Posted: Feb 22, 2025

TRK | Voyageurs come home with four top ten finishes at OUA Track & Field Championships

The Laurentian Voyageurs track & field team travelled to Windsor this past weekend to compete at the OUA Track & Field Championships, hosted by the University of Windsor.

Leading the way for the Vees in the individual events was senior Keon Wallingford (North Bay) who placed ninth in the men's 3,000 metre event with a time of 8:33.72.

The Voyageurs also placed three relay teams in the top ten. The women's 4 X 800 metre team of Kristen Mrozewski (Sudbury), Sarah Booth (Peterborough), Claire Scholl (Newmarket) and Abby Lanteigne (Sudbury) placed eighth in a time of 9:37.78. This time was just two seconds off the Laurentian school record. The men's 4 X 800 metre team of Brandon Radey (Sudbury), Keon Wallingford (North Bay), TJ Green (Manitoulin) and Patrick Leroux (Wingham) placed ninth in a time of 8:17.26. Rounding out the top ten placing was the men's 4 X 200 metre team of Skyler Savage-Perreault (Sudbury), Josh Kim (Sudbury), Abdul Abiodun (Sudbury) and Tristan Routhier (St. Sixte, QC) who placed tenth in a time of 1:35.36

Other individual results for the women included Diavolitsis placing 14^th in the 300 metres in a time of 42.06 seconds. This performance ranks Diavolitsis as the third fastest in school history. Shelley Hladin (Chartierville, QC) placed 15^th in the triple jump (11.07 metres) and 17^th in the long jump (5.17 metres). Mrozewski placed 17^th in the 1,000 metres (3:01.59) and 20^th in the 600 metres (1:41.97). Booth placed 21^st in the 1,000 metres (3:04.19) and 22^nd in the 600 metres (1:42.40).

The women's 4 X 400 metre team of Mrozewski, Booth, Maeve Blake (North Bay) and Diavolitsis placed 11^th in a time of 4:14.53. The women's 4 X 200 metre team of Naomi Palmer (Sudbury), Maeva Sullivan (Sudbury), Erika MacNeill (Sudbury) and Diavolitsis placed 12^th in a time of 1:54.88.

Individual results on the men's side included Wallingford, 15^th in the 1,500 metres (3:59.87); Radey, 15^th in the 600 metres (1:23.54; Routhier, 20^th in 300 metres (36.50), Evan Jarvis, 27^th in 300 metres (37.52); Savage-Perreault, 25^th in 60 metres (7.17); Kim, 27^th in 60 metres (7.19) and Abiodun, 30^th in 60 metres (7.46).

Rounding out the relays for the men was the 4 X 400m team of Radey, Jarvis, Green and Routhier, who placed 11^th in a time of 3:38.33.

"I am incredibly proud of the leadership shown this weekend by our graduating athletes, Keon Wallingford, Travis Routhier, Skyler Savage-Perreault, Naomi Palmer, Sarah Booth and Kristen Mrozewski", noted Vees head coach, Darren Jermyn. "They demonstrated both the physical and mental strength to compete in multiple individual and relay events in the deepest conference in the country. They have definitely laid the groundwork for our very young and growing team to build upon moving forward".