ASHLAND, Ore. – The UBC Thunderbirds have claimed their fourth women's Cascade Collegiate Conference Track and Field Championship as the blue and gold closed out a dominant weekend at Southern Oregon University.

Clinching their fourth banner in their last five conference meets, the T-Birds amassed 239 total points for a 78 point margin of victory over the silver medallists from the College of Idaho. The UBC men's team earned a third place finish for a second straight year, completing the meet with 106 points, behind the conference champions from Eastern Oregon and the runners-up from College of Idaho.

"This squad is ready for Nationals," said UBC head coach, Laurier Primeau who was named Women's Coach of the Year for the fourth time. "We rested people who needed rest, competed those who needed to compete and once again demonstrated we are a power in the Cascade Conference."



While the T-Birds women's team dominated several events on Friday, nothing could compare to the end result in the 800 metres on Saturday afternoon where all six UBC entrants finished in the top eight, resulting in a whopping 27 total points. Mackenzie Campbell is the 2025 champion clocking in at 2:10.37. Sarah MacGillivray finished third, just shy of her lifetime best time while Laura Beghin did set a new personal best of 2:12.94 to take fourth place. Rachel McDonald, Grace Beach and Kara Fitzgerald finished sixth through eighth, respectively.

Maximilien Filion shed nearly two seconds off his previous personal best in the men's 800, taking fourth place in 1:54.50. Will Lesyna's 1:55.09 was good for seventh and a new lifetime best time.

Hanna Sobkowich continued a brilliant meet with a new personal best and program record time in the women's 100 metre dash. The senior ran 11.61 to claim second place, just one one-hundredth behind the winner from College of Idaho. Sobkowich's time was 15 one-hundredths better than the previous conference meet record and she now has a share of the seventh fastest time in the NAIA this season heading into nationals.



Freshman Debbie Suleman took third place, matching the previous meet record time of 11.77. Tanya Dhanoa made it three T-Birds to claim team points with a seventh place finish and a personal best of 12.36.

Yoosuf Hanafi Bacha set a new personal best in the men's 100 metres as his 10.71 was good for the conference bronze medal and another six points.

Later in the afternoon, Sobkowich was at it again, crushing yet another personal best in the 200 metre dash to take hold of another gold medal. Her meet record time of 23.89 also set a new program record, besting her own mark by a tenth of a second. Suleman took home silver with a 24.49, just four one-hundredths off her personal best.



Hanafi Bacha made it two personal best sprints in just over an hour with a 21.82 in the men's 200 metres, good for fourth place. Chase Haagensen finished sixth to gain another three team points.

UBC's women's 4x400 metre relay team took conference gold with a winning time of 3:50.05. Tanya Dhanoa, Haley Martin, Mia Cameron and Hanna Sobkowich combined to finish nearly two-and-a-half seconds ahead of second place College of Idaho to claim the T-Birds' final ten points of the meet.

A day after earning bronze in women's hammer throw, senior Michelle Dadson won her second straight Cascade women's shot put title reaching 13.01 metres.

Auguste Turner took fifth place in men's shot put with a personal best distance of 14.51 metres.

Sarah Snell won her second consecutive conference javelin title, notching a new personal best throw of 44.39 metres in the process.



James Kerr won the men's 400 metre hurdles. The sophomore took gold with a time of 53.59.

The T-Birds took silver and bronze in the women's 400 metre hurdles for another 14 points. Mia Cameron finished second with her 1:02.92 while Haley Martin set a personal best to claim third with a time of 1:03.12.

Sarah Pimblett earned eight points to the overall UBC women's team score with a second place finish in high jump, clearing 1.69 metres. Freshman Bridgette Hansen finished fifth after a top attempt of 1.63 metres.

Along with receiving their championship awards at the end of the meet, the T-Birds were further honoured by Sonya Urbanowicz named Women's Field Outstanding Performer of the Meet after her pole vault gold medal performance on Friday which set a new meet record.

While the Thunderbirds make their way back to Vancouver, they'll soon be heading right back south of the 49^th parallel for the 2025 NAIA National Championships which begin May 21 in Marion, Indiana. Based on this weekend's success and a season full of outstanding performances, the blue and gold have every reason to believe they could be in for even bigger celebrations in just under two weeks' time.

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