The Tigers had a great showing at the New Brunswick University Open in Saint John, N.B. over the weekend with 23 event wins and 10 U SPORTS top 12 rankings.
Lorena Heubach back won the women's pentathlon, taking top spot in all five events to accumulate 3722 points to auto-qualify for the national championships in March and is currently ranked second in the country. She posted a personal-best 1.72m leap in the high jump portion, auto-qualifying for that event at nationals. The leap ranks her second in the country in that event.
Aidan Goslett out-paced the competition in the 1000m event, crossing the line nearly five seconds faster than the next runner. He ran a personal-best time of 2:24.19, setting a new Dalhousie record while auto-qualifying for the national championships. He is currently ranked second in the nation in the 1000m. He also helped the Dalhousie 4x800m relay team auto-qualify for the national championships with a first-place finish. Their time of 7:39.96 ranks them fourth in the country.
EVENT WINNERS
Lynn Sheppard - 200m (18-19)
Ali Poisson - 200m (20-34)
Catherine Kennedy - 600m (20-34)
Sofia Day - 1000m (18-19)
Carley Birrell - 1000m (20-34)
Lauren Lowther - 1 mile (20-34)
Danielle Keefe - 3000m
Kiersten Hicks - high jump (18-19)
Amelia Reid - high jump (20-34)
Chelsea MacIsaac - shot put
Temi Toba-Oluboka - weight throw
Lorena Heubach - pentathlon
Lachlan Greechan - 200m (20-34)
Dan Lord - 300m (20-34)
Dylan Popejoy - 600m (20-34)
Aidan Goslett - 1000m (20-34)
Nick Robertson - 3000m
Men's 4x800 relay
Austin Conrad - high jump & long jump (18-19)
Marshall Diego - high jump (20-34)
Skeets Greene - long jump (20-34)
Oluwatobi Oshikoya - triple jump
CURRENT TOP 12 RANKINGS
Lorena Heubach - 2nd pentathlon & high jump
Aidan Goslett - 2nd 1000m
Temi Toba-Oluboka - 4th weight throw
Men's 4x800m - 4th
Women's 4x800m - 5th
Catherine Kennedy - 6th 600m
Dylan Popejoy - 8th 600m
Zach James - 9th 600m
Chelsea MacIsaac - 11th weight throw
From Last Week's Meet
Oluwatobi Bshikoya - 9th triple jump
Skeets Greene - 9th high jump
Lorena Heubach - 10th long jump