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Wall wins high jump gold as Huskies men finish third at AUS Track & Field Championship
Posted: Feb 23, 2024

Wall wins high jump gold as Huskies men finish third at AUS Track & Field Championship

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Day two of the 2024 AUS Track & Field Championships wrapped up on Saturday in Moncton, NB, with the Saint Mary's Huskies winning another four medals and securing a 3rd place finish for the men's team.

The day was highlighted by Eric Wall's gold medal win in the men's high jump. Jumping a height of 1.94m, Wall narrowly beat out Dalhousie's reigning champion Diego Marshall on countback to punch himself a ticket to the U SPORTS Championships in Winnipeg.

Chad Smith ended his phenomenal rookie season with a silver medal in the men's 60m dash, only three hundredths of a second behind Dalhousie's Jojo Swaniker. Smith ran yet another PB, crossing the line in 6.97 seconds.

In his last competition wearing the maroon and white, Tristan Sutherland finished the seven events of the heptathlon with a silver medal and a new PB of 3671 points. Sutherland also equalled his pole vault PB of 3.10m during the heptathlon.

To cap off a successful championship weekend, the Huskies men's 4x400m team (Brody Boudreau, Keegan Hall, Oliver Gavel and Eli Ford) raced to a bronze medal finish in a time of 3:37.83.

The Men's team finished 3rd place overall with 59 points, with the Dalhousie Tigers taking home the AUS banner with a score of 136. On the Women's side, the team would finish 7th place overall with 11 points as the Dalhousie Tigers won the AUS title with a score of 167 points. 

The Huskies also earned multiple personal bests throughout the day, including the following:

After the dust had settled, there were the AUS Major Awards to hand out. The Huskies had two major award winners:

  • Rory McGarvey – Men's Student-Athlete Community Service Award
  • Jodi Langley – Women's Team Volunteer Coach of the Year

The Huskies will now be represented by seven athletes competing at the U SPORTS Track & Field Championships, hosted by the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Jaiden Williams, Oliver Gavel, Chad Smith and Innis MacMullin will race the men's 4x200m, Eric Wall will compete in the men's high jump, and Katie Pegg and Mason Dunlop will throw shot put. Good luck to those athletes and their coaches as they prepare for the championships, from March 7-9. Congratulations to all athletes who competed at the AUS Championship!

Final Team Standings

Men

  1. Dalhousie 136
  2. UNB 73
  3. Saint Mary's 59
  4. Moncton 46
  5. StFX 35
  6. Memorial 22
  7. Cape Breton 19
  8. UPEI 11

Women

  1. Dalhousie 167
  2. UNB 77
  3. Memorial 50
  4. StFX 45
  5. UPEI 22
  6. Moncton 18
  7. Saint Mary's 11 - tie
  8. Cape Breton 11 - tie
  9. Acadia 3

*all times are unconverted

Results: https://live.iatt.ca/meets/29798

Recap by Kelly MacInnis / Saint Mary's Huskies Athletics