Richardson sets AUS record at day one of championship

The Dalhousie Tigers are off to a flying start at the 2023-24 AUS Track and Field Championships presented by Bell at the Irving Oil Fieldhouse.

Abbi Gaudry had a busy Friday, winning both the Pentathlon with a score of 3439 points and the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.80, after setting a new Dalhousie record of 8.73 in the preliminary race.

The distance runners led the Tigers through day one. Chloe Richardson set a new AUS record in the women's 1000m with a time of 2:52.32 to walk away with a gold medal. Lukas Rudaitis and Aidan Goslett crossed the line in second and third in the men's 1000m.

It was then a Tigers sweep of the 3000m titles. Waverley Mulligan fought off two STFX runners to easily capture the gold medal. Up next was Jacob Benoit who also had to fight off STFX runners to cross the line in first.

Rookie Maja Hussain won the women's triple jump with a best jump of 11.20m. It was a Tigers sweep of the men's long jump with Nick Beaulieu winning the event with a distance of 6.58m

Chelsea MacIsaac upgraded her silver medal from 2023 in the women's shot put, winning this year's event with a throw of 12.83m

The women's 4x800 relay team of Zoe Fullerton, Aidan MacDonald, Waverley Mulligan, and Richardson lowered the AUS record time the Tigers set last year to 9:17.48.

The action continues on Saturday. Tune into AUStv to catch the action live.

Gold Medals
Chloe Richardson – 1000m
Waverley Mulligan – 3000m
Abbi Gaudry – 60mH
Matt Aftanas – 300m
Jacob Benoit – 3000m
Maja Hussain – Triple Jump
Chelsea MacIsaac – Shot put
Abbi Gaudry – Pentathlon
Nick Beaulieu – Long Jump
Women's 4x200m relay (Lynn Sheppard, Ali Poisson, Jess Goodwin, Cara MacDonald)
Women's 4x800m relay (Zoe Fullerton, Aidan MacDonald, Waverley Mulligan, Chloe Richardson)

Silver Medals
Zoe Fullerton – 1000m
Dan Lord – 300m
Lukas Rudaitis – 1000m
Georgia Scott – High Jump
Austin Conrad – Long jump
Men's 4x200m relay (Jojo Swaniker, Matt Aftanas, Zach James, Dan Lord)

Bronze Medal
Aidan Goslett – 1000m
Amelia Reid – High Jump
Hannah McGean – Triple Jump
Lily Spoozak – Shot put
Olutobi Oshikoya – Long Jump
Men's 4x800m relay (Isaac MacLean, Harmon Grimshaw-Surette, Lukas Rudaitis, Aidan Goslett)

Team Standing:

Women
Dalhousie – 104 points
UNB REDS – 41
Memorial – 28
STFX – 27
UPEI – 17
Moncton – 15
SMU – 11
Cape Breton - 3
Acadia – 1

Men
Dalhousie – 65 points
UNB REDS – 36
Moncton – 33
SMU – 32
STFX – 21
Memorial – 13
UPEI – 8
Cape Breton – 7