TRK | Routhier Leads Voyageurs at York

The Laurentian varsity track and field team travelled to Toronto this past weekend to compete at the 51^st Annual York University Open and returned home with four top-10 finishes and ten personal best performances.  The team was led by second year architecture student Tristan Routhier (Saint-Sixte, QC) who placed 4^th in the men's 300 metre event in a time of 35.72 seconds.  This performance continued Routhier's streak of five consecutive competitions in which he has established a new personal best. His mark in the 300 metres places him 3^rd all-time in Laurentian school history in the event. Other top-10 performances came from MBA student Tre Ford (Niagara Falls) who placed 8^th in the men's 60 metres in 6.96 seconds; second year nursing student Kristen Mrozewski (Sudbury) who placed 9^th in the women's 600 metres in 1:39.02 and Routhier who placed 10^th in the men's 60 metres in 7.03 seconds.

Beyond the top-10 performances, the varsity squad had a solid day with an additional eight personal bests established.  On the women's side, second year kinesiology student Naomi Palmer (Sudbury) ran personal bests in both the 60 metres, 8.34 seconds and in the 300 metres, 44.16 seconds. Fourth year health promotion and education student Angela Mozzon (Sudbury) established a new best in the 1500m, running 5:03.66. Mrozewski also established a new best in 300 metre event in a time of 43.87 seconds, which places her 7^th all-time in school history.

The men's 1,000 metre event saw three Voyageurs establish new personal bests including fourth year nursing student Nicholas Lambert (Elliot Lake), 2:47.78, first year law and justice student Kevin Yuan (China), 2:47.94 and second year engineering student Cameron Heinz (Huntsville), 2:49.04. Second year health promotion student Patrick Leroux (Wingham) also established a new personal best in the 1,500 metres, crossing the line in 4:27.07.

"Sometimes this sport can be pretty simple, put the work in at practice and see the results on the track," commented head coach Darren Jermyn. "Definitely rewarding to see that many personal bests at a single competition.  The team was definitely feeding off each other's performances this weekend and as we get closer to the OUA championships later this month, it's great to see the progress."

Up next for the Vees includes Pascale Gendron competing in the women's 3,000 metre event at the Boston University Valentine Invitational this upcoming weekend and the full varsity squad competing at the Fred Foot Invitational at the University of Toronto on February 17^th.