The final day of the 2024 Canadian Track and Field Championships brought an impressive eight medals to close out the five-day event. In total, the Lions athletes amassed 17 medals over the competition, showcasing their prowess on the national stage.
Improving upon their fourth-place finishes from a year ago, the dynamic hurdling duo of Zachary Jeggo and Quinn Coughlin captured two medals on Sunday. Jeggo secured his second medal of the championship with a second-place finish in the men’s U20 400-metre hurdles, clocking in at 54.69.
Quinn Coughlin claimed a bronze medal in the U20 women’s 400m hurdles, finishing in 1:01.14. Despite battling swirling winds, Coughlin’s time was the second fastest of her career.
In the 200-metre finals, Jorai Oppong-Nketiah earned her second medal of the championship with a windy 23.76 effort to take silver. The 100-metre champion narrowly missed out on the title to 400-metre victor Dianna Proctor of the Edmonton Royals.
After achieving a personal best in the qualifying round on Saturday night, Liam Davis returned on Sunday with yet another personal best in the U20 men’s shot put, heaving the 6-kilogram ball out to 15.23 metres on his fifth throw to move from sixth to first. However, the Split City Sonics’ Jake McEachern pushed Davis down to the silver medal on the final throw of the competition.
Following two gruelling days of competition, Kathryn Moreland walked away with the second-best score of her career and a silver medal in the U20 women’s heptathlon. The University of Ottawa student scored 4177 points, becoming the second Lion in three years to take silver in the event, following Audrey Goddard’s silver in 2022.
The U20 men’s 4×400-metre relay team of William Harris, Stephan Balson, Ange-Mathis Kramo, and Zachary Jeggo delivered a phenomenal performance, finishing second with a time of 3:17.26—the third-fastest U20 time in club history.
At the senior level, the women’s 4×400-metre relay team, composed of Marie-Eve Dahms, Rosemary Holmes, Sydney Smith, and Doyin Ogunremi, claimed their sixth consecutive title with a time of 3:51.26. Additionally, the 4×100-metre relay team of Sarah Ouangre, Audrey Gilmour, Cora McQuinn, and Vienna Courteau clinched victory with a time of 49.37.
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