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Justin Baker's first-place finish in the 60-metre hurdles, the University of Regina's men's track & field team finished in seventh place over the weekend at the 2010 CIS Championships.
After finishing the preliminaries in third place, Baker ran the finals in a time of 8.06 to claim his first CIS gold medal and score 10 team points for the Cougars. Baker also ran in the 4x400 relay, helping the Cougars to a sixth-place finish in the event.
The team's top event was the high jump, where
Jeremy Eckert and
Connor MacDonald both cleared the bar at 2.04 metres to finish three-four.
Kelly Wiebe recorded the only other top-five finish for Regina, placing fifth in the 3000-metre run with a time of 8:26.96.
David Walford scored points in both the triple jump (7th, 14.25m) and long jump (8th, 6.66m).
Les Andersen was the busiest Cougar, placing sixth in the pentathlon, 11th in the 60-metre hurdles and the triple jump, and running in both the 4x200 and 4x400 relays.
Nicole Breker was the team's top finisher on the women's side, scoring points in three different events. Breker placed third in the long jump (5.77m), fourth in the triple jump (11.87m), and sixth in the 60-metre hurdles (8.95 s).
Breker accounted for all 14 of the team's points as the Cougars finished in 15th place in the overall standings.
Amanda Ruller was in third place after the preliminaries in the 60-meter dash, but false started in the finals and was disqualified.
U OF R MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Justin Baker - 60-metre hurdles - 8.06 s (1st)
Jeremy Eckert - high jump - 2.04m (3rd)
Connor MacDonald - high jump - 2.04m (4th)
Kelly Wiebe - 3000-metre run - 8:26.96 (5th)
Les Andersen - pentathlon - 3518 points (6th)
David Walford - triple jump - 14.25m (7th)
Chris Pickering - weight throw - 15.80m (7th)
David Walford - long jump - 6.66m (8th)
Tait Nystuen - 600-metre run - 1:21.98 (9th)
Chris Pickering - shot put - 14.50m (9th)
Jeremy Eckert - long jump - 6.43m (10th)
Ian Jestadt - triple jump - 13.04m (10th)
Les Andersen - 60-metre hurdles - 8.92 s (11th)
Les Andersen - triple jump - 13.01m (11th)
4x200-metre relay - 1:29.22 (4th)
4x400-metre relay - 3:22.00 (6th)
U OF R WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Nicole Breker - long jump - 5.77m (3rd)
Nicole Breker - triple jump - 11.87m (4th)
Nicole Breker - 60-metre hurdles - 8.95 s (6th)
Shalane Haselhan - high jump - 1.63m (9th)
Keisha Sharp - triple jump - 10.91m (11th)
Alison Jestadt - triple jump - 10.74m (12th)
Caitlin Fowler - shot put - 11.34m (12th)
Amanda Ruller - 60-metre dash - (false start)
4x200-metre relay - 1:45.40 (10th)