A series of record-setting results framed the Simon Fraser University men’s track and field team’s weekend at the University of Washington Indoor Invitational in Seattle.
The Clan’s distance medley relay team, featuring Burnaby’s Cameron Proceviat, Joel Webster, Carlos Vargas and Marc-Antoine Rouleau, ran the fastest time in Great Northwest Athletic Conference history when if finished second behind the Washington Huskies ‘A’ team.
SFU’s time was 9:52.97, shaving the previous best of 9:54.16 set in 2011 by Western Oregon. The Huskies are an NCAA Div. 1 program, while the Clan compete in the Div. 2 circuit.
Also establishing a new mark was long jumper Vladislav Tsygankov, who reached a personal indoor best of 7.28 metres and busted the old GNAC indoor record of 7.21m set in 2010. Tsygankov’s leap surpassed the NCAA national provisional standard for nationals and ranks eighth, unofficially, in NCAA Div. 2 this season.
