Tigers off to great start at AUS Track & Field Championships

In the first final of the day, Colleen Wilson, Michaela Walker and Morgan Hawkes swept the podium in the women's 1500m run. Shannay Beals won the 60m dash, clocking in with a time of 7.70. Fellow Tiger Shawna McKay was close behind, posting a time of 7.93.

Chantelle Robbertse won her second consecutive indoor pentathlon event, beating the AUS record she set at last year's championship. She won both the high and long jump events on her wa to victory. Jessica Shannon was second in the event.

Sarah Taplin won her second consecutive triple jump AUS title, registering a leap of 11.75m, while Macayla Cullen successfully defended her high jump title with a 1.64m jump. Teammates Kate MacLatchie and Riley van den Heuvel were second and third respectively.

The team of Walker, Hawkes Abby Llewellyn and Jenna MacDonald won the 4x800m relay with a time of 9:42.73

On the men's side, Will Russell won the 1500m race after a close battle with teammate Jake Wing. Russell posted a time of 4:01.74, with Wing hot on his heals finsihing in second in a time of 4:01.99. First-year runner Matthew Coolen set a new AUS record in the 60m dash, previoulsy set by Saint Mary's Jayson Hilchie in 2001. Coolen finished in a time of 6.82 and was followed by fellow Tiger Josh Lunda in second.

Jordan Bruce won the men's long jump with a leap of 6.72m. Fellow Tigers Stephen Belyea, Chas Smith and Devin Errington were thrid through fifth, respectively.

Thrower Adam Karakolis won the shot put with a throw of 15.68m, setting a new AUS record previoulsy set by StFX's Greg Hadley in 2007.

In the last event if the day, the team of Russell, Wing, Shiloh Johnson and Adam Manuel won the 4x800m relay in a time of 8:09.94.

The action resums tomorrow of the second and final day of the 2016 Subway AUS Track and Field Championships at the Universte de Monton in New Brunswick.