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Westaway named top performer as conference meet wraps up

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SASKATOON – The University of Calgary Dinos wrapped up the Canada West track and field championships with eight more medals on Day 2, led by Jenna Westaway's second gold medal of the meet.

Westaway added the 600-metre title to her 1000-metre gold medal from Friday, clocking a time of 1:30.80 to finish atop the podium. For her efforts, Westaway was named the Top Performer (track) on the women's side, while her record-setting performance in the 1,000 was deemed the top performance on the track in the meet.

To Westaway's gold, Calgary added a four silver and three bronze medals on Saturday, bringing the two-day total to 15 (nine women's, six men's) on the meet. The haul started in the men's triple jump where Sodienye Nkwonta jumped 14.45 m to grab the silver medal. Right behind him, Cole Lethebe jumped 14.12 m to win bronze. Ben Boelhouwer capped off the podium finishes for the Dinos men, winning bronze in the first-ever heptathlon with 3959 points.

On the women's side, Jamie Kolodinsky high jumped her way to a bronze medal finish with a jump of 1.67 m, while Allison Kendall also brought home bronze in the triple jump with her leap of 11.59 m.

The Dinos added two more medals in the relays. The women's 4 x 200m relay team of Natalie McDougall, Isabella Hernandez, Kolodinsky, Emily Rendell and Carlene Buckley ran a time of 1:42.55 to take home the bronze medal. The women's 4 x 400m relay team of McDougall, Westaway, Hernandez, Cassandre Collins, and Jessica Baraskevich also had a medal finish, taking second with a time of 3:51.30.

Calgary's women's team finished second in the team standings with 72.5 points, while the men scored 55 points to finish third overall.

The Dinos will return home to prepare for their next competition, the CIS championships, set for March 10-12 in Toronto.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. Alberta (101 pts)
2. CALGARY (72.5)
3. Saskatchewan (68.5)
4. Trinity Western (61)
5. Manitoba (45)
6. Lethbridge (20)
6. Regina (20)
8. Victoria (18)

Men
1. Saskatchewan (75 pts)
2. Alberta (57)
3. CALGARY (55)
4. Manitoba (47)
4. Trinity Western (47)
6. Lethbridge (45)
7. Regina (43)
8. Victoria (41)

SATURDAY MEDALLISTS
 
Women's Events
High Jump
G – Emma Nuttall, TWU
S – Hazel Ross, TWU
B – Jamie Kolodinsky, CGY
 
60m
G – Rachael McLeoud, MAN
S – Astrid Nyame, SSK
B – Leah Walkeden, ALB
 
600m
G – Jenna Westaway, CGY
S – Ashley Whiteman, ALB
B – Vanessa Sjoberg, VIC
 
Weight Toss
G – Olena Olenick, SSK
S – Reagan Fedak, REG
B – Lara Roth, LETH
 
Triple Jump
G – Naomi Manske, SSK
S – Sandy Latrace, LETH
B – Allison Kendall, CGY
 
1500m
G – Regan Yee, TWU
S – Mirelle Martens, TWU
B – Shauna McInnis, VIC
 
4x200m Relay:
G – Alberta
S – Manitoba
B – Calgary
 
4x400m Relay:
G – Alberta
S – Calgary
B - Saskatchewan
 
Men's Events
Heptathlon
G – Cale Hernandez, TWU
S – Cole Digel, SSK
B – Ben Boelhouwer, CGY
 
60m
G – Tevaughn Campbell, REG
S – Kahlen Branning, REG
B – Winston Williams, SSK
 
600m
G – Garrett Peters, SSK
S – Matthew Van Mulligen, ALB
B – Brendan Calef, ALB
 
Triple Jump
G – Aaron Hernandez, LETH
S – Sodienve Nkwonta, CGY
B – Cole Lethebe, CGY
 
Pole Vault
G – Nathan Filipek, ALB
S – Spencer Allen, ALB
B – Nathan Dunford, TWU
 
Shot Put
G – Peter Millman, LETH
S – Ryan Sommer, LETH
B – Ben Ingvaldson, LETH
 
High Jump
G – Matthew Fritze, ALB
S – Oyinkansola Akinola, MAN
S – Alhaji Mansaray, MAN
(tied for 2nd)

1500m
G – Cody Therrien, VIC
S – Kieran McDonald, ALB
B – Royden Radowits, ALB
 
4x200m Relay
G – Saskatchewan
S – Manitoba
B – Regina
 
4x400m Relay
G – Saskatchewan
S – Victoria
B – Manitoba
 
FRIDAY MEDALLISTS
 
Women's Events
300m
G – Ashley Whiteman, ALB
S – Daniella Clonfero, ALB
B – Leah Walkeden, ALB
 
1000m
G – Jenna Westaway, CGY (Canada West record)
S – Regan Yee, TWU
B – Julianne Labach, SSK
 
3000m
G – Mirelle Martens, TWU
S – Melissa Jones, CGY
B – Lisa Brooking, TWU
 
60m Hurdles
G – Astrid Nyame, SSK
S – Cassandra Grenke, ALB
B – Hazel Ross, TWU
 
Long Jump
G – Sandy Latrace, LETH
S – Joy Becker, REG
B – Astrid Nyame, SSK
 
4x800m Relay
G – Victoria
S – Alberta
B – Manitoba
 
Pole Vault
G – Paige Ridout, ALB
S – Courtney Erickson, SSK
B – Melissa Richards, MAN
 
Shot Put
G – Jennifer Weber, ALB
S – Jessica Buettner, SSK
B – Olena Olenick, SSK
 
Pentathlon
G – Katelyn Lehner, CGY
S – Dacia Gramlick, ALB
B – Sophia Pauls, TWU
 
Men's Events
300m
G – Kahlen Branning, REG
S – Graham Black, SSK
B – Nathan George, TWU
 
1000m
G – Greg Hetterley, REG
S – Cole Peterson, VIC
B – Peter Oxland, VIC
 
3000m
G – Erik Widing, SSK
S – Alex James, CGY
B – Cody Therrien, VIC
 
60m Hurdles
G – Jared Olson, SSK
S – Alexander Gall, CGY
B – Phillip Rockerbie, LETH
 
4x800m Relay
G – Victoria
S – Alberta
B – Saskatchewan
 
Long Jump
G – Ahmed Alkabary, REG
S – Wilfred Samking, MAN
B – James Linde, TWU
 
Weight Toss
G – Peter Millman, LETH
S – Steven Link, CGY
B – Ben Ingvaldson, LETH

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