Simon Fraser University distance medley relay teams both struck gold at the Great Northwest conference indoor track and field championships last weekend.
The men's team of Keir Forster, Stuart Ellenwood, Adam Reid and Ryan Brockerville set a new meet record in a race-winning time of 10: 04.58.
Lindsey Butterworth, who won the one mile race a day later at the conference championships, also led the women's medley team of Sarah Sawatzky, Michaela Kane and Abbey Vogt of Burnaby to gold in the relay event at Nampa, Idaho on Feb. 17.
Butterworth finished more than one second ahead of Seattle Pacific runner-up Heidi Laabs-Johnson in the mile run, finishing in a time of 5: 07.32.
Brockerville led the men's mile for most of the race but was edged out at the finish by Seth Pierson of Seattle Pacific. Brockerville's time was 4: 13.45.
Kane also came away with an individual medal, placing third in the women's 800 metres. Kane posted a time of 2: 16.11. Butterworth finished in fourth place, while Sawatzky and Vogt placed in sixth and seventh spot, respectively.
In the race sprints, Andrea Abrams ran a personal-best 9.11 seconds in the 60m hurdles to finish in second place. In long jump, Charlotte Crombeen finished fourth.
