Several members of the University of Regina's track & field teams were in action over the weekend as the Cougars dispersed to meets in Saskatoon, Minnesota, and Washington. 

ITSEKIRI, ZABLOCKI CONTINUE TO SHINE

• Usheoritse Itsekiri and Storm Zablocki both competed in the 50-metre dash and the 60-metre dash at the Knights of Columbus Indoor Games in Saskatoon.
• Itsekiri was first in the 60 with a season-best time of 6.64 seconds, while Zablocki placed third in the finals after finishing in a season-best 6.74 seconds in the preliminaries.
• The pair finished 1-2 in the 50, with Itsekiri registering a time of 5.75 seconds and Zablocki just behind at 5.82. Zablocki's time is the fastest ever recorded by a Saskatchewan resident, breaking the old mark of 5.86 which had stood since 1984.

WELBURN WINS PENTATHLON AT JACK JOHNSON CLASSIC

• Joely Welburn travelled down to the University of Minnesota and dominated the pentathlon competition, which featured a total of 16 competitors including 9 from NCAA Div. I schools. She won the high jump, long jump, and the 800-metre run while placing second in the 60-metre hurdles and the shot put.
• Her final score was 3972 points, nearly 400 more than the second-place finisher from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and not too far off her own school record of 4055 points which she set at the U SPORTS meet back in 2020.
• Welburn comfortably hit the U SPORTS standard in the pentathlon with Friday's performance and is now ranked No. 1 in the nation in the event. She's also ranked third in U SPORTS in the 60-metre hurdles, fourth in the long jump, and fifth in the high jump.

MYTOPHER COMPETES IN MILE

• Brayden Mytopher flew to Seattle, Wash. to compete in the mile at the University of Washington's UW Invitational. Running the indoor mile for the second time in his U of R career, Mytopher finished in a time of 4:12.72 at the highly competitive meet.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• Shelaine Pritchard was among a number of other Cougars also in Saskatoon for the Knights of Columbus meet. She won the 60-metre dash with a time of 7.75 seconds, the 10th fastest registered by a Canada West athlete this season.

NEXT UP

• The Cougars will head to Winnipeg next weekend for the Jim Daly Bison Classic.