First-year standout Lucia Stafford earned U SPORTS female performer of the meet honours in leading the Varsity Blues women’s track and field team to their third consecutive national title this past weekend in Edmonton.
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Stafford claimed three gold medals and one silver medal over the three-day meet. The Toronto native kicked off Day 2 by earning the women’s 1000m gold medal, crossing the finish line in 2:47.70. She then anchored the women’s 4x800 relay team of Madeleine Kelly, Gillian Ceyhan and Avery Garrett-Patterson to a gold-medal finish in 8:50.84.
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An engineering major, Stafford helped U of T to a first-place finish in the women’s 4x400 relay on Day 3. She, along with Jazz Shukla, Kelly and Katrina Innanen won the race in 3:45.03. She also earned a silver medal in the women’s 1500m, finishing behind her sister, 2016 Olympian Gabriela Stafford.
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