With the new year just nine days old, the first competition of the season is already in the rear view mirror. Saturday’s Sharon Anderson Memorial at the University of Toronto was an opportunity to bust some rust after the holidays for a small contingent of Lions athletes attending university in the GTA.
Hurdler David Adeleye continued the strong running we saw from him before the holidays as he topped the 60 metre hurdles in a speedy 8.00 seconds. The third year kinesiology student was the class of the field winning by more than three tenths over University of Toronto teammate Adam Exley.
Without the hurdles in his way Adeleye put up a personal best performance in the flat 60. David was first across the line in the “B” final in a time of 7.06 seconds as he placed ninth overall. His previous best of 7.10 seconds was set in January 2020.
Paulina Procyk, also running in the blue and white of Toronto, had two of the speediest performances of her life Saturday. Coming off a personal best of 7.78 seconds in the flat 60 at the Greg Page Relays in December, Procyk laid down a 7.82 second clocking in the heats before finishing ninth in the final with a time of 7.89.
Over the 60 metre hurdles, Procyk placed third in a time of 9.07 seconds – just shy of her lifetime best of 9.00. Millie Cameron, who attends York University, finished 12th overall in a time of 10.93.
The return to competition will be back in full swing this coming weekend as the both varsity programs and the Lions head to Sherbrooke for the Vert et Or Invitational.
