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Clayton, Pritchard, relay teams highlight U of R's weekend at Pandas Open

Clayton, women's 4x2 team set school records, Pritchard hits hurdles standard

2/10/2026 11:30:00 AM

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Queen Clayton and the women's 4x200-metre relay team both set school records and Shelaine Pritchard hit the U SPORTS standard in the 60-metre hurdles as the University of Regina's track & field teams split the squad and competed at both the Pandas Open in Edmonton and the Regina Indoor Games over the weekend.

CLAYTON, WOMEN'S 4X2 REWRITE RECORD BOOK

Clayton finished second in the 300-metre dash with a time of 38.87 seconds in the Pandas Open final, breaking the U of R's old record which Merissa Margetts had held since 2011 at 39.14 seconds. The second-year sprinter is now ranked No. 3 in Canada West and No. 7 in the nation in the 300.
Clayton also teamed up with Pritchard, Kaidyn Keith, and Heidi Branning to win the women's 4x200-metre relay in a time of 1:38.37. That time broke the U of R record of 1:39.77 that the same four registered earlier this year at the Sanderson Classic and also has the Cougars ranked No. 3 in U SPORTS this season.

PRITCHARD HITS HURDLES STANDARD

Pritchard hit the U SPORTS standard in the 60-metre hurdles preliminaries with a season-fastest time of 8.38 seconds before going on to place third in the final of the Pandas Open.
She's tied for fifth nationally and ranked No. 4 in Canada West in the hurdles, and has now hit the U SPORTS standard in four different events this season. Pritchard has also hit the national standard in the shot put, long jump, and pentathlon.

MEN'S 4X2 RANKED NO. 1

The men's 4x200-metre relay team consisted of Adam Sieben, Femi Akinloye, Colby Halliday, and Brett Franklin. The squad finished in first place at the Pandas Open, throwing down a time of 1:27.86 that has the Cougars ranked No. 1 in U SPORTS this season.
The team's time is the second fastest registered by a U SPORTS school this season, trailing only McGill's time of 1:27.63 that the Redbirds recorded on a banked track two weekends ago.

PANDAS OPEN HIGHLIGHTS

Clayton also had personal-best performances in both the 60-metre hurdles (8.44 s) and the 60-metre dash (7.51 s) and is now ranked No. 6 and No. 7 in Canada West, respectively, in those events.
Keith won the triple jump with a season-best performance of 11.43 metres which has her ranked No. 7 in the conference.
Branning also registered a personal-best time in the 60, placing seventh in the final with a time of 7.53 seconds.
Makenna Self placed eighth in the long jump with a personal-best performance of 5.27 metres on her second attempt.
Akinloye and Sieben both qualified for the final of the 60-metre dash. Akinloye placed fourth with a personal-best time of 6.73 seconds that has him ranked second in Canada West and fourth in the nation, while Sieben was seventh with a personal-best time of 6.78 seconds.
Daniel Eiswerth was third in the 600-metre run, with his season-best time of 1:19.71 ranking him among the U SPORTS top 10 in the event.
Logan Stachowich made the finals of the 300-metre dash and had a personal-best time of 35.26 seconds.

REGINA INDOOR GAMES HIGHLIGHTS

Ian Teichler and Brett MacLean finished one-two in the mile with times of 4:07.72 and 4:13.33, respectively. Their adjusted times from Saturday's meet have them ranked second and third in Canada West's 1500-metre run rankings.
Jaxon Ermel won the 60-metre dash with a time of 7.08 seconds while Andrew Benko threw 14.75 metres to win the shot put.
Tutu Daldum cleared the bar at 1.85 metres to place second in the high jump.
Juleah Duesing and Faith Adebogun highlighted the women's team's performance. Duesing won the 60-metre dash (7.78 s) while Adebogun took top spot in the weight throw (16.34m).
Joclyn Seibel placed second in the shot put (12.51m).

NEXT UP

The Cougars have next weekend off from competition as they prepare for championship season. The Cougars will compete in the Canada West meet on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 in Saskatoon before finishing off the year at the U SPORTS Championships scheduled to be held from Mar. 5 through Mar. 7 in Winnipeg.