Track and field at the U Sports championships
The Gryphons shone at the national track and field championships once again, with the women finishing in second place overall and the men’s team taking home the top honours. The Guelph men swept away the competition, winning with a record 141 points. The next best team, the Windsor Lancers, was 73 points behind them. The women’s team lost out to the Toronto Varsity Blues who won with 119.5 points—Guelph finished second with 86.83 points. Over the course of the three days, there were many outstanding performances from the Gryphons as they will be bringing home multiple medals. Fourth-year Thomas Land also received recognition as Outstanding Athlete of the Meet and Gryphon coach Dave Scott-Thomas was recognized as the Coach of the Year.
Gold
Kyle Thompson (Men’s 60m)
Ashley Connell (Women’s Weight Throw)
Jared Skeath (Men’s Weight Throw)
Gregory MacNeill (Men’s 60m Hurdles)
Ashley Connell (Women’s Shot Put)
Thomas Land (Men’s 600m)
Silver
Shyvonne Roxborough (Women’s 60m)
Jackson Cheung (Men’s 60m Hurdles)
Thomas Land (Men’s 1000m)
Sean Cate (Men’s High Jump)
Keysean Powell (Men’s Long Jump)
Jordan Bates (Women’s Triple Jump)
Dana Earhart, Charlotte Ward, Cheryse Mitton, Katelyn Ayers (Women’s 4x800m Relay)
Kristian Benjamin, Kyle Thompson, Gregory MacNeill, Brandon Shirk (Men’s 4x200m Relay)
Bronze
Brayden Seneca (Men’s 3000m)
Mark Emode (Men’s Heptathlon)
Jenna Smith (Women’s 300m)
Taylor Lyman, Mostafa Elkurdy, Andrew Leblanc, Thomas Kemp (Men’s 4x800m Relay)
Vanessa Oliver (Women’s Triple Jump)
Men’s volleyball vs. Waterloo and Ryerson
Gryphons 0, Warriors 3
Gryphons 3, Rams 2
The men’s volleyball team lost to Waterloo in the semi-finals of the OUA final four, but bounced back in incredible fashion to beat the Ryerson Rams in three out of five sets, securing the OUA bronze. The Gryphons defied the odds in their first playoff appearance since 2012. After going down two sets to one, they fought back to win two sets in a row and take the third place honours. Samuel Nothnagel served spectacularly for the Gryphons in the fourth set and Kendrick Kerr racked up an impressive 22.5 points in the match.