Banks And Grant Leads REDS

(SAINT JOHN, NB) The Dalhousie Tigers men's and women's track and field teams captured the AUS championship titles at the 2025 Bell AUS Track and Field Championships, hosted by the UNB REDS at the Irving Oil Field House, in Saint John.

Dalhousie's Cara MacDonald took gold in the women's 600 metres, finishing ahead of Moncton's Madalyn MacKinnon and Tigers teammate Georgia Richardson.

Dal's Dan Lord set a new AUS record in the men's 600 metres, clocking 1:19.93 to edge out teammate Zach James and UNB's Hayden McKinnon.

In the 60-metre finals, Cape Breton's Favour Akachukwu won the women's event by one-tenth of a second over UPEI's Helen Rose Ikpotokin. In the men's final, UNB's Jackson Banks captured gold in front of a lively home crowd.

STFX secured a one-two finish in the women's 1,500 metres, with Caden Lee taking gold, followed by teammate Eileen Benoit. Memorial's Grace Mack finished third.

Dal's Aidan Goslett edged out UNB's Jared Howse and Silas Conlin-Morse to win gold in the men's 1,500.

Moncton's Max Mazerolle won the men's heptathlon with 4,717 points, finishing ahead of teammate Yannick Boudreau (3,657) and Saint Mary's Eric Wall (3,596).

UNB captured gold in the women's 4x400-metre relay, finishing ahead of Memorial and STFX. In the men's 4x400-relay, Saint Mary's set a new AUS record en route to gold, with UNB finishing second and Dalhousie third.

Saint Mary's Ciaran MacDonald narrowly edged Dalhousie's Tobi Oshikoya by one centimetre to win the men's triple jump with a mark of 12.80 metres.

Memorial swept the women's pole vault podium, led by Sarah Pace, who set a new AUS record with a vault of 3.30 metres. Teammates Kiera Breen and Brianna Fortune claimed silver and bronze, respectively.

Dalhousie's Chelsea MacIsaac set a new AUS record in the women's weight throw, winning gold with a distance of 17.21 metres.

UNB's Christopher Grant won gold in the men's weight throw, finishing ahead of Dalhousie's Caleb Hominick and Saint Mary's Mason Dunlop.

Dal swept the men's high jump, with Blake Marchand winning gold with a 2.02-metre jump, followed by teammates Derrick Ejeckam and Ethan Dahr.

Dalhousie's Abby Gaudry won the women's long jump, finishing ahead of teammate Maja Husain and UNB's Lexie Shannon.

Gaudry and Mazerolle were named the female and male Championship Meet MVPs.

STFX's Eileen Benoit and Moncton's Yannick Boudreau received AUS Community Service Awards.

UNB's Ashley Morrow and Dal's Caleb Hominick were named AUS Rookies of the Year.

Moncton's Sophie Black and Dalhousie's Aidan Goslett were named AUS Track Athletes of the Year, while Dalhousie's Chelsea MacIsaac and Saint Mary's Mason Dunlop earned AUS Field Athlete of the Year honours.

Dal's Rich Lehman was named AUS women's team coach of the year, while Saint Mary's Kevin Heisler took home the men's team coach of the year award. UNB's Constance Gilam and Dalhousie's Kirk Jessome were recognized as AUS Volunteer Coaches of the Year.

RECAP BY: EvanRichtsfeld/UNB Athletics

PHOTOS BY: Fran Harris/for UNB Athletics