By Brett Hedges
 
The Windsor Lancers track and field team combined to bring home six individual medals from the U Sports Indoor Track and Field championships in Edmonton this past weekend - which featured multiple personal bests, team records & near podium finishes.
 
The Lancer men's team placed second overall, edging out Laval with 68 points for the silver medal while the Lancer women's team placed 7th out of 21 teams with 34 points.
 
Taking home the lone U SPORTS gold medal for Windsor was Corey Bellemore in the men's 1,000 metre. The fifth year senior pulled away in the home stretch of the race to claim gold in his final meet as a Lancer with a time of 2:24.64.
 
Bellemore won bronze in the men's 1,500 metre and also anchored Windsor's silver medal 4x800m relay team alongside teammates Taylor MacArthur, Joe Kagumba and Nick MacMackin with a time of 7:30.39.
 
Silver medals also went to Sarah Mitton in the women's shot put with her fifth round toss of 15.55m and to Chris Waugh in the men's pole vault with a top height of 4.92m.
 
Eli Pawliw won the bronze medal in men's shot put with a toss of 16.74m and graduating senior Jill VanDamme won bronze in the women's weight throw with her personal best throw of 17.58m on her final toss as a Lancer.
 
Finishing just off the podium in fourth place twice in the same afternoon were the women's 4x200 relay team (Courtney Rivait, Stephanie Shaw, Kristy Hodgins, Emily Omahen) who ran their hearts out with a time of 1:39.08.
 
The women's 4x400m relay team (Courtney Rivait, Stephanie Shaw, Kristy Hodgins and Alexia Lamothe) came back to the track a few hours later and came out with another fourth place finish with a time of 4:48.78.
 
Pole vault specialist Rachel Wolfs finished fourth with a top height of 3.92m while Milos Savic also placed fourth in men's pole vault with a height of 4.82m.
 
Nick MacMackin was fourth in the men's 1,000m (2:26.09) while Brett Boersma placed fourth in the men's shot put (16.37m).
 
Sarah Mitton was fifth in women's weight throw (16.78m) while Eli Pawliw's school record toss of 17.34m also placed him fifth in men's weight throw.
 
Placing sixth in the nation was Emily Omahen in women's long jump 5.68m & Stef Smith in the women's 3km (9:30.54).

CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD WINNERS:
 
Women:
Outstanding Athlete of the Meet: Gabriela Stafford, Toronto
Coach of the Year: Carl Georgevski, Toronto
 
Men:
Outstanding Athlete of the Meet (George Gemer Award): Thomas Land, Guelph
Coach of the Year (Bob Boucher Award): Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph
 
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
 
Women
1. Toronto, 119.50
2. Guelph, 86.83
3. Western, 73
4.Alberta, 66
5. Calgary, 58.33
6. Sherbrooke, 48
7. Windsor, 39
8. Laval, 27
9. Saskatchewan, 21
10. Trinity Western, 18.50
11. Manitoba, 18
11. Regina, 18
13. York, 15
14. Ottawa, 14
15. Queen's 9
16. Victoria, 6
16. Waterloo, 6
18. Dalhousie, 5.83
19. McGill, 5
20. New Brunswick, 4
20. Carleton, 4
 
Men
1. Guelph, 141 points
2. Windsor, 68
3. Laval, 65.50
4. Western, 45
5. Toronto, 44
6. Alberta, 36
7. Lethbridge, 29
8. Victoria, 28
9. Sherbrooke, 25
10. Waterloo, 24
11. Dalhousie, 23.50
12. Trinity Western, 21
13. Carleton, 19
14. Manitoba, 18
15. York, 14
16. Saskatchewan, 13
17. Regina, 11
18. McMaster, 10
19. Calgary, 9
20. Ottawa, 8
21. Montreal, 6
22. St. Francis Xavier, 3
 
INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS: DAY 3
 
Triple Jump (W)
1. Rebekah Eckert, Manitoba, 12.32
2. Jordan Bates, Guelph, 12.00
3. Vanessa Oliver, Guelph, 11.98
 
Pole Vault (M)
1. Spencer Allen, Alberta, 5.02
2. Chris Waugh, Windsor, 4.92
3. Telvin Tavernier, Carleton, 4.82

600 M (W)
1. Maite Bouchard, Sherbrooke, 1:29.23
2. Madeleine Kelly, Toronto, 1:29.83
3. Jenna Westaway, Calgary, 1:30.13

600 M (M)
1. Thomas Land, Guelph, 1:17.93
2. Tyler Smith, Victoria, 1:18.23
3. Triphon Moodie, Western, 1:18.51

4x200 M (W)
1. Alberta, 1:38.54
(Ashley Whiteman, Cassandra Grenke, Grace Werner, Carline Muir)
2. Western, 1:38.77
(Joy Spear Chief-Morris, Natalie Topp, Caroline Stricelj, Courtney Langille)                               
3. Laval, 1:38.84
(Marie-Colombe St-Pierre, Andréanne Frigon, Rose-Émilie Carrier, Charlie Dorval)
 
4x200 M (M)
1. Toronto, 1:28.06
(Rayshaun Franklin, Alexander Lau, Jack Berkshire, Charles Sutton)                             
2. Guelph, 1:28.16
(Kristian Benjamin, Kyle Thompson, Gregory MacNeill, Brandon Shirk)
3. Alberta, 1:28.34
(Thompson Weegar, Austin Cole, Cam Snider, Jonathan Allan)
 
High Jump (W)
1. Danielle Delage, Toronto. 1.76
2. Niki Oudenaarden, Calgary, 1.73
3. Geneviève Gagné, Laval, 1.70
 
Triple Jump (M)
1. Aaron Hernandez, Lethbridge, 15.22
2. Nick Fyffe, York, 15.10
3. Patrick Hanna, Montreal, 14.92
 
Shot Put 7.26 kg (M)
1. Peter Millman, Lethbridge, 17.25
2. Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas, Sherbrooke, 17.14
3. Eli Pawliw, Windsor, 16.74

1500 M (W)
1. Gabriela Stafford, Toronto, 4:24.08 
2. Lucia Stafford, Toronto, 4:25.57
3. Aurélie Dubé-Lavoie, Laval, 4:26.13
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1500 M (M)
1. Cole Peterson, Victoria, 3:50.86
2. Antoine Thibeault, Laval, 3:51.40
3. Corey Bellemore, Windsor, 3:51.40

4x400 M (W)
1. Toronto, 3:45.03
(Jazz Shukla, Lucia Stafford, Madeleine Kelly, Katrina Innanen)
2. Alberta, 3:45.93
(Ashley Whiteman, Bailey Sallis, Nicole Soderberg, Carline Muir)
3. Calgary, 3:48.26
(Natalie McDougall, Niki Oudenaarden, Megan Kretzer, Jenna Westaway)
 
4x400 M (M)
1. Western, 3:17.54
(Jordan Mabbott, Mac Campbell, Triphon Moodie, Ramzi Abdulahi)                              
2. Alberta, 3:17.59
(Cam Snider, Matthew Van Mulligen, Emmanuel Vela, Austin Cole)
3. Toronto, 3:18.26
(Jack Berkshire, Charles Sutton, Rostam Turner, Rayshaun Franklin)