The University of Toronto Varsity Blues track and field team competed at the Lancer Team Challenge in Windsor, Ont., and the Pandas Open in Edmonton, Alta., on Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 7. Meanwhile, fifth-year high jumper Aiden Grout competed at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in Bryan-College Station, Texas on Saturday Feb. 7.

Charlie Thomas Invitational Results

Grout finished in third-place in the men's heptathlon out of 20 competitors. Grout accumulated 5567 total points. In high jump, Grout reached a height of 2.23m to tie for the third highest jump in U SPORTS history.

Lancer Team Challenge Results

On Friday in Windsor, the Blues earned three top-three finishes. Toronto's relay team's continued to be a strong suit for the team, finishing third in the men's and women's 4x800m relay. In the women's race, U of T punched their ticket to the U SPORTS championship in Winnipeg as Madelyn Bullock, Parker Hopkins, Sarah White and Julia Agostinelli finished third out of 13 teams and ran the race in 8:58.60. On the men's side the quartet of Moses Aidoo, Andrej Prekajski, Brandon Cidade and Nick Trieu finished third of 11 teams with a time of 7:42.34. Second-year St. Albert, Alta., native Maakor Okai also punched her ticket to U SPORTS with a fourth-place finish in weight throw with a distance of 17.31m. Staying in the field, third-year multi Tyler Robertson had a top-three finish in the men's hept long jump, jumping for a distance of 6.47m.

On the second day of the Lacer Team Challenge, Robertson began the day with a first-place finish in the men's hept 60m hurdle. The Ajax native defeated seven other athletes with a time of 8.61 seconds. On the women's side, fifth-year public health student Allison MacDonald finished in fifth-place out of 16 jumpers in triple jump, going for a distance of 11.39m.

Pandas Open Results

In Edmonton, fifth-year human biology student Caiden Schultz raced in the men's 300m on Friday and finished in sixth-place with a time of 35.20 seconds. Meanwhile on Saturday, the Blues notched a second-place finish in the women's 4x200m relay as Gloria Etim, Alexandra Tenn, Paulia Procyk and Emily Wilke finished the race in 1:41.36. On the men's side, a time of 1:30 from Schultz along with Logan Duley, Phikelela Moyo and Parker Long saw them finish in third-place.

Next up, the Blues will host the Hal Brown Last Chance Meet at the Athletic Centre Field House on Friday, Feb. 13.