University of Toronto Athletics

First-year standout Rachel Jewett won two medals in leading the Varsity Blues women’s track & field team to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 CIS championships this past weekend in Winnipeg.
 
A Toronto native, Jewett opened the three-day meet with a bronze-medal finish in the women’s pentathlon. The 2012 OUA field events most valuable performer and pentathlon champion wrapped up the five-event competition with a first-place finish in the 800-metre run (2:13.51). She also placed fourth in both the high jump (1.63m) and 60-metre hurdles (9.09), eighth in the shot put (9.67m) and ninth in the long jump (5.06m).
 
Jewett then helped U of T to a CIS record-breaking and gold-medal performance in the women’s 4x400 relay on Day 3. She ran the second leg as the Blues crossed the finish line in 3:41.47, a full four seconds ahead of the previous record (3:45.83). 
 
The second-year physical education student also finished tied for fourth in the women’s high jump (1.65m).

MBNA believes that with personal drive and the right kind of support, someone who thrives on the playground can one day ascend the podium. MBNA is a long standing affinity partner of the University of Toronto, providing the U of T MasterCard® to over 50,000 students and alumni. Congratulations to the MBNA Athletes of the Week.