University of Toronto Varsity Blues standout Sasha Gollish was named the track female athlete of the year Thursday morning prior to the start of the 2015 CIS indoor track and field championships.
Gollish won three individual titles at the OUA championships and was a member of a Canadian record-breaking relay team in leading the Varsity Blues to their first women's title since 2004. She, along with teammates Gabriela Stafford, Rachel Jewett and Honor Walmsley, set a new York University field house, U of T, OUA and Canadian standard in the 4x800, clocking a time of 8:37.18.
The Toronto native also set a new OUA mark in the 600m, breaking Giselle Plantz's 1982 time of 1:30.56 with a 1:30.41 performance. Gollish, a civil engineering PhD candidate, also earned the OUA gold medals in the 1,500m (4:22.15) and 3,000m (9:21.58) races. She currently holds the top time in CIS in the 1,000m (2:41.45) and ranks among the top five runners in the 600m, 1,500m and 3,000m events.
"Sasha is truly a University of Toronto developed student athlete. She started in our junior development track program back in 1996," said head coach Carl Georgevski. "She is an extremely bright, talented and compassionate woman. From a coaches' perspective, she is the total package, a leader on and off the track. She has had a wonderful competitive season and we are looking forward to summer for even a better season."
Nominees from other regional associations were Sarah Myatt of UNB (AUS), Laurence Beaudet of Sherbrooke (RSEQ) and Rachel François of Victoria (Canada West).
2014-2015 CIS SEASON AWARDS
Women Athlete of the year (track events): Sasha Gollish, Toronto
Athlete of the year (field events): Brittany Crew, York
Rookie of the year: Claudette Allen, Trinity Western
Student-athlete community service award: Rebecca Haworth, Dalhousie
Men
Athlete of the year (track events): Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Laval
Athlete of the year (field events): Eric Brathwaite, York
Rookie of the year: Angelo Bortolin, Windsor
Student-athlete community service award: Alexandre Coholan, Moncton
2015 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE (selected events webcast daily at www.CIS-SIC.tv) Thursday, March 12
14:00 Weight Throw (W) Final
15:15 60m Hurdles (W) Pentathlon
15:45 60m Hurdles (M) Pentathlon
16:00 High Jump (W) Pentathlon
16:30 Long Jump (M) Pentathlon
18:00 Shot Put (M) Pentathlon
18:00 60m (W) Heats
18:15 60m (M) Heats
18:30 600m (W) Heats
18:45 600m (M) Heats
19:00 Shot Put (W) Pentathlon
19:00 60m (W) Final
19:10 60m (M) Final
19:20 60m Ambulatory (W) Exhibition Final
19:30 60m Ambulatory (M) Exhibition Final
19:30 High Jump (M) Pentathlon
20:00 Long Jump (W) Pentathlon
20:00 4x200m Relay (W) Heats
20:20 4x200m Relay (M) Heats
21:00 800m (W) Pentathlon
21:15 1000m (M) Pentathlon
Friday, March 13
15:00 Weight Throw (M) Final
16:25 Long Jump (W) Final
16:30 High Jump (M) Final
16:30 60m Hurdles (W) Heats
16:45 60m Hurdles (M) Heats
16:50 Pole Vault (W) Final
17:00 1000m (W) Final
17:10 1000m (M) Final
17:30 60m Hurdles (M) Final
17:40 60m Hurdles (W) Final
17:50 300m (W) Heats
18:05 300m (M) Heats
18:25 Long Jump (M) Final
18:30 3000m (W) Final
18:40 Shot Put (W) Final
18:50 3000m (M) Final
19:50 300m (W) Final
20:00 300m (M) Final
20:15 4x800m Relay (W) Final
20:30 4x800m Relay (M) Final
Saturday, March 14
12:30 Triple Jump (W) Final
12:35 Shot Put (M) Final
13:00 Pole Vault (M) Final
13:15 600m (W) Final
13:30 600m (M) Final
14:15 4x200m Relay (W) Final
14:25 4x200m Relay (M) Final
14:30 High Jump (W) Final
14:35 Triple Jump (M) Final
14:45 1500m (W) Final
15:00 1500m (M) Final
15:45 4x400m Relay (W) Final
16:00 4x400m Relay (M) Final
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