SASKATOON – With a big push from the high jump crew that capped a strong all-around performance, the University of Calgary Dinos track & field program wrapped up the 2026 Canada West Championships Saturday afternoon from the Saskatoon Field House.

The Dinos picked up 10 more medals Saturday to finish with 19 overall over the two-day championship meet.

Calgary finished as team runners-up on the men's side. The Dinos finished the tight race with 134.5 points, second only to Alberta at 143.5. It marks the best finish for the men's program since winning the title back in 2020. 

On the women's side, the banged up Dinos finished fourth overall with 83 points. Saskatchewan ran away with the win with 186 points.

After the meet, Georgia Oland was named the Canada West Women's Student-Athlete Community Service Award winner for her work on and off the track. This is the second consecutive year earning the award for Oland and the third straight year a Dino has been recognized.

Calgary's first medal of the day went to the reigning Canada West Rookie of the Year Reagan Bliss. For the second consecutive year, the Okotoks, Alta., native brought home the silver medal after clearing the bar at 1.69m. Rookie Jade Gauthier also did well, tying for seventh at her first conference meet with a season-best height of 1.60m.

Next up was the women's 600m, where rookie Jenna Conrad (1:33.68) and second year Csenia Irvin (1:34.61) brought home the silver and bronze medals in a dominant performance.

Tristan Friesen continued the medal push with a personal-best shot put throw of 16.60m on his final approach. That mark tied for the top spot on the day but Friesen settled for silver on the next-best-throw tiebreaker. Alex Wahl also scored in the event, taking seventh at 13.77m.

The Dinos men's high jumpers then took over the meet. With a strong field at this year's meet, Calgary claimed three of the top five spots to surge up in the team standings. Noel Vanderzee claimed his third consecutive Canada West crown by clearing the bar at 2.09m. Dominic Anamali also cleared the bar at 2.09m – a massive PR for the two-sport athlete – to bring home the silver medal. Second year Colby Sych also nice showing, tying his season best at 1.92m to tie for fifth and bring home more valuable points.

It was an exciting men's 1500m race. Second year Kai Deausy nearly brought home the win from the second of the three timed heats, settling for bronze with a time of 3:57.35. Ethan Meyer – Friday's silver medallist in the 1000m – just missed another podium spot by taking second in the final heat and fourth overall for more points for the Dinos.

In the heptathlon, Jaxon Turner grinded through the seven events to take fourth overall with 4515 points, while Winston Clarke overcame a fall in the 60m hurdles portion with big performances in the pole vault and 1000m runs to score 4390 points over the two days, good for fifth place.

Also scoring for the Dinos Saturday were Tyler Milev placing fifth in the men's 60m (6.83), Georgia Oland taking sixth in the women's 60m (7.58), and Sierra Sweeney placing seventh in women's triple jump (11.25m)

Calgary also added three more medals over the final four relays of the meet. The women's 4x200m squad of Hannah Hurtubise, Oland, Kristen Fox and Emma Parnetta brought home the silver medal with a time of 1:40.06.

In the 4x400m relay, the Dinos men's team of Ethan Parnetta, William Kuzuchar, Danyal Rajpoot and Devon Zuchotzki brought home the silver medal in 3:17.27, while the women's relay of Fox, Parnetta, Conrad and Sarah Feschuk earned bronze in 3:54.55.

Calgary now turns its attention to the 2026 U SPORTS Championships, hosted by the University of Manitoba and set for March 5-7 inside the Max Bell Centre.

Major Award Winners
Women's Track Athlete of the Year: Marisha Thompson, Victoria
Men's track Athlete of the Year: Ryder Rattee, Alberta
Women's Field Athlete of the Year: Jinaye Shomachuk, Lethbridge
Men's Field Athlete of the year: Daxx Turner, Manitoba
Women's Rookie of the Year: Hailee Woodhouse, Saskatchewan
Men's Rookie of the Year: Nico Claramunt, Alberta
Women's Outstanding Performance of the Meet: Jinaye Shomachuk, Lethbridge
Men's Outstanding Performance of the Meet: Daxx Turner, Manitoba
Women's Community Service Award Winner: Georgia Oland, Calgary
Men's Community Service Award Winner: Joshua Tam, Saskatchewan
Women's Assistant Coach of the Year: Karlyn Wells, Saskatchewan
Men's Assistant Coach of the Year: Mark Cocks, Alberta
Women's Coach of the Year: Jason Reindl, Saskatchewan
Men's Coach of the Year: Wes Moerman, Alberta

Women's Team Standings
1.    Saskatchewan – 186 points
2.    Alberta – 113.5
3.    Victoria – 96
4.    Calgary – 83
5.    Regina – 60
6.    Lethbridge – 42
7.    Manitoba – 39
8.    Trinity Western – 17.5
9.    UBCO – 2

Men's Team Standings
1.    Alberta – 143.5 points
2.    Calgary – 134.5
3.    Manitoba – 128
4.    Saskatchewan – 103
5.    Regina – 52
6.    Victoria – 38
7.    Trinity Western – 21
8.    Lethbridge – 20

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