(MONCTON, N.B.) – The HÂþ» Tigers claimed both the men's and women's championship banners at the 2015 Subway AUS Track and Field Championships hosted at the Université de Moncton this weekend.
The Tigers' women's team finished with 165 points to claim their 26th consecutive championship banner. The StFX X-Women team came in second with 106 points and the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds women's team claimed third with 56 points.
Tigers Medalists:
Colleen Wilson – 1st 1500m Run, 1st 3000m Run, 1st 4x800m Relay
Sarah Taplin – 1st 60m Hurdles, 1st Triple Jump
Shawna McKay – 1st 300m Sprint, 1st 4x200m Relay, 2nd 4x400m Relay
Chantelle Robbertse – 1st Long Jump, 1st Indoor Pentathlon
Jessica Shannon – 1st 4x200m Relay, 2nd 4x400m Relay, 2nd Indoor Pentathlon
Shannay Beals – 1st 4x200m Relay, 2nd 60m Sprint
Michelle Reddy –1st 4x800m Relay, 2nd 600m Run
Sydney Smith – 1st 4x200m Relay, 2nd 4x400m Relay
Emily Clarke – 1st 4x800m Relay , 3rd 1500m Run, 3rd 3000m Run
Michaela Walker – 1st 4x800m Relay
Macayla Cullen – 1st High Jump
Ellen Chappell – 2nd 1500m Run, 2nd 3000m Run
Britany MacArthur – 2nd 1000m Run
Heather Beaton – 2nd 4x400m Relay
Abby Llewellyn – 3rd 1000m Run
Jennifer Pitman – 3rd Indoor Pentathlon
Sarah Myatt (Fredericton, N.B.) a fourth-year student-athlete from the UNB Varsity Reds was named female track athlete of the year.
Fifth-year HÂþ» student-athlete Rebecca Haworth (Waverly, N.S.) earned female field athlete of the year honours for the second consecutive year at the awards banquet which followed the championship. AUS rookie of the year honours went to StFX's Hayley Wilson (Skye Glen, N.S.)
Haworth also claimed the women's student-athlete community service award for the fifth consecutive year. She is the founder of HÂþ»'s Special Tigers Sports Program which runs events where youth with intellectual disabilities partner with HÂþ» student-athletes to share their love for sports.
HÂþ»'s Chantelle Robbertse (Burlinton, Ont.) was named Subway athlete of the meet on the women's side. She claimed gold in the women's long jump and the women's pentathlon.
Head coach of the HÂþ» Tigers teams, Rich Lehman, earned AUS coach of the year honours on both the men's and women's side.
Complete results from this weekend's championships can be found on the AUS website at .
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