Women claim 26th consecutive AUS championship title

(MONCTON, N.B.) – The Dalhousie Tigers claimed both the men's and women's championship banners at the 2015 Subway AUS Track and Field Championships hosted at the Université de Moncton this weekend.

The Tigers' women's team finished with 165 points to claim their 26^th consecutive championship banner. The StFX X-Women team came in second with 106 points and the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds women's team claimed third with 56 points.

Tigers Medalists:

Colleen Wilson – 1^st 1500m Run, 1^st 3000m Run, 1^st 4x800m Relay
Sarah Taplin – 1^st 60m Hurdles, 1^st Triple Jump
Shawna McKay – 1^st 300m Sprint, 1^st 4x200m Relay, 2^nd 4x400m Relay
Chantelle Robbertse – 1^st Long Jump, 1^st Indoor Pentathlon
Jessica Shannon – 1^st 4x200m Relay, 2^nd 4x400m Relay, 2^nd Indoor Pentathlon
Shannay Beals – 1^st 4x200m Relay, 2^nd 60m Sprint
Michelle Reddy –1^st 4x800m Relay, 2^nd 600m Run
Sydney Smith – 1^st 4x200m Relay, 2^nd 4x400m Relay
Emily Clarke – 1^st 4x800m Relay , 3^rd 1500m Run, 3^rd 3000m Run
Michaela Walker – 1^st 4x800m Relay
Macayla Cullen – 1^st High Jump
Ellen Chappell – 2^nd 1500m Run, 2^nd 3000m Run
Britany MacArthur – 2^nd 1000m Run
Heather Beaton – 2^nd 4x400m Relay
Abby Llewellyn – 3^rd 1000m Run
Jennifer Pitman – 3^rd Indoor Pentathlon

Sarah Myatt (Fredericton, N.B.) a fourth-year student-athlete from the UNB Varsity Reds was named female track athlete of the year.

Fifth-year Dalhousie student-athlete Rebecca Haworth (Waverly, N.S.) earned female field athlete of the year honours for the second consecutive year at the awards banquet which followed the championship. AUS rookie of the year honours went to StFX's Hayley Wilson (Skye Glen, N.S.)

Haworth also claimed the women's student-athlete community service award for the fifth consecutive year. She is the founder of Dalhousie's Special Tigers Sports Program which runs events where youth with intellectual disabilities partner with Dalhousie student-athletes to share their love for sports.

Dalhousie's Chantelle Robbertse (Burlinton, Ont.) was named Subway athlete of the meet on the women's side.  She claimed gold in the women's long jump and the women's pentathlon.

Head coach of the Dalhousie Tigers teams, Rich Lehman, earned AUS coach of the year honours on both the men's and women's side.

Complete results from this weekend's championships can be found on the AUS website at atlanticuniversitysport.com/sports/wtrack/2014-15/files/aus_champs_2015_complete_results.pdf.

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