. Laurentian picked up seven top ten finishes.
On the men's side, fifth year psychology student Keon Wallingford won silver in the men's 3000 metre event, finishing with a time of 8:52.78. In the same event, second year SPAD student Seamus Doherty placed fifth in 9:10.26 and fifth year accounting student Cameron Date placed 7th in 9:23.98.
On the women's side, first year criminology student Shelley Hladin placed fifth in the long jump with a best of 5.21 metres. Fifth year education student Angela Mozzon placed sixth in the 3000 metre event, setting a new personal best of 10:39.57. In the same event, first year sociology student Charlotte Grenier set a new personal best with a time 11:18.65, placing ninth. Lastly, third year nursing student Claire Scholl lowered her personal best by five seconds in the 1000 metre race, with a time of 3:10.34, placing tenth.
"This was the final opportunity for our athletes to qualify or improve their provincial rankings for the OUA Championships next weekend, and it was great to see several members of the team push themselves to the limit this weekend," said Head Coach Darren Jermyn. "We have seven athletes that have earned a spot to compete against the best in the OUA next weekend. The fact that we have athletes entered in each of the six track events along with the long jump and triple jump shows some good progress for the program," he said.
The Voyageurs will be represented by Sarah Booth (600m, 1000m), Kristen Mrozewski (600m, 1000m), Shelley Hladin (long jump, triple jump), Tristan Routhier (60m, 300m), Josh Kim (60m), Brandon Radey (300m, 600m) and Keon Wallingford (1500m, 3000m) at the OUA Championships hosted by the University of Windsor next weekend.
-Madison Boileau