The Trinity Western track and field team kicked off this year鈥檚 season at Alberta鈥檚 Golden Bear Open with some solid results, led by Jake Powrie in the pentathlon.

Powrie finished fifth out of six in the pentathlon with 3,387 points and in doing so posted a score that would have had him fifth at last year鈥檚 CIS national championships. Powrie recorded personal bests in all but the high jump event as he finished the 60m hurdles in 9.17, had a long jump of 6.24m, had a shot put of 11.43m, posted a time of 2:50.35 in the 1000m and had a high jump of 1.89m, the latter of which was just two centimetres off his personal best.

鈥淭he highlight without question was Jake Powrie鈥檚 effort in the pentathlon,鈥� said Spartans coach Laurier Primeau.

鈥淐ompeting in his first ever event at the university level, while he was fifth in the competition, he was fourth amongst university athletes in what was a very deep field and his overall score really bodes well for the future.鈥�

Trinity Western鈥檚 Emma Nuttall finished second in the high jump with a jump of 1.77m. She was tied for first but lost in a countback to the University of Calgary鈥檚 Rachel Machin, who was last year鈥檚 Canada West gold medalist and CIS silver medalist.

The Spartans Hayley Stewart, despite having four fouls, finished seventh in the long jump competition with a jump of 5.43m.

鈥淲e鈥檙e pretty confident that once we get the runway stuff sorted out, Hayley is going to have some big jumps,鈥� Primeau said. 鈥淭he jumps she fouled on were had some significant distance, which is a good indicator that she鈥檚 on the right track. She鈥檚 not happy but we鈥檙e happy with the result this early in the season.鈥�

Hazel Ross finished ninth overall in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.22 in the final.

Eric Dupuis finished 10th in long jump with a jump of 6.29m and fifth in the triple jump with a jump of 13.13m while Dylan Kelso was 19th in the long jump at 5.72m.

Miranda Glenn finished 34th in the 60m dash with a time of 9.11.

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