WINNIPEG – Competing in a University of Calgary Dinos uniform for the final time, fifth-year standout Sienna MacDonald capped her illustrious university career with yet another U SPORTS record to headline another big day for the Dinos Friday.

One day after breaking a program record, the Dinos took down a pair of records and claimed four medals in the second day of action from the 2026 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships inside the James Daly Fieldhouse.

Already coming into the day with the national record in women's long jump, MacDonald surpassed that mark on her second attempt with a leap of 6.34m before resetting the mark one more time at 6.36m to claim the sixth U SPORTS gold medal of her Dinos career.

Just minutes earlier, MacDonald also brought home a silver medal in the 60m hurdles. Also owning the U SPORTS record in that event, it was a photo-finish that saw Saskatchewan's Nicole Ostertag (8.05) edge MacDonald (8.06) out by a mere one-one hundredth of a second to knock off the two-time defending champ. That came after MacDonald hit the world indoor standard with a time of 8.02 seconds in prelims.

"It's a good way to end my U SPORTS career," smiled MacDonald. "I think my mindset going into a lot of events is to have fun. I'm a little bit different to most of my competitors in that way. I keep it serious when I need to, but I like to be un-serious. I was standing on the long jump runway before I started, and I was just dancing and singing. I enjoy the process, and I know if I take myself too seriously, that's when things go wrong. I'm here to have fun, to do what I can and live in the moment."

In men's long jump, newcomer Michael Akintunde brought home a bronze medal with a leap of 7.24m, while River Sanoy also scored with a seventh-place finish at 6.84m.

Just two weeks removed from their big showing at conference, Calgary's standout high jump crew was at it again. Noel Vanderzee had his best performance of the year and claimed the silver medal after clearing the bar at 2.15m without a miss before bowing out. Dominic Anamali also continued his hot streak, getting over the bar at 2.03m for sixth at nationals.

One night after the Dinos men's 4x200m relay broke the program record, Calgary's men's 4x800m relay made it 2-for-2 on that front. Kai Deausy, Max Cook, Phoenix Bouma and Ethan Meyer combined to cross the line in 7:36.40 – crushing the previous mark of 7:37.90 set back in 2011. That time also earned the team a fifth-place finish at this year's meet.

In other action, Meyer also scored in the men's 1000m run, taking fifth in 2:25.02. Georgia Oland (39.87) and Ethan Parnetta (34.34) both placed ninth in their respective 300m races on the day. Matthew Minchin had a nice showing in men's weight throw with a toss of 16.81m for ninth place, and William Kuzuchar capped a strong rookie campaign by placing 13th in the 60m hurdles.

Closing things out, the women's 4x800m relay of Csenia Irvin, Lauren Westlake, Vienna Selland and Jenna Conrad came in 10th overall in 9:07.22.

The final day of this year's national meet gets underway Saturday at 11:30 a.m. MT.

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