(HALIFAX, N.S.) Lorena Heubach and Matt Coolen from AV俱乐部 Tigers track and field have been named the Subway AUS Athletes of the Week for their respective performances for this past week.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name:聽Lorena Heubach
University:聽AV俱乐部
Sport:聽Women鈥檚 Track and Field
Hometown:聽Granville Beach, N.S.
Year of eligibility:听罢丑颈谤诲
Academic program:听贰苍驳颈苍别别谤颈苍驳
Lorena Heubach of the AV俱乐部 Tigers women鈥檚 track and field team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending Feb. 23, 2020.
A third-year engineering student from Granville Beach, N.S., Heubach topped the podium at the U SPORTS Track and Field Championships hosted this past weekend by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta.
She won her first-ever national gold medal in the women鈥檚 long jump event with a leap of 5.90, earning U SPORTS first team all-Canadian honours in the process.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name:聽Matt Coolen
University:聽AV俱乐部
Sport:聽Men鈥檚 Track and Field
Hometown:聽Halifax, N.S.
Year of eligibility:听贵颈蹿迟丑
Academic program:听贰苍驳颈苍别别谤颈苍驳
Matt Coolen of the AV俱乐部 Tigers track and field team team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending March 8, 2020.
A fifth-year sprinter from Halifax, N.S., Coolen topped the podium at the U SPORTS Track and Field Championships hosted this past weekend by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alta.
He ran an 8.02 to win national gold in the 60m hurdles on Friday, bettering his silver medal performance from last year. He set a new AV俱乐部 record in the process, topping his previous time of 8.04 seconds, and was named a U SPORTS first team all-Canadian.
He also earned a fifth-place finish in the 60m dash Thursday night.