BURNABY, B.C. – For the second consecutive day, a longstanding school record was broken, this time the men's 4x100 relay team set the Western Washington University record during Saturday's competition at the Emilie Mondor Invitational at Terry Fox Field on the Simon Fraser University campus.

 

WWU's quartet of Lucas Brenek, Ryan Greenwalt, Nolan Mickenham and Derek Fischer clocked 41.28 seconds in the sprint relay to take down the old mark of 41.35 set by Dan Lewis, Coby Dilling, Chris Susee and Mike Lynch during the 1997 season. Saturday's record time also moved into a tie for 3rd-best in GNAC history.

 

The relay record comes a day after Katie Potts broke the women's shot put record that was standing since 1998.

 

Junior Caitlyn Cheney ran a personal-best in the 100m dash clocking 12.09 to improve her No. 4 standing in WWU history in the event. Freshman Kennedy Cook won the 400m race in a PR time of 57.50 and Hannah Polkinghorn set PRs in both the 100m (12.53) and the 200m (25.67).

 

Senior Jaden Edwards had a busy day running in four events, including wins in the 110m Hurdles (15.53) and 400m Hurdles (55.68), and setting a PR in the 100m (11.63).

 

Greenwalt placed second in the 200m running a personal-best time of 21.90 and junior Brian Le was second in the 400m in 49.48.

 

The Vikings are back in action next weekend traveling to Southern California to compete in the Bryan Clay Invitational (hosted by Azusa Pacific), the Pacific Coast Invitational and Beach Invitational (hosted by Long Beach State). The complete 2024 WWU Track & Field schedule can be viewed online at wwuvikings.com/TF.

 

Here is a breakdown of results for WWU competitors at the Emilie Mondor Invitational hosted Saturday at Terry Fox Field at SFU Stadium in Burnaby, B.C.

 

Men's Results:

100m: Derek Fischer (5th, 11.09), Lucas Brenek (12th, 11.42), Jaden Edwards (18th, 11.63)

200m: Ryan Greenwalt (2nd, 21.90), Nolan Mickenham (3rd, 21.91), Derek Fischer (5th, 22.03), Denzel Pinto (13th, 22.89)

400m: Brian Le (2nd, 49.48), Denzel Pinto (8th, 52.92)

110m Hurdles: Jaden Edwards (1st, 15.53)

400m Hurdles: Jaden Edwards (1st, 55.68)

4x100 Relay: 1st, 41.28 (Brenek, Greenwalt, Mickenham, Fischer)

4x400 Relay: 2nd, 3:26.92 (Pinto, Fischer, Mickenham, Edwards)

 

Women's Results:

100m: Caitlyn Cheney (1st, 12.09), Hannah Polkinghorn (5th, 12.53), Naomi Bates (7th, 13.02), Isabella Porter (8th, 13.23)

200m: Hannah Polkinghorn (3rd, 25.67), Annabelle Heiman (4th, 25.89), Kennedy Cook (6th, 26.01), Anna Miller (9th, 26.30)

400m: Kennedy Cook (1st, 57.50), Annabelle Heiman (4th, 58.77), Anna Miller (7th, 1:02.37)

100m Hurdles: Isabella Porter (2nd, 16.30)

400m Hurdles: Naomi Bates (3rd, 1:07.35), Isabella Porter (4th, 1:10.61)

4x100 Relay: DQ