University of Victoria Vikes runners set three new school indoor records and narrowly missed a fourth at the Bison Classic in Winnipeg on Feb. 4-5.
Rookie Adam Gaudes set a new school record in the men's 300-metre race with a time of 35.67, breaking the record of 35.94 jointly held by Robert Dolan and Brian Thomas.
The men's 4x400-metre relay team of rookie
Thomas Riva, Gaudes,
John Pratt and
Karl Robertson ran a time of three minutes 21.85 seconds to smash the old record of 3:24.89 set in 2007 by Brandon Green, Richard Lehman, Geoff Martinson and
Darren Mazzei. The Vikes team won the event and move to the No. 2 ranking in the CIS for the men's 4x400m.
Pratt finished third in the men's 600-metre race with a time of one minute and 20.54 seconds and narrowly missed the existing school record of 1:20.21 set by Scott Kennedy in 2004.
Pratt moved to No. 8 in the latest CIS rankings for the event.
The women's 4x400-metre relay team of of
Kendra Pomfret,
Maureen McCulligh,
Shauna McInnis and
Jenna Van Vliet set a new school record as well with a time of four minutes and 3.28 seconds.
Other highlights included:
- Junior Vikes runner Kyle Irvine set a new personal best in the men's 1500-metre race at three minutes and 58.48 seconds;
- a fourth-place finish by sophomore runner Kendra Pomfret in the women's 600-metre, moving her to fourth spot in the Canada West rankings; and
- a third-place finish in the women's 1000-metre race by rookie Shauna McInnis moving her to the No. 4 ranking in the Canada West.
Full Canada West and CIS rankings can be found at
Sporting Canada
Full 2011 Bison Classic Results
Vikes Full Results
Women's 600m Run
4.
Kendra Pomfret, 1:36.22
Women's 1000m Run
3.
Shauna McInnis, 2:56.29
4.
Maureen McCulligh, 2:58.47
Women's 1500m Run
3.
Alicia Roske, 4:40.09
4.
Laura Mitic, 4:41.79
6.
Jenna Van Vliet, 4:42.74
Women's 4x400m Relay
3. UVic 'A, 4:03.28
Men's 300m Dash
7. Adam Gaudes, 35.67
Men's 600m Run
3.
John Pratt, 1:20.54
Men's 1000m Run
6.
Darren Mazzei, 2:37.20
Men's 1500m Run
4.
Kyle Irvine, 3:58.48
Men's 4x400m Relay
1. UVic 'A', 3:21.85
Men's 4x800m Relay
3. UVic 'A', 7:46.03
