This weekend, the Lancer track & field team hosted the 26th annual Team Challenge at the St. Denis Centre and once again, the nationally ranked Lancers had an outstanding weekend of performances.
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The Lancers captured both the men's and women's titles defeating the York Lions, the defending CIS men's champions, and the Guelph Gryphons, the defending national women's champs.
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Windsor also captured a record 32 medals at the competition, surpassing last year's record breaking total of 29, including 12 gold, 13 silver, and seven bronze.
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On the women's side of the competition
Sarah Swain qualified for the CIS national championships in the women's 60m hurdles with a gold medal time of 8.52 seconds.
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Sierra Wolfe placed first in the women's 600m with a time of 1:39.37, while
Stefanie Smith continued her standout season with a gold medal in the 1500m (4:33.05).
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Smith also captured a gold medal as a member of the women's 4x800m relay team with
Alexandra Moore,
Lindsay Thompson, and
Meaghan Marton. Marton also captured a silver medal in the 1500m with a time of 4:34.42.
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Other gold medals for the women included
Jasmin Kerr in the pentathlon with 3,009 points and
Emily Omahen in the long jump with 5.56m.
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On the men's side, the Lancers were led by Matt Travaglini with two gold medals. Travaglini placed first in the men's 3000m with a time of 8:24.77, and helped the men's 4x800m to a gold medal with teammates
Jordan Collison,
Paul LaMarra, and
Taylor McArthur.
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Alex Ullman qualified for nationals in the 1000m with a time of 2:24.35, while
Arren Young also had a qualifying performance of 7.30m in the men's long jump.
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Other gold medalists included Chris Waugh in the pole vault with a height of 4.75m, and
Angelo Bortolin in the triple jump with a leap of 14.42m.
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To view all Lancer medalist, please
click here.
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To view the complete results, please
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Windsor will now head to the University of Michigan next weekend for the Silverston Invitational.Â