WINDSOR, ONT. - The Golden Bears capped off the 2025 U SPORTS Championship in style, winning gold in the 4x400m relay for a second year in a row.
The Bears narrowly held off the Guelph Gryphons for gold on Saturday, with rookie sensation Ryder Rattee running the anchor leg for Alberta. Rattee — who was named the Canada West Rookie of the Year — finished his first national championship with three medals, winning bronze in the 4x200m earlier on Saturday, along with bronze in the 300m on Friday.
Clay Grattidge narrowly missed the podium in the 600m earlier in the day, placing fourth with a time of 1:18.90.
The Golden Bears placed 5th, while the Pandas slotted in at 14th overall.
The Western Mustangs swept the men's and women's team championships for the first time in program history at the 2025 BioSteel U SPORTS Track & Field Championships in Windsor, Saturday. The double gold performance sent Mustangs head coach Vickie Croley into retirement in the best possible way. Croley, who won both the male and female coach of the year awards, announced her retirement prior to the season, after 32 years coaching the Mustangs women's team, and 26 in charge of the men's squad.
The Mustangs men finished 139 points, well ahead of the defending champions from Guelph, who scored 85. The Manitoba Bisons finished in third place overall, with 79 points. On the women's side, Western racked up 119 points, beating the defending champions Guelph, who had 85, with Saskatchewan coming in third with 74 points.
MAJOR AWARDS
WOMEN
Sue Wise Award (coach of the year): Vickie Croley, Western
Athlete of the Meet: Sienna MacDonald, Calgary
MEN
Bob Boucher Award (coach of the year): Vickie Croley, Western
George Gemer Award (athlete of the meet): Sienna MacDonald, Calgary
TEAM STANDINGS
MEN (17 of 17 events)
1. Western 139
2. Guelph 85
3. Manitoba 79
4. Windsor 59
5. Alberta 41
6. Toronto 31
7. York 22
8. McMaster 21
9. Sherbrooke 18
Dalhousie 18
11. Trinity Western 17
12. Queen's 16
13. Calgary 15
14. Laval 13
14. Montreal 13
16. UNB 11
Regina 11
18. Victoria 10
18. Brock 10
20. Saint Mary's 8
21. Carleton 7
22. Saskatchewan 6
23. McGill 4
24. Ottawa 3
25. Moncton 1
WOMEN (17 of 17 events)
1. Western 119
2. Guelph 85
3. Saskatchewan 74
4. Windsor 58
5. Calgary 48
6. Laval 47
7. Manitoba 34
8. Toronto 33.5
9. Waterloo 20
10. Dalhousie 18
11. Regina 17
12. Sherbrooke 14
13. Lethbridge 13
14. Alberta 12
15. Victoria 11
16. McGill 8
17. Ottawa 7
18. York 5.5
19. Lakehead 5
UNB 5
McMaster 5
Montreal 5
23. Carleton 4
StFX 4
25. Trinity Western 3
26. UPEI 2
27. Queen's 1
INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS:
600m (W)
Favour Okpali, Western 1:27.71
Avery Pearson, Saskatchewan 1:29.02
Marie-Frédérique Poulin, Laval 1:29.48
4x200 relay (W)
Guelph 1:36.31
Saskatchewan 1:36.67
Laval 1:38.82
1500 m (W)
Julia Agostinelli, Toronto 4:23.60
Chloe Kuttz, Western 4:23.94
Madelyn Eyvergen, Windsor 4:24.54
4x400 relay (W)
Guelph 3:41.43
Saskatchewan 3:41.60
Western 3:42.76
Triple jump (W)
Mandy Brunet, Windsor 12.46 m
Mikayla May, Windsor 12.29 m
Madisson Lawrence, Manitoba 12.25 m
High jump (W)
Lara Denbow, Manitoba 1.75 m
Madisson Lawrence, Manitoba 1.75 m
Emma Dale, Toronto 1.69 m
600m (M)
Dawson Mann, Manitoba 1:17.55
Ben Tilson, Windsor 1:17.63
Alanzo Ryan, Guelph, 1:17.90
4x200m relay (M)
Western 1:26.90
Guelph 1:27.29
Alberta 1:28.87
1500m (M)
Max Davies, Guelph 3:45.77
Jude Wheeler-Dee, Queen's 3:47.39
Alec Purnell, McMaster 3:50.87
4x400 relay (M)
Alberta 3:17.90
Guelph 3:18.52
Manitoba 3:18.66
Shot put (M)
A.J. Stanat, Windsor 17.70 m
Anthony Labbé, Laval 16.72 m
Seth Edwards, Western 16.13 m
Pole vault (M)
Michael Ivanov, Brock 5.12 m
Emmanuel Desilets, Western 4.80 m
Evann Mangue, Montréal 4.80 m
Triple jump (M)
Kenneth West, Western 16.04 m
Daxx Turner, Manitoba 15.69 m
Banujan Kulainthiran, Western 15.02 m
