StFX track team opens season at Halifax meet

Halifax, NS – The StFX track & field team opened 2015-16 competition at the Athletics Nova Scotia meet held Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.

The StFX squad had X-Women and X-Men competing in numerous different running and jumping events.

WOMEN'S RESULTS

In the women's hurdles, Bridget Brennan placed third overall with a time of 9.49.

Kevyn Timmons won the women's 1000m race for StFX with a time of 3:09.40.

In the 60m dash for women aged 18-19, the X-Women had four racers who placed third through sixth. Competing for X were Savannah Norton (3^rd, 8.37), Mary Catherine Thompson (4^th, 8.43), Allie Flower, (5^th, 8.45) and Perissa Forbes (6^th, 8.46).

In the 60m dash for women aged 20 and older, the X-Women had seven competitors including veteran sprinter Eilish MacQuarrie who was third overall with a time of 7.97. Right behind her were X teammates Jillian Murphy (4^th, 8.00), Abbi Finnan (5^th, 8.04) and Candace Cruickshank (6^th, 8.07). Lauren Agnew (8.13) placed 8^th while Beth Lawrence (8.37) and Jillian Nolan (8.63) were 9^th and 11^th.

Lawrence was the top X-Women finisher in the 600m, coming in fifth with a time of 1:42.34. Brittany Wadden was eighth at 1:55.82.

Hana Marmura and Liz MacDonald both competed in the 1500m event. Marmura (4:56.87) was the first place finisher in the women's age 18-9 race, while MacDonald (5:17.24) was fifth in the women's age 20 and over race.

The 300m dash featured several X-Women sprinters. In the age 18-19 race, Allie Flower was second at 43.42, followed by Perissa Forbes (45.18) in third. In the age 20+ race, Bridget Brennan claimed top honors with a time of 41.15. Candace Cruickshank (41.39) and Eilish MacQuarrie (41.46) were second and third, followed by Jillian Murphy (6^th, 42.65), Beth Lawrence (7^th, 43.39), Abbi Finnan (9^th, 43.69) and Jillian Nolan (10^th, 46.60).

In the longest race of the day, StFX's Kristen Tate and Kendra MacNeil were the sole competitors in the women's 3000m run. Tate finished with a time of 11:52.97 in the age 18-19 category, while MacNeil ran 11:03.61 in the age 20+ classification.

In the jumping events, Mary Catherine Thompson came fifth in the high jump (age 18-19) with a 1.45m showing. She placed second in the long jump with a 4.64m effort.

Lauren Agnew (1.50m) and Bridget Brennan (1.50m) were fourth and fifth for the X-Women in the high jump (age 20 and older). Brennan won the long jump with a 5.46m jump, while Agnew was fifth at 4.98m and rookie Madison Nastasiuk was sixth with a 4.47m jump.

MEN'S RESULTS

In the men's hurdles, Colin Thompson and Jake McKenna placed first and second respectively, for the X-Men. Thompson's time was 9.22 with McKenna at 9.35. Jordan Tyrrell (9.55) and Timothy Brennan (9.59) were fourth and fifth.

Two X-Men freshmen raced in the 60m dash for age 18-9. James Lucas (7.26) placed fourth while Creighton Jewkes (7.77) was seventh.

In the men's 60m dash for age 20 and older, Matt Murphy came third overall with a time of 7.37 with Steven Keefe in fourth at 7.38.

Timothy Brennan and Justin Major came first and third, respectively in the men's 600m run (age 18-19). Brennan's time was 1:24.96 and Major clocked in at 1:30.84.

In the same 600m distance but in the age 20+ category, Andrew Bain ran 1:28.22, good enough for third spot.

Several X-Men sprinters competed in the 300m dash. In the men's age 18-19 race, James Lucas was second, crossing the finish line at 36.54. Timothy Brennan (37.67) was fifth, Justin Major (39.18) was sixth and Creighton Jewkes (39.45) seventh. In the men's age 20+ race, Andrew Bain (36.96) and Steven Keefe (36.97) were third and fourth, while Matt Murphy (38.14) came sixth.

In the jumping events, Cameron Glover (1.70m) and Creighton Jewkes (1.65) came 1-2 in the men's age 18-19 high jump. In the same age classification for the long jump, Glover placed second with a jump of 5.64m and Jewkes was third at 5.23m.

Jake McKenna (1.75m) and Jordan Tyrrell (1.70m) were third and fourth in the men's age 20+ high jump. Tyrrell was sixth in the long jump with a 5.83m effort, while McKenna was seventh (5.83m) and Colin Thompson placed eighth (5.63m). Thompson came third in the triple jump with an 11.59m result.

The StFX track & field team will back at the Canada Games Centre on January 16th for another Athletics NS meet. The throwers will compete on January 9th in Truro.