REGINA – The University of Manitoba Bisons hold the lead on the men's side and the Saskatchewan Huskies sit atop the women's standings after the first day of the 2025 Canada West Track & Field Championships at the Regina Fieldhouse.
  
Two Canada West records fell on Day 1. Alberta's Rachel Grenke entered the pole vault competition with the bar at 3.76 metres and quickly cleared that to lock up gold in the event. She then cleared 3.91m and 4.06m before having the bar set to 4.22m. Grenke was successful on her first attempt at that height, matching her personal best in that event and also breaking the conference record of 4.20 metres which was set by Saskatchewan's Kelsie Hendry back in 2005. Calgary's Sienna MacDonald broke her own conference record in the 60-metre hurdles with a time of 8.16 seconds in the prelims, beating the time of 8.19 seconds that she set at last year's meet. MacDonald matched that time in the finals to secure gold for the Dinos.

Wesley Eze and Tyler Sharpe led the Golden Bears on Friday, both scoring silver medals to open the 2025 Canada West Championship. Eze set a new personal best in the men's weight throw, placing second with a distane of 18.19m. Sharpe did the same in the 1000m, placing second with a PB time of 2:26.57. 

Rookie Ryder Rattee added a bronze in the 300m, narrowly beating out teammate Jaffar Phudjo for the final spot on the podium. 

Olivia Hopkins (3000m) and the Pandas 4x800m relay team added bronze medals on Friday, as the Alberta women head into Saturday just 4.5 points back of Saskatchewan for second in the team standings. 
 
The second day of competition kicks off on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM. Events are expected to run until approximately 4:00 PM at the Regina Fieldhouse.
 
Men's Team Standings
Manitoba 83
Trinity Western 53
Saskatchewan 43
Alberta 41
Regina 29
Victoria 27
Calgary 20
Lethbridge 3
 
Women's Team Standings
Saskatchewan 102.5
Calgary 67
Alberta 62.5
Regina 29
Trinity Western 27
Victoria 22
Manitoba 18
Lethbridge 13