Simon Fraser University won three individual titles at the Great Northwest conference track and field championships at Monmouth, Oregon on Saturday.
Clan middle distance runner Helen Crofts won a pair of championship titles on the final day of the competition, winning both the women's 400 and 1,500 metres on Saturday.
Crofts led the metric mile from start to finish, posting an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4: 26.85.
Clanmate Lindsey Butterworth, the defending 2012 champion, placed second in a time of 4: 27.22.
Less than 30 minutes later, Crofts added a second conference title, setting a new Great Northwest championship record in the 400m, with a 54.46 winning time. Freshman Chantel Desch placed fifth in the final. She was also sixth in the 200m.
Crofts, Desch, Sarah Sawatzky and Michaela Kane also combined to finish second in the women's 4x400m relay.
Sawatzky and Kane also placed second and fifth, respectively, in the women's 800m final. Freshman Kansas Mackenzie also finished eighth in the 800m.
On the opening day of the conference championships, Jade Richardson defended her title in the women's discus, winning her second straight title by over a metre with a 43.01m throw.
The women's team finished sixth overall with 73 total points.
The men's team placed seventh overall, with Travis Vugteveen finishing third in the 1,500m in a time of 3: 56.99.
Vugteveen combined with Stuart Ellenwood, Zac Conrad and Cameron Proceviat of Burnaby for fourth place in the men's 4x400m relay with a season-best 3: 20.01 time.
Keir Forster placed fourth in the 5,000m and Proceviat was fifth in the 800m. James Young was also fifth in the 1,500m.
In field events, Luca Molinari of Burnaby placed sixth in the hammer throw in his final appearance for the Clan. Ben Coles was seventh in the javelin, with a personal-best throw of 56.13m.
Other notable finishes included freshman Dkay Ayivor's sixth-place in the men's long jump. Andrea Abrams was sixth in the women's 100m. Thrower Ryley Carr was fifth in the women's hammer and Robyn Broomfield was ninth in the triple jump.
COACH NAMED
SFU grad Laurier Primeau was named head coach of Canada's junior Pan-American track team.
