The University of Windsor Lancers track and field team opened day one of the 43
rd annual Can-Am Classic meet at the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse on Friday (Jan. 9) night, highlighted by wins in the 4x800m, women's triple jump, and a Lancer record set by
AJ Stanat in the men's shot put.
On the track,
Samara Quanz had the best individual finish, placing third in the 3000m with a time of 9:44.29 and earning a spot in the Lancer all-time top-ten in the event.
Ainsley Rocheleau followed her with a 10:19.91 time, earning an eighth-place finish. On the men's side,
Andreas Pardalis had a personal-best 3000m time of 8:34.02 to place eighth.
The 60m hurdles saw two seventh-place finishes for the Lancers, with
Ella Koller having a time of 8.85s for the women and
Sadrak Moro at 8.68s on the men's side.
The team of
Cali Marles,
Maya Metivier,
Nadia Pupatello, and
Avery McGregor placed second in the 4x200m with a time of 1:43.28, and
Madalynn McGregor,
Lia Acanne,
Erin Bailey-Roy, and
Maya Joaquin finished fourth. The best men's finish of fourth place by the group of
Noah Waddel-Henry,
Ryan Holly,
Cameron John-Dunslow, and
Tristen Miscia was done with a time of 1:30.93, followed by
Brett Beazley,
Jack Banfield, Damilare Okeyinka, and
Evan Martin just one-hundredth of a second behind.
A highlight of the night on the track came with the Lancers winning both the men's and women's 4x800m relay races.
Natalie Fortier,
Ella Heredi,
Joelle Olla, and
Isabella Goveia won the women's with a time of 9:05.83, three seconds ahead of second-place Toronto. The men's squad of
Noah Costa,
Kai Luong,
Abdullahi Abdullahi, and
Noah Waldmann narrowly took home first place with a time of 7:44.59.
The field events saw
AJ Stanat improved upon his U SPORTS qualifying-mark from the Blue and Gold meet with a 18.44m throw to claim the top spot in men's shot put, setting a Lancer program record in the process. Stanat was followed by
Colin Dawson with a 14.60m mark to place third.
Mikayla May and
Chloe VidAmour earn first- and second-place finishes in the women's triple jump, with May jumping 11.73m for first place and VidAmour 11.56m for second. In pole vault,
Grace Elford finished fourth in with a height of 3.80m.
Harley Martin tied for fifth in women's shot put with a 11.99m mark.
