Track team posts results at Tiger Team Classic

Halifax, NS – The X-Women and X-Men track & field teams competed at the Tiger Track Classic on Sunday at the Canada Games Centre.

Events included the 60m hurdles, 60m dash, 300m, 600m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, high jump, long jump in both men's and women's categories, along with a mixed triple jump.

Results for the X-Women sprinting events included the following:

60m hurdles
Bridget Brennan, 1^st, 9.33

60m dash 18-19
Perissa Forbes, 1^st, 8.34
Mary Catherine Thompson, 2^nd, 8.53

60m dash 20-34
Abbi Finnan, 1^st, 7.98
Jillian Murphy, 2^nd, 8.02
Candace Cruickshank, 3^rd, 8.16
Jillian Nolan, 5^th, 8.67

300m 18-19
Perissa Forbes, 1^st, 43.57

300m 20-34
Bridget Brennan, 1^st, 40.82
Jillian Murphy, 2^nd, 42.13
Candace Cruickshank, 5^th, 42.86
Beth Lawrence, 6^th, 44.41

600m 18-19
Allie Flower, 1^st, 1:40.14

600m 20-34
Beth Lawrence, 2^nd, 1:42.34

In the distance events, the X-Women results were are follows:

1000m 20-34
Kevyn Timmons, 1^st, 3:20.74

1500m 18-19
Hana Marmura, 1^st, 4:52.46
Olivia MacDonald, 2^nd, 5:14.73

1500m 20-34
Liz MacDonald, 1^st, 4:52.60
Kendra MacNeil, 4^th, 5:02.75

3000m 18-19
Catherine Thompson, 1^st, 11:06.00
Emily MacKay, 3^rd, 11:39.60

3000m 20-34
Leah Gouthro, 4^th, 11:26.27
Ellen Burnett, 5^th, 11:34.42

In the women's high jump, Lauren Agnew was 2^nd with a 1.50m jump, while Mary Catherine Thompson and Bridget Brennan tied for 4^th, both with a 1.45m result. Brennan won the long jump with a 5.44m finish. Agnew was 3^rd at 5.09m, Thompson placed 5^th at 4.84m and Maddy Nastasiuk was 6^th at 4.70m.

In the mixed triple jump event, Colin Thompson was the lone StFX competitor and he placed 2^nd overall with am 11.15m jump.

In the men's high jump, Jordan Tyrrell and Jake McKenna tied for 2^nd place, each jumping 1.75m. Creighton Jewkes was 4^th with a 1.65m result.

In the long jump, Randy Roseway came 3^rd with a 6.03m jump, while Tyrrell and McKenna were 4^th at 4.84m. Jewkes placed 8^th at 5.36m and Thompson was 9^th at 5.28m.

The X-Men sprinting results featured the following:

60m hurdles
Timothy Brennan, 5^th, 9.37
Colin Thompson, 6^th, 9.46
Jake McKenna, 7^th, 10.83

60m dash 18-19
Adrian Kinney, 2^nd, 7.22
James Lucas, 3^rd, 7.23
Steven Keefe, 5^th, 7.54
Creighton Jewkes, 6^th, 7.91

60m dash 20-34
Randy Roseway, 2^nd, 7.10
Matt Murphy, 8^th, 7.55

300m 18-19
James Lucas, 1^st, 36.00
Adrian Kinney, 3^rd, 37.37
Timothy Brennan, 4^th, 37.60
Justin Major, 6^th, 38.38
Creighton Jewkes, 7^th, 40.11

300m 20-34
Matt Murphy, 3^rd, 38.25

600m 18-19
Timothy Brennan, 1^st, 1:25.26
Justin Major, 2^nd, 1:29.62

600m 20-34
Andrew Bain, DNF

A number of X-Men competed in the distance events with the results as follows.

1500m 18-19
Angus Rawling, 1^st, 4:00.56

1500m 20-34
Ryan O'Regan, 1^st, 4:17.16

3000m 18-19
Paul MacLellan, 1^st, 9:10.24

3000m 20-34
Alex Cyr, 1^st, 8:29.21
Cal DeWolfe, 2^nd, 8:38.97
Edward MacDonald, 8^th, 9:30.39

The complete Tiger Track Classic meet results can be found by clicking here.

Next on the schedule for the StFX track & field squad is the AUS Open scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13^th, also at the Canada Games Centre. On Sunday there will be an AUS Relay event.

The Subway AUS Track & Field Championship will take place Feb. 27-28 in Moncton.