Eilish MacQuarrie & Hayley Wilson, X-Women Track & Field

Eilish MacQuarrie & Hayley Wilson, X-Women Track & Field

X-Women track & field sprinter/jumper Hayley Wilson was named the StFX Female Athlete of the Week co-winner for the week ending Mar. 1, 2015. Hayley, a first year Science student from Skye Glen, NS was honored as the AUS rookie of the year after her three-medal performance at the AUS track & field championship this past weekend in Moncton. She won a gold medal in the 60m dash and won silver in both the long jump and triple jump. Hayley clocked a personal best time of 7.74s in the 60m dash. She jumped 5.41m in the long jump and had an 11.38m showing in the triple jump. Hayley has qualified to compete at the upcoming CIS national championship in Windsor.

X-Women track & field sprinter Eilish MacQuarrie was named the StFX Female Athlete of the Week co-winner for the week ending Mar. 1, 2015. Eilish, a fourth year Human Kinetics student from Antigonish, NS racked up five medals at the AUS track & field championship this past weekend in Moncton. She won an individual silver medal in the 300m race (41.35), along with bronze medals in both the 60m dash (7.96) and 600m event (1:40.19). Eilish anchored the X-Women 4x400m relay team to a gold medal performance for the second consecutive year, and won silver with the 4x200m relay team. She has qualified to compete at the upcoming CIS national championship in Windsor.